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| Hunger Strike Works For Death Row Inmates |
| By coshoctontribune.com |
| Published: 01/19/2011 |
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YOUNGSTOWN -- Three Ohio inmates sentenced to death have ended a hunger strike after winning less restrictive conditions, the prison system and an inmate advocate said Tuesday. Carlos Sanders, Keith Lamar and Jason Robb began their protest two weeks ago, taking only water and coffee at the supermax Ohio State Penitentiary. They ended the protest Friday. The changes cover the three hunger strikers and a fourth prisoner detained in the 102-inmate administrative maximum security unit of the prison. Other condemned prisoners are held at the prison's death row unit. The prison system said concessions had been under consideration before the protest and include "semi-contact" visits, typically a slot allowing hand-holding. Read More. |
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