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The older sister of Christian Gomez, a 27-year-old man who died while on a hunger strike at the Corcoran State Prison in California. Gomez died six days after he and 31 other inmates in the prison’s Administrative Segregation Unit began refusing food to protest restrictions on access to adequate healthcare, nutritious food, and legal services.

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Death of Hunger-Striking California Prisoner Sparks New Outrage over Inmates’ Suffering

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