A federal court order has been issued which allows force-feeding and other steps to keep prison hunger strikes alive even if they don’t want medical attention. The state argument was that they believed that some inmates may have been force into participating in the hunger strikes and signed the paper against their will. Henderson agreed with “signing and order that would allow the state to involuntarily feed any prisoner it deems was coerced into signing a “Do not resuscitate” order, as well as those who signed such papers just before the July 8 protest began.” It will also allow involuntary feeding for those who a state doctor says are incompetent to give consent or make any medical decisions. For those inmates that were forced into participating in the human strikes they were protected from any serious harm. The motion is signed by lawyers for the court-appointed agency running prison medical care and the Prison Law Office, which represents California inmates on healthcare issues. The Prison Law Offices says that this motion should be limited and only focus on the current hunger strike. The hunger strike continued in 6 prisons with 69 inmates refusing food for 43 days while 67 others were fasting for shorter periods. Two of the prisons ended up being under medical watch.
http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-california-asks-judge-allow-force-feeding-20130819,0,4726207.story
http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-ff-california-asks-judge-allow-force-feeding-20130819,0,4726207.story
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