By Paige St. John
LA Times
SACRAMENTO — California’s prison hunger strike is now in its sixth week, and the number of inmate protesters requiring medical care has increased significantly.
The court-appointed agency in charge of prison medical services is clearing out hospital beds in some prisons to make room for the anticipated space that will be needed to keep up with those trends.
That means ailing inmates who aren’t on a hunger strike at the state prison in Corcoran have been transferred to local hospitals for care, said agency spokeswoman Liz Gransee. Meanwhile, at prisons that don’t have licensed medical care units, inmates who decide to resume eating after prolonged fasting are also being sent out to hospitals for that care, Gransee said.
To date, the majority of cases involving medical care involve dehydration, abdominal pain and complaints of dizziness, she said.
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