30-07-2018 23:58 via edmontonjournal.com

Lockdown protest continues: Some Edmonton remand inmates still refusing meals

A handful of Edmonton Remand Centre inmates refused food Monday, a week after almost 200 of them launched a hunger strike in response to a lockdown at the jail earlier this month.
Fourteen inmates refused meals Monday morning, an Alberta Justice and Solicitor General spokeswoman said in a written statement.Around 200 inmates at the facility last week refused breakfast Monday morning. The facility, the largest of its kind in Canada, can house over 1,900 inmates.
“Medical protocols developed
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