Hunger strikers in Pennsylvania solitary win demands By Joe Piette posted on July 15, 2021 Philadelphia Prisoners in solitary confinement who went on a hunger strike June 23 in the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix — Pennsylvania’s largest prison — ended their difficult struggle July 6 with a stunning victory. At SCI Phoenix, July 6. WW PHOTO: Joe Piette According to Levittown Now, more than 20 incarcerated people were demanding the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PA DOC) “acknowledge that they are being held in a currently undefined ‘intensive management unit’ (IMU) and provide a policy and guidelines in the department handbook for it; provide people being held in this unit with programming and mental health services; give incarcerated people a path out of solitary confinement; and end long-term solitary confinement in the state.” (July 2)