Nearly four-dozen inmates are staging a hunger strike to protest conditions at Sonoma County Jail. Officials say 45 men incarcerated in the jail’s J module announced yesterday they’ll be participating in a hunger strike over a number of different grievances. The Press Democrat reports those grievances include current COVID-19-related practices and high commissary costs. Inmates are reportedly upset over the jail’s practice of housing inmate transfers in the J module before they’ve tested negative for COVID-19. The Sheriff’s Office says the practice is allowed under current COVID-19 protocol.
Forty-Five Inmates in Sonoma County Jail Stage Hunger Strike
