California gets OK to force-feed some hunger-striking inmates

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California gets OK to force-feed some hunger-striking inmates

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/california-gets-ok-force-feed-hunger-striking-inmates-001734387.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nYLITH_jrpzCUafvtynqnA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-20T023514Z_1_CBRE97J076W00_RTROPTP_2_USA-PRISONS-CALIFORNIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Men hold up a sign during a rally supporting hunger strikers in the California prison system in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Men hold up a sign during a rally supporting hunger strikers in the California prison system in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California authorities won court approval on Monday to force-feed some prisoners on a hunger strike after officials voiced concerns that inmates may have been coerced into refusing food in a protest against the state's solitary confinement policies. U.S. District Court Judge Thelton E. Henderson, responding to a request by state authorities, ruled that California prison doctors may force-feed select inmates near death, even if they had previously signed orders asking not to be resuscitated. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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