June 12, 2016

Activists walk 150 miles to protest at Thomson Prison

THOMSON, Ill. (AP) - Dozens of activists have walked 150 miles to a federal prison in northwestern Illinois to protest solitary confinement.

Sauk Valley Media reports (http://bit.ly/1rjP9T5 ) about 50 protesters with the Chicago-based Voices for Creative Nonviolence ended their walk from Chicago to the village of 600 residents Saturday. ...

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