Dozens have been on hunger strike at a maximum-security prison for more than a week.
Marcus Kelley, a formerly incarcerated advocate for prisoners' rights, hugs Nina Fernandez, mother of one of the prisoners participating in the Ely State Prison hunger strike, during a rally outside the Casa Grande Transitional Housing Center in Las Vegas Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Fernandez says her son's complaints include alleged abuse by prison staff and excessive periods of solitary confinement. Ely State Prison officials say complaints over small meal portions fueled the hunger strike.
On Friday, a top correctional official maintained that meal portions led to the strike at the prison about 250 miles north of Las Vegas. According to the Department of Corrections, two dozen people were participating in the hunger strike as of Friday morning. Of those, 19 have refused food for nine straight days, since Dec. 1.
Nearby, a man she had never met opened his arms offering a hug and Fernandez accepted, crying into his chest. In a statement released hours after the Las Vegas protest, William Gittere, acting director of the Nevada prison system, announced a policy change to “administrative sanctions” in light of the hunger strike.
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