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

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Men hold up a sign during a rally supporting hunger strikers in the California prison system in Los AngelesBy 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. …

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