Five pro-Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike, two of whom have been refusing food in protest for over 45 days, with three others having recently ended their action.
Lawyers for the group maintain those involved face an imminent threat to their lives. These are remand prisoners, having been refused bail and waiting for their case to go to Court, with some expecting to have been in prison for two years before their trial begins.
It is reported that some of their letters and phone calls have been withheld along with not having access to books and experiencing unfair treatment in custody.
Napo represents Probation staff whose values and professional ethics do not align with such alleged treatment. That is why Napo, alongside other trade unions, formally signed a letter to David Lammy urging him to meet with the hunger strikers’ legal representatives in order to ensure that the human rights of these individuals are upheld.
