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Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
Court Orders Force Feeding of Hunger-Striker by A federal district court in New York granted a motion by the BOP to allow them to force feed a civil contemnor on hunger strike. Note that some state courts have held prisoners have a state constitutional right to refuse force feeding while …
Article • May 15, 2007
Mentally Ill PA Prisoner Forced to Accept Medical Treatment to Prevent Death by The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held a prisoner may be force fed to prevent him from starving to death. The prisoner, who was being held at the Fairview State Hospital for treatment of borderline personality Disorder, stated …
Article • May 15, 2007
Third Circuit Upholds Forced Feeding of Pennsylvania Prisoner by On September 28, 2004, the U.S. Third Court of Appeals held that although the admission of a federal litigant's prior robbery conviction during trial was erroneous pursuant to Federal Rules of Evidence, the admission did not affect the trial's outcome. The …
Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley The mission of the Maine State Prison is to provide a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment for the incarcerated offender. Five hollering guards wearing helmets, face shields, and full body armor charge into a mentally …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Starved for Attention How do you break a high-security hunger strike? Put a lid on it. by by Alan Prendergast Prisoners who joined in a hunger strike at the Colorado State Penitentiary from January 15-26, 2005, were hoping their protest would attract a media feeding frenzy -- and put pressure …
Thirty-Two Years of Resistance: Free the Angola Three! by Shana Griffin by Shana Griffin and Brice White Thirty two years in solitary confinement would be enough to drive many of us to despair. Yet as of April 17, 2004, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 have each …
CCA Abuse Goes Unpunished at New Jersey INS Detention Center by Mark Dow Maybe it was cynical courtroom theatre, or maybe the attorney for the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) believed it when he ridiculed the very idea that prison guards would retaliate against prisoners for conducting a hunger strike …
Brief • April 13, 2003
Snyder v. Ross, IL, Answer, Hunger Strike over Denial of Muslim Diet, 2003 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS People of the State of Illinois, ex rel. DONALD SNYDER, No. 03-MR-27 Plaintiff, v. TYSHAWN ROSS, Defendant. ANSWER, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES, AND COUNTERCLAIM Defendant, Tyshawn Ross, …
Cold, Vermin and Sewage in New York Prison May Violate Eighth Amendment by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A New York state prisoner who had been subjected to inhumane and unsanitary living conditions was found by the Second Circuit US Court of Appeals to have stated a claim …
Death Toll Hits 87 as Turkish Prison Protest Strike Continues by Julia Lutsky On November 4, 2001, Turkish police used armored vehicles to batter down the barricades protesters had erected in Kucakarmutlu, an outlying district on the European side of Istanbul. The semi-official news agency Anatolia reported four protesters had …
Turkish Prisoners Struggle Against Transfers by Julia Lutsky When the Turkish army stormed 20 prisons in December, 2000, a four-day pitched battle ensued during which thirty-two died _ 30 political prisoners and two soldiers. The army claimed that many prisoners set themselves afire rather than surrender; prisoners who survived allege …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
INS Force-Feeds Long-Term Detainee by Mark Dow Nabil Soliman believes that "accepting a tray of food" from his jailers means accepting what he calls his "illegal detention" by the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS). Soliman has argued that it is a violation of his First Amendment right to expression and …
Strikes Sweep Bolivian Prisons as Promise of Freedom Fades by Julia Lutsky In celebration of Jubilee 2000, Roman Catholic Pope John Paul asked the nations of the world to pardon crimes and free prisoners where possible. Bolivia responded with Law 2098 "to celebrate the coming of the third millennium by …
Illinois Supermax Hunger Strike by Dan Pens By Dan Pens Displaying remarkable solidarity while encaged under unimaginably oppressive conditions, more than half of the 273 prisoners at the Tamms Supermax prison in downstate Illinois began a hunger strike by refusing their breakfast on May 1,2000. Prison officials said 173 prisoners …
Political Prisoners in Spain by Julia Lutsky Political Prisoners In Spain By Julia Lutsky Political prisoners exist in every country and every country denies their existence. Spain is no exception. It has seen three distinct waves of modern political prisoners: those who defended the popularly elected Spanish Republican Government against …
Republican Political Prisoners in the North of Ireland by David Fanning by David Fanning, Irish Northern Aid On May 22, 1998, voters in Ireland, north and south, voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting what has become known as the Good Friday Agreement (GFA). This agreement was meant to bring to …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Texas Death Row Hunger Strike by Scores of death row prisoners in Texas kicked off the new millennium with a planned 21-day hunger strike over intolerable conditions of confinement. As many as 100 death row prisoners as well as hundreds of other ad-seg prisoners participated in the hunger strike, according …
New Folsom Year Long Lockdown by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Northern California Mexican prisoners have been locked down since November 21, 1998, at New Folsom Prison's C Facility. The lockdown began when Northern and Southern California Mexican prisoners, long time enemies, fought on the yard. Ken Hurdle, an ombudsman …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
California Visits Reinstated after Food Boycott (Letter) by D.R. D.R., Vacaville, CA. On December 17, 1998, an attempted homicide occurred in building 7 of Facility II of the Solano State Prison in Vacaville, California. The incident involved two white prisoners who were celled together. All white prisoners were immediately placed …
Wisconsin Prisoners Stage Food Protest by On January 18 and 19, 1999, Wisconsin prisoners housed at a private prison in Sayre, Oklahoma, refused to show up at the prison's chow hall for meals. John Wisener, chief of security at the North Fork Correctional Center, said that only 75-80 of the …
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