‘We don’t have a voice anymore’: Former hunger strikers criticize neglect, lack of communication from prison officials

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When Jacky Robinson Jr. ended his 24-day hunger strike for better prison conditions on Oct. 9, he was optimistic that the Connecticut Department of Correction would make the long-term changes he had requested.

Robinson assumed he would not get to experience the improved conditions. DOC Commissioner Angel Quiros had secured Robinson a transfer to his home state of Ohio, which would allow him to see his father for the first time in eight years…

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