Santa Clara inmates start hunger strike in wake of largest COVID outbreak
Bay City News Service
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Pedestrians walk past the Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose, California.Karl Mondon (/San Jose Mercury News via AP) / /
By Jana Kadah
Bay City News Foundation
Inmates in Santa Clara County s main jail went on a hunger strike this week to protest the jail s largest COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic s start in March.
On Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff s office reported 109 new COVID-19 cases. That same night, the hunger strike began in the main jail s 7B wing to protest unsanitary living conditions and lack of policy that prisoners believe have led to the outbreaks.