Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Convicted killer Todd Ashker has been described as the legal brains behind the California prison hunger strike.
Along with three other inmates representing the Mexican Mafia, Nuestra Familia and the Black Guerrilla Family, Ashker originally called for the mass protest, and has been instrumental in keeping it going.
He's earned a paralegal degree while behind bars, and has worked on more than 50 federal lawsuits against the California prison system since 1987.
Journalist Paige St. John wrote a profile of Todd Ashker, and she joins the show with more.