Blanketmen: An Untold Story of the H-block Hunger Strike

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Thus, following a period in which the prisoners cooperated to their utmost with a stubborn regime, on January 27th 96 prisoners smashed up cell furniture in a fit of frustration.

The nearest approach to it that I have seen was the spectacle of hundreds of homeless people living in sewer pipes in the slums of Calcutta. The blanket protest began on 14 September 1976 when newly convicted prisoner Kieran Nugent refused to wear prison uniform. A first-hand, very blunt telling of the behind the scenes and morally-fraught actions of the 1981 hunger strike in Long Kesh. Prisoners were entitled to four visits from friends or family each month, three were in exchange for good behaviour and the fourth was statutory.During the 20th century a total of 22 Irish Republicans died on hunger strike while demanding political status - see Groups who have conducted hunger strikes in List of hunger strikes.

It is terribly distracting and sounds very silly, which is unfortunate given the seriousness of the topic.

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