[Ppnews] Hunger Strike in GA Prison Enters 5th Week

[Political Prisoner News]

Hunger Strike in GA Prison Enters 5^th  Week
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*by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon*

*July 12, 2012*

*http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/ga-prison-hunger-strike-enters-5th-week*

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The hunger strike begun on June 11 by nine prisoners at Georgia's 
massive Diagnostic and Classification prison, the same place where Troy 
Davis was murdered last year, continues into its fifth week. Though 
reports published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution declare the strike 
over, the families and one of the attorneys of inmates insist that the 
nine prisoners remain resolved, and continue to insist on administrative 
review of their status, adequate medical care, and access to mail and 
visitation privileges with their families and attorneys which have been 
arbitrarily denied them.

Our sources claim that these nine were among the 37 singled out by 
corrections officials in late 2010 and early 2011 after the peaceful 
strike by Georgia prisoners of December 2010. They were rounded up, many 
severely beaten, and transferred to close confinement and constant 
lockdown at Jackson, where they have remained ever since.

On Monday July 9, about 30 people showed up at Georgia's state capitol 
to visit the governor's office, where they left letters of support for 
the hunger strikers. Through direct and indirect contacts with their 
families and attorneys and other inmates, the prisoners know that they 
DO have significant support on the outside. The warden, for example, 
remarked to Miguel Jackson his surprise that the Georgia Green Party was 
supporting the strikers. Your phone calls to the prison warden, to the 
Department of Corrections, and the governor of Georgia have already made 
a difference.

Whether or not the hunger strike lasts much longer, the nine prisoners 
involved have already demonstrated their unshakable resolve, and deserve 
your continued concern and support, and your calls, which are still needed.

When you call, ask about them by name and ID number. Here are the names 
and ID numbers of the nine prisoners now in the fifth week of their 
hunger strike. They are

*Justin Boston*, ID *1305227*

*Quentin D. Cooks*, ID *1142336*

*Contravius Grier*, ID *591396*

*Miguel Jackson*, ID *890692*

*Bobby Anthony Minor*, ID *1191993*

*Dexter Shaw*, ID *429768*

*Robert Watkins*, ID *1245402*

*Demetrius White*, ID *581709*

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