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| State inmates on hunger strike in Cañon City |
| By Denver Post |
| Published: 01/17/2005 |
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More than 100 inmates at Colorado's top-security prison began a hunger strike Saturday, protesting rules limiting family visits and hampering movement to less-secure prisons, officials say. Colorado State Penitentiary inmates also say they are given severe penalties for minor violations. Colorado's three death row inmates as well as the prison system's biggest disciplinary scofflaws are held at the Cañon City prison, where all prisoners are kept in single-occupancy cells in 23-hour lockdown. About two dozen inmates put up signs saying "hunger strike" in their cell windows Saturday, said Alison Morgan, Department of Corrections spokeswoman. Prison inmates follow a six-level privilege system in which they can gradually earn more frequent and lengthier visits from family members. They eventually can earn their way to a less-secure prison, Morgan said. |
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