@DATELINE = <%2>V<B>ACAVILLE, CA <D> MORE 
THAN<%0> one hundred activists staged a die-in at the gates of the 
California prison hospital for men in Vacaville, on December 5, 1992, to 
protest intolerable conditions for prisoners with AIDS and HIV. The 
World Aids Day protest, called by ACT UP - SF, was in support of 
prisoners' demands for improved medical care and an end to 
discrimination inside the prison.
Since August more than eight prisoners have died under questionable 
circumstances, both in their cells and in the hospital, prompting prisoners 
to begin a <%-2>medication strike and then a hunger strike to protest 
these deaths at Vacaville.<%0>
<%4>The medication strike, which was undertaken by over 150 
prisoners, is one of the most organized expressions of prisoner protests 
ever. Prisoners, risking their lives, are refusing their medications to bring 
attention to the emergency conditions for prisoners with AIDS. Vacaville 
has been without any HIV-AIDS medical staff since March, when three 
excellent doctors quit because the prison interfered with their attempts to 
treat the prisoners.<%0>
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