HARTFORD, Conn.
Black pastor and activist Cornell Lewis says he's ending his
hunger strike protesting what he calls a racist attitude by mostly white
supervisors toward employees at the state's only secure facility for delinquent
boys.
Lewis says he ingested only fluids for seven days. He told
The Associated Press on Monday that he now plans to meet with supporters and
"form a strategy to put more pressure" on officials at the Connecticut
Juvenile Training School in Middletown and the Department of Children and
Families, which runs the facility. He said they are considering protesting
outside the homes of supervisors.
Lewis' hunger strike came more than a year after he and four
black co-workers filed a federal lawsuit claiming discrimination.
DCF officials have said they have not received specific
complaints from Lewis. Click here to keep reading.
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