Supermax terrorist on 7-month jail hunger strike over treatment in custody

A Supermax terrorist is being offered access to psychologists in a bid to end his seven-month hunger strike which began in support of the BLM movement, and in protest at how he was being treated.

A Supermax terrorist has been on a hunger strike since June last year.

A Supermax terrorist is being offered access to psychologists and chaplains in a bid to end his hunger strike, which he has been on since last June.

The high-risk prisoner, who cannot be named for legal reasons, began refusing food in June when he was detained at Cobham Youth Justice Centre, resulting in multiple hospital visits.

Youth Justice sources claimed the inmate began the hunger strike in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and in protest at how he was being treated.

The convicted terrorist, who was a minor at the time of his offence, was allowed a special contact visit with his parents during a statewide COVID lockdown, with authorities hoping the move would result in the inmate eating again.

The visit, which enabled the inmate’s parents to hug and kiss him, was organised after five hospital admissions — at least one at Nepean Hospital — and a loss of 9kg of his body weight.

The inmate was later transferred to Supermax as part of a state government initiative to move adult offenders from juvenile justice facilities.

A prison source said the inmate had recently resumed his “on and off” hunger strike, after being treated at Long Bay hospital following the refusal of food in mid-December.

Prison officials have offered the inmate access to psychologists and chaplains in the hope he will end the hunger strike.

It is understood the inmate has told officials he does not believe he should be in prison.

A Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman said the department was unable to comment due to privacy reasons.

“We are unable to comment on individual inmates’ circumstances,” she said.