Hundreds of inmates at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad are fasting in protest to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the signing of the California Three Strikes law.

The fast began Sunday and involves more than 480 prisoners, said Barbara Brooks, founder of Sentencing and Justice Reform Advocacy, which sends the monthly newsletter "Advocate" to inmates and their families.

Brooks said she learned of the hunger fast from CTF inmates who came up with the idea. She joined another dozen people who gathered about 2:45 p.m. outside of CTF in support of the hunger strike, she said...

Civil rights activists say they're taking their attack on conditions in a privately run West Texas prison to the prison operator's New Braunfels offices.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and other groups are demonstrating around midday Thursday outside the regional offices of the GEO Group.

They're trying to draw attention to what they say are poor conditions in the GEO-operated Reeves County Detention Center near Pecos…

A couple of dozen workers carrying placards, marched and handed out leaflets outside the Oregon Convention Center.

They called for an end to international trade deals like NAFTA and to what they call Smith's 'union busting activities.'

Ken Allen, of Oregon AFSCME, told the crowd he is insulted that Smith would even invite Schwarzenegger here…

Uniformed county officers filled the seats and lined the walls of the small McLennan County Commissioners Court room Tuesday. They turned out in force to let commissioners know they are staunchly against privatizing the county jail on State Highway 6.

The county is weighing several options to stem overcrowding in its jail under pressure from state regulators. Building a new, larger jail on Highway 6 and privatizing its management is one idea on the table.

Officer Ricky Armstrong, one of roughly 60 officers at the meeting, listed his concerns, including public safety. County officers have had to respond to trouble at the privately run downtown jail before, he said. If the State Highway 6 jail also gets privatized, who will be there to step in and help the downtown jail when things get out of hand again, he asked….

Protesters taking over the Aurora Municipal Building Monday evening. They came to protest the city's expansion plans for the current immigrant and custom's enforcement holding center at 30th and Peoria. Many protesting say the center violates the rights of immigrants being held there.

"It's inhumane to the people that's working there", said Scott Kwasny of Jobs for Justice. Protesters say the company looking to build and run the ice facility the GEO group is an international company that doesn't help the local economy. "In the United States, GEO is very aggressive at keeping labor unions out", said Kwasny…