The following is taken from July 12, 2013 Boone County Journal which is available free of cost at merchants across Boone County and on the internet at: http://www.boonecountyjournal.com/news/2013/Boone-County-News-07-12-13.pdf#page=1
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Churches contacted about regularly hosting community meals |
Belvidere Daily Republican
Written by Bob Balgemann
In Boone County the meals would be either monthly or weekly, depending on the capability of the host church. The meals would be open to anyone, with no requirements to satisfy….
As proposed right now there would be four locations to serve the northern Boone County area. Food would be provided by the Belvidere/Boone County Food Pantry in Capron.
Read on about the June Free Food Distribution---
Hunger Strike by California Inmates, Already Large, Is Expected to Be Long - NYTimes.com
Estimates that 30,000 inmates, 2/3 of CA prisons involved in strike. Read the entire article for all the issues involved.
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: July 10, 2013
The protest is centered on the state’s aggressive solitary confinement practices, but it appeared to have attracted support from many prisoners with their own demands for changes in prison conditions.
California is facing the threat of being charged with contempt of court after a Supreme Court order in May 2011 to reduce its prison population by 10,000 inmates this year. The court said crowding and terrible conditions inside the prison system constituted inhumane treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On Wednesday, the state filed for a stay of the court’s order to release prisoners.
Click on the following for the entire article: Hunger Strike by California Inmates, Already Large, Is Expected to Be Long - NYTimes.com
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