And the problem is??????

Prisoners say they starve themselves to death. And people have an issue with this?

October 13, CNN – (California) Hunger strike ends, California prison officials say. A 3-week hunger strike by some California prison inmates has ended, the state department of corrections said October 13. More than 4,250 inmates in eight state prisons were involved in the strike September 29, 3 days after it began, but only 580 at three prisons were still participating October 13, the department said in a news release. On October 6, when the department said 811 were still taking part, a spokesman for Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity questioned that number, though he acknowledged participation had likely dropped. Prison officials consider inmates to be on a hunger strike if they have missed nine straight meals. The corrections department said October 13 it had received a letter from inmates 2 days earlier regarding the strike. "Officials agreed to meet with inmate representatives to discuss its ongoing review of and revisions to its Security Housing Unit policies that began in May 2011," the department said in its news release. The prisoners made five demands, including a change in the policy that makes inmates go through an interrogation process in which they have to incriminate themselves — and identify other inmates who are involved in breaking rules — in order to get out of solitary confinement. They also demanded an end to group lockdowns, and wanted more privileges for those in solitary confinement, such as winter clothes and nutritious meals.