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Federal Prisoners in Florida Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Deplorable Conditions

HeadlineJul 31, 2024

Prisoners in Florida at the largest federal prison complex in the United States say they launched a hunger strike Sunday to demand external intervention to address health and safety violations, abuse of power by guards, and denied visits. A man incarcerated at the Coleman Low satellite camp told Democracy Now! 30 people were moved to solitary confinement in response to the hunger strike, and said they have since paused the protest. This comes as a Department of Justice investigation of Coleman led to more than a dozen arrests last week, including corrections officers charged with smuggling in drugs.

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