Hundreds of Pelican Bay State Prison inmates housed for extended periods in solitary confinement won class certification in a suit accusing the state on constitutonal

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Hundreds of Pelican Bay State Prison inmates housed for extended periods in solitary confinement won class certification in a suit accusing the state on constitutonal
A federal judge agreed Monday to allow California prison officials to force-feed inmates who may be near death in a seven-week-old prison hunger strike over