The core issue of the hunger strike in 24 prisons is the placement of inmates in small, windowless solitary confinement cells called Security Housing Units (SHU), for indeterminate lengths of time. Prison officials allege that it is a method of controlling gang activity in prison yards.
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Letters to the Editor: 3/14/2013
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Strikers prepared to die for demands
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