The Alabama Department of Corrections has confirmed that incarcerated prison reform advocate Kenneth Shaun Traywick—also known as Swift Justice—ended his hunger strike at Bullock Correctional Facility last week after 35 days without food.
In a statement provided to APR, ADOC officials said that Traywick began eating last Thursday “following medical services reintroduction protocols.”
Traywick’s hunger strike was originally ignited by an incident that took place on Thursday, November 20, when an ADOC correctional officer pepper sprayed Traywick from behind, reportedly as retaliation for Traywick speaking out about the officer’s assault of a fellow inmate, Michael Rowser. Traywick’s strike subsequently developed into a call for general prison reform in Alabama, as he demanded a meeting with ADOC Commissioner John Hamm and an end to ADOC’s “retaliatory and excessive force practices.”…