By Manuel Vigo
Peru This Week
AREQUIPA, Peru -- On Wednesday fifteen inmates at Socabaya prison in the Arequipa region, started a hunger strike, reportedly protesting over condition’s inside the prison, RPP reported.
Prison personnel have claimed that inmates started to protest after a television set was removed from a separate punishment area, where electronic devices are prohibited. Inmates inside the punishment area -- reserved for prisoners sanctioned for fighting, and consuming alcohol -- reacted angrily to the decision, RPP said.
On Wednesday the fifteen men fused to accept meals, and announced they would go on a hunger strike. Prison staff claimed that no abuse of power has been committed, and said the removal of the device is within prison protocol.
The incident is not the first time Socabaya inmates have disagreed with conditions inside the prison.
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