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Take Two

Day 4: Update on the California prison hunger strike

By Take Two Staff
Published Jul 11, 2013
In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, correctional officers keep watch on inmates on the recreation yard at Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif. Authorities say that Mexican Mafia member Danny Roman, serving a life sentence at Pelican Bay, gave orders to over two dozen gang members to commit crimes.
In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, correctional officers keep watch on inmates on the recreation yard at Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif.
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Rich Pedroncelli/AP
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Day 4: Update on the California prison hunger strike

Today, a hunger strike continues at Pelican Bay State Prison and others in the state, as close to 30,000 inmates protest solitary confinement, among other issues. This protest is the largest in the state's history.

Paige St. John of the L.A. Times, who has been writing about the hunger strike, joins the show with an update.