Polygamist leader Jeffs hospitalized after fasting

HOUSTON (AP) — Imprisoned polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs is hospitalized in critical condition after telling corrections officers he's been fasting.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons says Jeffs hasn't been eating or drinking enough since being sentenced earlier this month to life in prison for sexually assaulting underage followers he took as spiritual brides.

The 55-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has a history of not eating or drinking while incarcerated.

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