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| Hunger strike methods debated |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 07/15/2008 |
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WISCONSIN - An inmate at the New Lisbon Correctional Institution is accusing officials of using violent methods to force-feed him after he launched a hunger strike. Fifty-seven-year-old Warren Lilly is serving a 10-year sentence on a battery charge. After he began his hunger strike more than three years ago, the prison clinic began force-feeding him twice a day through tubes inserted in his nose. In a letter to a friend, Lilly says [officers] have forced him to submit by spraying Mace in his face or using a stun gun. Department of Corrections spokesman John Dipko says [officers] are just doing their jobs. He says they're complying with a court order to keep Lilly from starving to death. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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