ATMORE, Ala. — A hunger strike by Alabama inmates protesting their placement in solitary confinement has ended after prison authorities shut off the water to their cells, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Corrections spokesman Bob Horton told the Montgomery Advertiser that the water was turned off so medical staff at Holman Correctional Facility could monitor the inmates’ water intake. The strike ended late Thursday.
Eight inmates began refusing food on Monday, saying they had been unjustly placed in solitary confinement. The inmates had been transferred to the prison in February for security reasons following a contraband raid.
Horton said the striking inmates had not violated any rules or regulations but were held in solitary while authorities determined where to place them within the general population at another facility.