Webearlier this month, inmates at pelican bay launched a statewide hunger strike over conditions in the security units. They are seeking an end to what they call. Web“a hunger strike (besides the obvious) is generally a desperate plea for help. And it is a plea that usually follows the exhaustion of all other attempts to bring about the. Webthe story of how california’s incarcerated men improved conditions for themselves by refusing to eat inspired “the strike,” a documentary by filmmakers Webwith individuals prepared to die for a cause, hunger strikes present difficult ethical questions for physicians whose duty is to care for prisoners. Webon day 60, the hunger strike officially ended when california lawmakers promised to hold legislative hearings about the use of solitary confinement. Weba hunger strike now is in its third week and its calling for reforms and limits on how long prisoners can be kept in isolation, and the state is making changes. Weba desperate plea for change: The hunger strike at pelican bay state prison was born out of a wellspring of despair, a final cry for justice from inmates whose voices. Webhunger strikes are commonly repressed in prison and seen as disruptive, coercive, and violent. Hunger strikers and their advocates insist that incarcerated. District judge thelton henderson ruled monday that there was a “risk that inmates may be or have been coerced into participating in the hunger strike ” and. Webstockton — a longtime california prisoner who led a statewide hunger strike and joined a successful class action suit protesting solitary confinement has been granted medical.
