Dozens of Texas prisoners are nearly a week into a hunger strike over what they call the state’s harsh solitary confinement policy.
At least 72 prisoners have not eaten as of last Friday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said in a statement to the Texas Tribune.
An activist associated with the movement told the outlet that the number is closer to 120, which is down from the roughly 300 that started out participating in the protest on Jan. 10.
The hunger strike is being carried out in opposition to the TDCJ’s policy of putting members of prison gangs into solitary confinement.