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Prisoner hunger striker demands end to indefinite detention in Pelican Bay’s supermax cells

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.... the use of confidential informants and prisoner association to determine when a prisoner may be part of a gang or a “security threat group.” If a prison is designated as a member of an STG, he or she can be isolated from the rest of the gang in supermax solitary confinement for years with little redress, prisoners argue....