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Two inmates left in Utah prison hunger strike

Tuesday officials announced that participating inmates would lose privileges, such as access to TV and snacks

By C1 Staff

Corrections officials say the Utah State Prison hunger strike is all but ended, with only two inmates left on its sixth day.

At breakfast on Wednesday, 31 of the 42 inmates protesting conditions in the Uinta 2 unit accepted meals, prison spokeswoman Brooke Adams wrote in a press statement. By lunch, 40 of the 42 were accepting meals.

Tuesday officials announced that participating inmates would lose privileges, such as access to TV and snacks, if they continued the strike.

All of the inmates involved in the strike are documented gang members protesting prison conditions, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

Medical staff will monitor the health of the two inmates who are continuing the hunger strike.

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