"This case is absolutely retaliation," said Jose Valle, emphasizing that George Franco and others are being targeted for their activism against solitary confinement rather than any real gang affiliation.
The 2012 hunger strike by George Franco and his co-organizers saw 30,000 participants challenging the brutalities of solitary confinement, a practice long criticized for its inhumanity.
The legal strategy employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation aims to undermine the legitimacy of prison activists, resorting to racist and classist profiling techniques in court.
Increased scrutiny of solitary confinement practices arose after the hunger strike, leading to a settlement in 2015 that sought to reform these punitive measures against incarcerated individuals.
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