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Wisconsin Prisoners' Hunger Strike Continues, Spreads
By wuwm.com- Pakou Lee
Published: 08/03/2016

Prisoners at the Wisconsin facilities in Columbia and Green Bay may be participating in the hunger strike that a few inmates at the Waupun Correctional Institution began on June 5th. They call it their “Dying to Live” campaign and say they are protesting the state’s abuse of solitary confinement.

Chance Zombor served 12 years in Wisconsin prisons. His crimes included armed robbery and battery.

“When things happen behind these prison walls, nobody sees it. It’s like out of sight, out of mind. Largely society sees them as deserving of whatever they did," says Zombor.

Zombor is not taking part in the hunger strike, but he does attend rallies to support the inmates who are refusing food.

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