Some Moose Lake sex offenders on hunger strike
Clients and their supporters are calling for an end to the state program that discharges few of the hundreds of the men it locks up.
7:44 pm, Jan. 27, 2021
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Minnesota Sex Offender Program in Moose Lake (Bob King / 2011 file / News Tribune)
Roughly a dozen men at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in Moose Lake have participated in a hunger strike to protest facility conditions and their ongoing confinement, according to an advocacy group and the state agency that runs the program.
The strike began late last week, with the total number of clients varying day by day, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The agency considers clients to be on a hunger strike when they provide notice and refuse three consecutive meals or have not had anything to drink.