Eight people dressed in orange jumpsuits and black hoods walked through downtown State College this afternoon to protest the treatment of prisoners in the war on terrorism.

The group, composed of students, former students and local residents, had their legs chained together. They began to march down College Ave. around 2:30 p.m. and stopped at the Allen St. gates and at the U.S. Army recruiting station on College Ave.

Along the way, the group handed out small fliers stating that thousands of people "without charge, trial, or communication, have been incarcerated and tortured in our name" for over four years.

David Cicero Bevacqua, a group member, said the group wanted to remind people about what was happening and wanted the mistreatment to end.

The group's protest was in addition to the State College Friends weekly anti-war vigil earlier in the afternoon, which about 20 people participated in.

Today in Washington D.C., tens of thousands marched in an anti-war demonstration, the Associated Press reported.

Mary Hutchins, of State College, who participated in the State College Friends vigil, said some people who traditionally attend the vigil had traveled to the Washington protest.