Overview
- Heba Muraisi at HMP New Hall is reported to be struggling to form sentences and maintain conversation after about 57 days without food.
- Teuta Hoxha is said to be virtually bedridden and blacking out on standing, while Kamran Ahmed continues the protest and Lewie Chiaramello is fasting on alternate days for health reasons.
- Two participants, Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib, paused their strikes after 48 days and were treated in hospital following severe deterioration.
- Lawyers for the prisoners have begun legal action alleging the government abandoned its own prison safety policy framework during the ongoing protest.
- Ministers say prisons follow established procedures with NHS care and decline to meet the group, as supporters escalate protests that recently included the arrest of Greta Thunberg.