Florida: Prisoners Launch Prison Strike on MLK Day to Protest Unpaid Work
HeadlineJan 16, 2018
In Florida, prisoners launched a statewide prison strike on Monday, Martin Luther King Day. The prisoners say they launched the strike to protest being used as unpaid labor during the clean-up from the massive Hurricane Irma last year.
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