Isle of Man prisoners go on hunger strike over smoking ban

Isle of Man prisoners go on hunger strike over smoking ban

VICTORIA ROAD: The ban on smoking in the workplace, introduced at the end of March, was applied to the prison in Victoria Road and its grounds protesting against the smoking ban have gone on hunger strike.
The ban on smoking in the workplace, introduced at the end of March, was applied to the prison in Victoria Road and its grounds. It will extend to the new jail in Jurby when it becomes operational.

This week friends and relatives of prisoners contacted the Isle of Man Newspapers claiming up to 16 of 32 prisoners on A wing had launched a hunger strike in protest.

Prison officials, however, claimed 'a very small number' of inmates were refusing to eat.