Prisoners strike to end solitary.

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More than 30,000 prisoners in California joined a hunger strike in early July to protest the policy of long-term solitary confinement. By the end of July, the number of hunger strikers was down to several hundred. Amnesty International calls long-term solitary confinement, which is common in California and across the country, an "affront...