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Article • September 21, 2016
How inmates are organizing a nationwide strike from behind bars by Regina Willis By Regina Willis, Waging Nonviolence Whenever an inmate and a guard get into an altercation, Melvin Ray sees an opportunity to connect and educate. After stepping in and trying to de-escalate the situation, he’ll talk to his fellow …
Navy Nurse Refuses to Force-feed Guantanamo Prisoners by Derek Gilna An unnamed Navy nurse at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that houses alleged terrorist detainees, who was facing expulsion from the Navy for his refusal to participate in force-feeding prisoners, has been allowed to return to his …
Article • August 23, 2016
Ohio: Hunger Striker Represents Himself, Beats Attempted Murder Charges by An Ohio supermax prisoner, representing himself while on a month-long hunger strike, won his acquittal in February of attempted murder charges stemming from fights with prison guards. Cornelius Harris, a 27-year-old prisoner serving a 97-year sentence for robbery and kidnapping …
Article • August 19, 2016
Filed under: Hunger Strikes, Food
Connecticut May Force Feed Prisoners on Hunger Strike by  The state of Connecticut has the right to force feed a prisoner engaged in a hunger strike, Jarres T. Graham, Superior Court Judge, so held.             William Coleman, a Connecticut prisoner, went on hunger strike to protest his sexual assault conviction …
Afghan Prisoner Hunger Strikes Persist in American Custody, Says Former Prisoner by Derek Gilna As American troops continue their planned withdrawal from Afghanistan and wind down their combat role in favor of their Afghan allies, at least one facility continues to operate without interruption. The Detention Facility in Parwan. close to …
German Prisoners Form Union, Seek Minimum Wage and Pension by Joe Watson A group of prisoners in Germany has accomplished what American prisoners have long been prohibited from doing: They formed a labor union for incarcerated workers, to advocate for minimum wage pay so they can earn enough for a …
Prisoners Protest Solitary Confinement at Illinois Facility by Joe Watson More than two dozen prisoners at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois protested conditions in the prison’s high security unit (HSU) by staging a series of hunger strikes, most of them sustained for weeks. The protests at the Menard facility, …
Article • September 29, 2015
A Mother Who Just Wanted to Know When Her Son Would Eat by Victoria Law by Victoria Law, Waging Nonviolence  The temperature in Corona, Calif., can soar above 100 degrees in the summer, sometimes climbing as high as 110. For Dolores Canales and others locked into their cells 22 hours a …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna DC Circuit Denies Appeal of Order to Release Force-Feeding Videos by Derek Gilna Abu Wa’el (Jihad) Dhiab was imprisoned at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba when he went on a hunger strike. Authorities then …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Seventh Circuit Reverses Verdict when Prisoner Not Allowed to Poll Jury by Derek Gilna Seventh Circuit Reverses Verdict when Prisoner Not Allowed to Poll Jury by Derek Gilna Illinois state prisoner Glenn Verser had been on a hunger strike when he claimed he was beaten by guards at the Western …
Article • July 2, 2015
Plata Court Authorizes Force-Feeding of Hunger-Striking California Prisoners by Michael Brodheim Plata Court Authorizes Force-Feeding of Hunger-Striking California Prisoners By: Michael Brodheim In August 2013, at the joint request of both the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Federal Receiver overseeing the delivery of medical services to …
Brief • April 12, 2015
Dhiab v. Obama, DC, Appellee Brief, force feeding prisoner video, 2015 USCA Case #14-5299 Document #1545438 Filed: 04/01/2015 [Oral Argument Scheduled for May 8, 2015] Page 1 of 30 No. 14-5299 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ABU WA’EL (JIHAD) DHIAB, Detainee, Guantánamo …
Brief • April 3, 2015
Dhiab v. Obama, DC, Amicus Brief - ACLU, force feeding prisoner video, 2015 USCA Case #14-5299 Document #1545907 Filed: 04/03/2015 Page 1 of 48 [ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED FOR 05/08/2015] 14-5299 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT ______________________ JIHAD DHIAB, Petitioner–Appellee, v. BARACK H. …
Brief • April 3, 2015
Dhiab v. Obama, DC, Amicus Brief - Brennan, force feeding prisoner video, 2015 USCA Case #14-5299 Document #1545761 Filed: 04/03/2015 Page 1 of 41 ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED FOR 05/08/2015 No. 14-5299 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Jihad Dhiab, Detainee, Guantanamo Bay Naval Station; Shaker …
Brief • April 3, 2015
Dhiab v. Obama, DC, Amicus Brief - Con Law Prof, force feeding prisoner video, 2015 USCA Case #14-5299 Document #1545911 Filed: 04/03/2015 Page 1 of 40 ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED FOR 05/08/2015 No. 14-5299 DC No. 05-1457 (GK) UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT JIHAD DHIAB, …
Brief • January 1, 2015
Embry v. Ladonna, KY, Complaint - Negligence, Medical Treatment, Death by Starvation, 2015 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY PADUCAH DIVISION [Filed Electronically] MARK PFEIFER, Administrator of the Estate of James Embry, deceased, ) ) ) PLAINTIFF ) ) v. ) ) LADONNA THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY ) Serve: Office …
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Filed under: Hunger Strikes
New York Prison Officials Can Force-Feed Hunger Striking Prisoner by The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, held that a hunger striking prisoner’s rights were not violated by a judicial order allowing the state to feed him by nasogastric tube to preserve his life. The Court’s decision …
Article • February 15, 2014
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
A Prisoner's Salute to Bobby Sands by The Irish Hunger Striker Who Ignited a Generation A Prisoner's Salute to Bobby Sands by DENIS O'HEARN I attended a birthday party last week. It was in Ohio State Penitentiary, on the 60th birthday of Bobby Sands, the Irish political prisoner who died …
From Tiger Cages to Control Units by Nancy Kurshan 1970 TRIP to VIETNAM As a 26 year old co-founder of the Yippies (the Youth International Party) I traveled to North Vietnam in 1970 as part of an all-women’s peace delegation. I believed that the Vietnamese people should have been able …
Hunger Striking Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Against the backdrop of the recent hunger strike involving thousands of prisoners in California, the death last year of an Illinois jail prisoner who died after refusing to eat or drink is especially poignant. Lyvita Gomes, 52, died …
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