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Hunger StrikeIn Ga PrisonIs Broken UpREfDSVlLLE, Ga. (UPI) — A 1 state prison hunger, strike by In* mates who/demanded' fried eggs 1 for- breakfast was broken up today * when 225 ring leaders were hauled * off rn handcuffs to other prison camps, iState Cdrreclions Director Jack c M. Forrester said the men re- I sponsible for the demonstration * would be placed on bread and water. ,lt;rI lhir«k this has cracked it,”Forrester said. “We've got thering leaders and after they were ' removed you could heqr a pin lt;drop.11 tThev inmates of the huge slate 1 prison began their hunger strike Thursday but prison authorities had been expecting it for almost two weeks and were ready to move in swiftly to put it down,Forrester said the men will be, dispersed among 16 other state institutions and 85 county workcamps. They will get bread and water diets except for one. full men! every five days.A “hard-core of 140 prisoners went to (he rock quarry prison for incorrigibles at Buford, where in recent years numbers of inmates have slashed their heel Lendons to avoid the hard labor.The hunger strike started Thursday at breakfast and some 1,000 inmates, mostly white, had sained the hunger strike at supper time Thursday1 nighl. The prison has 2,606 inmates.Forrester said Warden P. R, Balkcom .this morning (aid the men personally that those who wanted to cat to proceed into the dining areas, All but the 225 answered the warden's call.
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Fri, Jul 10, 1959
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