Posts Tagged ‘jail’
Nearly one third of Glenn Dyer prisoners wrap up hunger strike
Last week, over 30 percent of the prisoners at the Glenn Dyer Detention Facility in downtown Oakland participated in a hunger strike to protest what they say are abusive conditions of isolation and poor healthcare in Alameda County jails.
Read MoreAnti-jail demonstrators seek “Care not Cages”
An unconventional anti-jail protest argued the mentally ill need “Care not Cages,” and provided roadside alternative health services.
Read MoreReggie Bailey’s Barbershop
“My last trip in the penitentiary, I had to make a decision on what I wanted to do with my life,” said Reggie Bailey, sitting in the swiveling barber chair in his small shop in the heart of downtown Oakland. “I just decided to go to barber college.”
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