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Prisoners’ families and advocates to speak out at legislative hearing Feb. 25...
Rally starts 11:30 Capitol West Side, Assembly Hearing on Security Housing Units in Room 126 at 1:30; carpooling and bus transportation info below by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity...
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Unity in organization
by Kamau M. Askari Organization is a framework through which collective power can be achieved. Organization is also a byproduct of unity. Prisoners of varying racial and ethnic backgrounds and...
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California Assembly reviews solitary confinement policies as prisoners...
by Sal Rodriguez On Monday, Feb. 25, the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee, chaired by Assembly Member Tom Ammiano, held a hearing on the state’s Security Housing Units (SHUs). The hearing...
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The horrifying existence of solitary confinement
by James Simmons Imagine being locked in a cage alone for 22 ½ hours a day, sometimes for decades on end, with no normal human contact ever and no exposure to direct sunlight ever. Now imagine that...
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Hunger Strike Day 16: CDCR refuses to negotiate, strikers issue new statement
by Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Oakland – With the California prisoner hunger strike in its third week, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and medical receiver...
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Negotiate, Gov. Brown! How many more prisoners must die?
Advocates call for investigation of Corcoran prison death; medical professionals, religious leaders and prisoners’ families demand governor negotiate with hunger strikers by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner...
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Call for international solidarity as Colombia prisoners’ hunger strike enters...
by the Alliance for Global Justice On July 25, a prisoner on hunger strike at the Doña Juana Penitentiary in Colombia died after having been refused medical treatment by his guards. He had been...
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Mediators talk with prisoners as hunger strike reaches one month mark,...
by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Oakland, Aug. 8, 2013 – Today marks one month for prisoners on hunger strike throughout the California prison system. Earlier today, the...
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Hunger striker responds to Corrections Secretary Beard’s op-ed demonizing...
by Alfred Sandoval Today I read an op-ed from the L.A. Times by the new secretary of the California Department of Corruption. He gave a one sided view of prison violence by talking about the 11 murders...
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Hunger strikers, supporters refute CDCR gang propaganda
by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Oakland – With the historic California prisoner hunger strike in its 37th day, supporters are outraged that the California Department of...
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CDCR’s $9.2 billion corruption machine vs. Prison Human Rights Movement
by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, PBSP-SHU Short Corridor Collective Aug. 14, 2013 – I would like to reiterate that the Agreement to End All Hostilities, issued Aug. 12, 2012, is significant for all prisoners...
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California prisoners suspend 60-day hunger strike – families, legislators...
Isaac Ontiveros and Claude Marks, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition Oakland – After 60 days on hunger strike, prisoners at Pelican Bay have suspended their peaceful protest. Representatives...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2013
by Wanda Sabir Maafa Ritual Maafa is multi-generational, a good time to transmit wisdom and compassion between youth and elders. Children are welcome. This is Maafa 2011. – Photo: TaSin Sabir The 18th...
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Emergency Response Network Alert: CDCR retaliates against peaceful protest
by Dana Gross, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition During the prisoners’ hunger strike in July 2013, many supporters signed up on the Emergency Response Network-Pledge of Resistance of the...
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George Jackson University
by Abdul Olugbala Shakur Board members: Abdul Olugbala Shakur: Chancellor (AbdulOlugbalaShakur@yahoo.com) Dr. Donald R. Evans: 2nd Chancellor (www.NAAFRA.org) Akili Mwalimu Shakur: Vice Chancellor...
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Shining a light on the historic moment: Reflections on prison isolation and...
by Laura Magnani On July 8, 2013, 30,000 prisoners of the California prison system – and hundreds more across the United States – refused meals to take a stand about the conditions of prisoners in the...
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We are allowing our money to be used as a weapon of war against us
by Timothy Brown In solidarity I offer this suggestion: Reduce your contribution to your imprisonment. Instead, contribute to your child’s development. Advantages: The prison system has less funding,...
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Largest hunger strike in history: California prisoners speak out on first...
One year ago, on July 8, 2013, 30,000 California prisoners initiated the largest hunger strike the world has ever seen. Sixty days later, 40 prisoners, who had eaten nothing in all that time, agreed to...
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Prisoner Human Rights Movement: Agreement to End Hostilities has changed the...
by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa It is incumbent upon all men prisoners across the state of California and globally to embrace the struggle of women prisoners as a whole. We, the four principle negotiators of...
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Unity between races is going strong; be proud of yourselves!
by Kendra Castaneda Perez Artist Jose Villarreal writes: “Like these birds in the drawing, we prisoners are also held captive by the same oppressor. When a species is hunted, eventually they will turn...
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