Prison hunger strikers now number 12,000, advocates say. “Inmates agreed to start eating three weeks into the initial strike in July in exchange for warm hats, wall calendars and a promise from prison officials to reconsider the isolation regulations.” They may have stumbled on to their own solution to the overcrowded prisons – or at least save the taxpayers some cash on meals. Televise it live and take bets on who drops first! One question remains… who needs a warm hat in July in California?
