California’s prison hunger strike won’t work if society doesn’t care
The hunger strike won’t work if society doesn’t care about its prisoners.
(Ted Rall / For The Times)
Prison hunger strikes like the one going in California right now are a desperate cri de coeur aimed at the conscience of society to draw attention to injustice. But what if society has no conscience?
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