Hunger Strike
Hunger strikes present complex challenges for correctional facilities, impacting inmate health and facility operations. This directory provides articles and resources on managing hunger strikes, including legal considerations, medical protocols, and communication strategies. Understanding how to handle a hunger strike is crucial for ensuring the safety and well-being of inmates while maintaining order within the facility. For related topics, explore our section on Inmate Healthcare Management.
The two inmates at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution had refused to eat since Sept. 15 to protest conditions throughout the state’s prison system
One inmate’s father said the hunger strike was “all about being treated like a human”
The prisoners are protesting food portions, conditions of confinement and discipline at Ely State Prison
Inmates filed a petition seeking reduction of their sentences, citing two years of alleged unconstitutional conditions
An activist group claimed that the inmates were protesting restrictions imposed during Correctional Officers Week
One of their complaints is a call for testing of inmates and staff at the Androscoggin County Jail
It is the third hunger strike in Yuba County Jail in 10 months
An inmate who stabbed a CO and four inmates in separate attacks is on a hunger strike for alleged mistreatment
A hunger strike has ended after officials shut off the water to inmates’ prison cells
Less than a week after an inmate ended a hunger strike, eight more have started a strike of their own
Nearly 1,700 of the 2,065 inmates declined meals over complaints about food quality and other conditions
The strike started Friday, mostly in protest of the quality of food served at breakfast
On Friday, 115 offenders assigned to the facility’s anagram balloon factory refused to work for a full day until prison administrators met with them to hear their complaints
Officials say 14 inmates, who were all involved in the deadly riot at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center that killed a CO, refused meals at breakfast
Activists said ICE detainees and regular inmates cannot receive family visitors, only lawyers and clergy
Chelsea Manning says the hunger strike will continue until she receives the ‘minimum standards of dignity, respect and humanity’
Prisoners reached a “mutual agreement” not to subject themselves to health concerns while seeking fair treatment from prison staff
Tuesday officials announced that participating inmates would lose privileges, such as access to TV and snacks
All 42 are “documented gang members”
All but one man agreed to suspend the hunger strike when the warden agreed to lift some of the restrictions
Protest at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown began March 19 to draw attention to recreation and programming restrictions
Nine inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown refused their meals on Friday in a protest that began March 19
Spokesperson: “The situation has resolved itself”
Releasing them could “cause serious harm to national security,” especially in light of renewed military activity in the Middle East
A threat of a hunger strike to begin Monday at Northumberland County Prison has jail officials taking a wait-and-see approach
A Maine State Prison inmate has been on a hunger strike for one month while protesting his living conditions there
Inmate’s hunger strike led Supreme Court to uphold prison official’s right to force-feed prisoners
James Kenneth Embry starved himself to death in a Kentucky prison
The death by starvation of a Kentucky prisoner has led the state to overhaul its protocol for dealing with hunger strikes