Frame it however you want. The government should not let people starve themselves to death in prisons. Facing justice is not an easy thing, enough to drive people to psychological extremes. But life goes on even for prisoners.
I would also argue that if the government focused more on not torturing people and instead treating them with basic human dignity, it wouldn't have to deal with quite so many hunger strikes.
But I also have a healthy skepticism for potentially self-serving claims made by people facing criminal charges.