Hunger Strike
An activist group claimed that the inmates were protesting restrictions imposed during Correctional Officers Week
One of their complaints is a call for testing of inmates and staff at the Androscoggin County Jail
It is the third hunger strike in Yuba County Jail in 10 months
Attorneys for the inmates say about eight stopped eating Sunday to protest isolation in a segregated unit and conditions that include a lack of clean underwear, loss of family visits and maggots in food
A federal appeals court Tuesday turned away a challenge to force-feeding Guantanamo Bay detainees on a hunger strike, but left the door open to legal efforts aimed at ending the practice
An Illinois CO has been put on paid leave after an alleged altercation with an inmate at Menard Correctional Center
