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Report: 46 Prisons See Protests, Lockdowns Amid Historic Work Strike

HeadlineSep 27, 2016

This comes as the largest prison work strike in U.S. history continues. Mask Magazine, which has been tracking the strike, reports at least 46 prisons and jails across the United States have seen some form of protest or lockdown since the strike began on September 9. The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee says at one point about 20,000 prisoners were on strike.

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