Article Figures & Data
Figures
- Figure 1.
Frequency distribution of hunger strikes.
- Figure 2.
Frequency distribution of duration of hunger strikes.
Tables
Feature Hunger Strikers (%) Total Inmate Population in 2015 (%) Inmates in Admin. Segregation (%) MH Special Needs designation 45 15* Residing in disciplinary housing 74 7* 100 No psychiatric diagnosis 31 26 Any personality disorder 48 12* 22* Antisocial personality disorder 26 7* 14* Psychotic disorder 10 4* Bipolar disorder 4 2† Impulse control disorder or ADHD 8 4† Major depressive disorder 6 3‡ Anxiety disorders 6 6 Adjustment disorders 6 5 Malingering 21 3* Reason for Starting Strike Disciplinary Housing Nondisciplinary Housing All Housing Number % Number % Number % Unknown 63 29 25 33 88 30 Protest discipline 47 22 5 7 52 18 Housing change 41 19 14 18 55 19 Conflict with custody 33 15 10 13 43 15 Suspected psychiatric symptoms 17 8 6 8 23 8 Legal 13 6 3 4 16 6 Property 10 5 3 4 13 5 Dietary 9 4 7 9 16 6 Medical issue 7 3 6 8 13 5 Conflict with inmates 5 2 4 5 9 3 Conditions of confinement 2 1 0 0 2 1 Lack of family contact 1 <1 0 0 1 <1 Political 1 <1 0 0 1 <1 Parole 0 0 3 4 3 1 Commissary 0 0 1 1 1 <1 Numbers and percentages total more than 292 hunger strikes and 100%, respectively, as more than one reason may have been identified.
Reason for Stopping Number % Unknown 241 83 DOC intervention 24 8 Gave up 7 2 Mental health intervention 6 2 Denied hunger strike 6 2 Medical intervention 4 1 Moot (released or won court case) 3 1 Gave up after medical illness 2 1 Numbers total more than 292 hunger strikes, as more than one reason may have been identified.
