Pussy Riot member put in isolation after threat of hunger strike

Prison officials say Tolokonnikova has been moved to an isolated room that is equipped with a bed, refrigerator and toilet facilities. An official told Interfax news agency that she is not presently working and that food is being brought to her despite her hunger strike, adding that her intake is being monitored.
The 23-year-old Tolokonnikova is halfway through a two-year sentence for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. She and two other members of Pussy Riot performed an unauthorized “punk prayer” against Russian President Vladimir Putin on the altar of Russia’s most prominent Orthodox church.

Tolokonnikova and another member of the group, Maria Alyokhina, received two-year sentences in penal colonies. A third band member received a suspended sentence.
Alyokhina has also complained of unfair treatment and harassment at her penal colony, located in Russia’s Perm region.