Practice routine in US prisons, since only three states ban it.
from truthout
"The fact that force feedings are being discussed in the context of Guantánamo is dangerously misleading; it obscures the routine use of feeding tubes in American prisons. Other recent feeding tube cases have taken place in Washington state, Utah, Illinois and Wisconsin — all prisoners who had the resources to contest their treatment in court. No sweeping study of force-feeding has been done, so statistics on usage don’t exist. Only three states have laws against force-feeding prisoners: Florida, Georgia and California, where a hunger strike in 2011 at a facility in Pelican Bay effectively caused a court examination of prison conditions. Just this week Leroy Dorsey, who sued New York state to have his force-feedings stopped, lost his case. 'Force-feeding order did not violate inmate’s rights,' the Reuters headline reads.
"No matter where force-feedings take place, whether in Guantánamo or Connecticut, they are considered torture by most of the world’s medical and governing bodies. As U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Coville said this week about tube usage, 'If it’s perceived as torture or inhuman treatment — and it’s the case, it’s painful — then it is prohibited by international law.' At The Daily Beast, Kent Sepkowitz, a doctor, writes, 'Without question, [force-feeding] is the most painful procedure doctors routinely inflict on conscious patients,' and calls it 'barbaric.' …"
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