Stalemate between screws and cons as three-day 'hunger strike' comes to end

A three-day 'hunger strike‘ by prisoners incarcerated in three of the country's jails has finally come to an end, although no agreement has been reached. The protests started after prison officials added an additional eighth bed in a five-person cell in one of the prisons. As a form of protest, the prisoners refused to eat at the prison canteen, instead buying their own food from the prison shop. "We have been adding beds successively, and if there is further need, we will continue to do so," said Robert Kuczera, a spokesperson for the prison in Wołów. According to Luiza Sałapa of the Central Prison Service, the prisoners did succeed in catching the attention of the public opinion, and this might effect future decisions made by the Sejm concerning related issues. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) A.K.