Supporting California and Santa Cruz Prison Hunger Strikers at 'Hunger for Justice'
On July 31, community members in Santa Cruz marched to the county jail as part of "Hunger for Justice," an international day of protests and events held in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike in state detention facilities across California since July 8. According to the organization Sin Barras, 37 prisoners in the Santa Cruz County Jail have also joined the hunger strike. "The people running the [Santa Cruz County] jail are trying to say that no one in there has been on hunger strike, when we have heard from people who have been inside that they have in fact been on hunger strike," a member of Sin Barras said. After marching to the county jail, a noise demonstration was held to let those inside, "hear and know we are outside doing this for them," organizers said. Women inside of the detention facility did let demonstrators know they had been heard. One inmate was yelling out and trying to communicate with the group, saying "F...