Name not reported

One of two people who died during the rolling hunger strike at Pelican Bay State Prison's Secure Housing Unit in California in 2013 was held in solitary confinement in that unit. The strike was held in protest of conditions in the prison. The person died in 2013 during the strike, and the death is recorded as tied to the hunger strike.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. News reporting ties the death to the 2013 hunger strike in Pelican Bay's Secure Housing Unit, but gives no official cause or manner.

Reported by: reporters.

Source

• Twenty-Five Years After the Lucasville Uprising, Its Survivors Are Leading a New Prison Resistance Movement Colleen Hackett and Ben Turk, Truthout, April 26, 2018