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Lompoc Prison Strike
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1992, page 9
Immediately following the Los Angeles uprising, prisoners at FCI (Federal Correctional Institution) Lompoc, North of LA, joined in a prison wide general strike for 3 days. Prison officials were greatly threatened by the unity of the prisoners: hundreds of men were put in the hole and teargassed, five hundred men ...
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