Update on Hunger Strike at Menard Correctional in Illinois
From: The San Fransisco Bay View On Jan. 15, 2014, approximately 25 prisoners in Administrative Detention at Menard Correctional Center went on hunger strike. The hunger strikers have been told the prison administration is working on obtaining a preliminary injunction to force feed them. They expect to continue the hunger strike even if they are […]
Illinois prisoners in Menard High Security Unit plan to begin hunger strike Jan. 15
More information about the hunger strike going on at Menard. From: San Francisco Bay View by Alice and Staughton Lynd The following information is based on numerous letters from prisoners in the High Security Unit at Menard Correctional Center in Illinois written in December 2013. These prisoners expect to go on hunger strike on Jan. […]