Jump to full article: Isle of Man Newspapers (uk), 2008-05-04
Intro: FIVE prisoners refused to eat their evening meal yesterday (Thursday) in protest against the smoking ban.
Friends and relatives of inmates claimed up to 16 of 32 prisoners on A wing of the Victoria Road jail were on hunger strike.
Prison officials initially said 'a very small number' of inmates were refusing to eat.
In a statement issued this morning, the Department of Home Affairs confirmed that nine prisoners refused their lunchtime meals yesterday and five refused their evening meal.
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