Table 4

Documented Reasons for Starting a Hunger Strike (2015 – 2022)

Pre-ICRAPost-ICRAAllp
Housing change25.8%25.8%25.8%1
Protest discipline19.9%19.4%19.7%1
Conflict with custody11.3%3.2%8.9%.108
Suspected psychiatric symptoms8.6%11.3%9.4%.607
Unknown8.6%9.7%8.9%.795
Disagreement with medical treatment8.0%11.3%8.9%.436
Conditions of confinement6.6%8.1%7.0%.770
Legal4.0%6.5%4.7%.482
Parole3.3%0.0%2.4%.325
Disagreement with mental health treatment2.7%6.5%3.8%.235
Property2.7%3.2%2.8%1
Classification2.7%0.0%1.9%.325
Conflict with peers2.7%0.0%1.9%.325
Dietary2.0%4.9%2.8%.360
Lack of family contact1.3%1.6%1.4%1
Support hunger striking peer1.3%0.0%0.9%1
  • ICRA = Isolated Confinement Restriction Act.