14 inmates went on strike at the Taylor Correctional Institution in North Florida, protesting horrible prison conditions and forced labor in the Florida prison system.
According to a flyer circulating within the Florida Department of Corrections facilities, the demonstration was organized by inmates on Tuesday in response:
- To our conditions of slavery and forced free labor
- To living in substandard conditions
- To the lack of a real parole system
- To unethical mental health and medical care
- To unjust sentencing schemes and practices
- To super-inflated canteen pricing
“Year after year, they continue to fail to do anything comprehensive to fix and undo the atrocities and destruction caused by their criminal and inhumane legislation.”
Some facilities within the prison went on lockdown in response to the planned strike, according to families of inmates incarcerated there.