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Court Orders Force Feeding of Hunger-Striker

A federal district court in New York granted a motion by the BOP to allow them to force feed a civil contemnor on hunger strike. Note that some state courts have held prisoners have a state constitutional right to refuse force feeding while on hunger strikes. See: In Re Sanchez ...

 

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