Biggest Prisoner Strike in US History

Five days into the largest prison strike in U.S. history, and no national media coverage on the subject. Please pay attention to the news that matters. Help us help them not hurt them!

The thing that I have the most trouble with is that "they" deserve whatever inhumane treatment the "system" chooses to give them. Their "punishment" is the loss of their freedom. They do not get to live their lives in society in the way they choose to, with their families and friends. Somehow this concept seems to get lost. Others believe that the time of their incarceration needs to be as difficult as possible as part of their "punishment". Losing their freedom is the worst punishment they can get. All the rest needs to be focused on whatever we can do as a society to rehabilitate them so that when we choose to allow them to have their freedom again, they can be successful, productive members of society. This should be the goal of all incarceration, no matter what the reason for the incarceration. That is what civilized societies should be doing.with the members of that society that break the societies rules (laws). There is no doubt that there are those who are incarcerated that should not regain their freedom as they are too much of a danger to society to be let out. However, even these individuals should be given the opportunities to provide a positive contribution to society in some way. We need a serious paradigm shift in this country about what the point is of sending our citizens to prison is. IMHO

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In a couple years when they feed prisioners once or a couple times a week it wont be a prison anymore it will be a concentration camp.

I'm glad these prisoners are striking for their rights especially considering that they have been completely stripped of them in prison. Our prisons used to be about rehabilitation. Slowly the programs that may have helped prisoners get back on their feet and adjust their lives have been underfunded and now they can't even get adequate food. I've herd of rotten food in the prison system as well. Our society can be so indifferent to the plights of others; they attempt to sweep all they dislike under the carpet, into the darkness and dirt. There is this underlined egoism through our society in which a few act as if their way is the best way and insist on imposing that view on everyone else at the expense of many lives. It's such a cruel denial of the diversity and complexity of the human spirit.

jail break!

the idea that we had privatized our prisons... sicked me. even when i was a child.

At what point will the government step up and say that they should stop the torture of prisoners?

"The violence towards the prisoners, the lack of action taken by guards when there is an altercation among prisoners, and the lack of access to basic health care, and the lengthy sentences imposed on Georgia citizens is nothing new."

And now they're reducing the amount of food they provide.

"access to basic health care" - wait, Obama could not get that to the people who elected him... if the inmates get it, it's gonna be ironic...

This is ridiculous, hunger changes someone, it makes it difficult to focus, to remain calm. If you do not feed the prisoners they will react badly. Keep them full and fat and you will have less violence it just makes better sense. If it is about paying to feed them then make them grow their own food. Think of it we could have the first all organic self sustaining prison. The prisoners work the gardens and fields, build a small mill for them, make them cook it, can it, grow it harvest it, the prisoner is responsible for every step of the process. It helps them to understand responsibility, keeps them fed and saves the state money. Hell give them a big enough estate they could grow their own cotton and make their own clothes. At the very least it would curb their boredom, and studies have shown that people with a job are less violent.

disgusting, all that needs to be said. My headmaster said to me once, "You can tell how well a country is doing by how they treat the lowest of it's people"