Prisoners Protest 'Modern Slavery' in Nationwide Labor Strike

Governing: Incarcerated men and women launched a massive strike Tuesday to protest the mistreatment of prisoners nationwide.

Prisoners leading the demonstration, organized by members of Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a prisoner rights advocacy group, said they were well-aware of potential retaliatory measures, but turned to protest as a last resort.

"Prisons in America are a warzone. Every day prisoners are harmed due to conditions of confinement. For some of us it's as if we are already dead. So what do we have to lose," read a statement from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak.

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