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Dignity and rage, dignity and freedom
by Malaika Kambon A photographer at the 14th and Broadway speak-out carried his message on his hat. – Photo: Malaika Kambon Just as in Haiti, what is in the streets when the people march or take...
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Wanda’s Picks for April 2011
by Wanda Sabir Monday, April 4, 2011, the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s killing, is also the conclusion of what many activists call “The Season of Peace.” This season begins at the...
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Hunger strike in the supermax: Pelican Bay prisoners protest conditions in...
by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella “The only contact that you have with individuals is what they call a pinky shake,” said one prisoner. As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, inmates in...
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From Pelican Bay: CDCR to offset prison population cut by putting more men in...
Three letters from core hunger strike organizers: Todd Ashker, Mutope Duguma (James Crawford), Arturo Castellanos by Todd Ashker Displaying his banner on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June...
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Duguma wins major court victory: Without a fight it can’t be no struggle
by Mutope Duguma The First District Court of Appeal shares this building half a block from San Francisco City Hall with the California Supreme Court. We as New Afrikan Revolutionary Nationalist Freedom...
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Open letter to Gov. Jerry Brown: Stop the torture now
Dear Gov. Brown: Former prisoners, prisoners’ loved ones, religious leaders, legal and medical professionals and prisoner advocates turned out for a historic hearing into solitary confinement in...
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CDCR’s Oct. 11, 2012, Security Threat Group Pilot Program
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued new rules in this October 2012 memorandum entitled “Pilot Program for Security Threat Group Identification, Prevention and Management...
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Californians praise court order to immediately reduce prison population
Call for Legislature to cancel planned prison expansion and step up to the plate on sentencing reform by Emily Harris Sacramento – Earlier today, Gov. Brown was ordered by the federal three-judge panel...
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Condemned to valley fever
by Donald Ray Young Another death sentence, valley fever, combined with the lack of constitutionally adequate medical care, has resulted in 62 known deaths since 2006 within the California prison...
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Lawyers, advocates: Prison hunger strike force feeding order is a political...
Strikers vow to continue, prisoners rejoin strike, supporters redouble efforts by Azadeh Zohrabi and Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Oakland – As prisoners enter their 46th day of...
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Testimony of Everett D. Allen, M.D., former chief physician and surgeon at...
To the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Dear Sen. Dick Durbin, Ranking Member Sen. Lindsey Graham and Senators: I worked at Pelican Bay...
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Miracles still happen: A huge law firm is representing the Bay View on...
by Dr. Willie Ratcliff On Aug. 14 we signed an engagement letter with Bryan Cave, one of the largest law firms in the world, to represent the Bay View in our fight against censorship at Pelican Bay....
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Pelican Bay prisoner representatives meet with top Corrections staff
by Arturo Castellanos Oct. 2, 2013 – This is a short update from the four principle SHU reps here at Pelican Bay State Prison to inform you that Mr. Michael Stainer [director of the Division of Adult...
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‘Mass Incarceration on Trial’
Review by Judith Tannenbaum “Mass Incarceration on Trial,” by Jonathan Simon, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, is a new book (from The New Press) that talks about mass...
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SB 260: Don’t deny yourself a chance at life
by Kevin Curley There may be hope after all. Back in 1995, I was a juvenile, tried as an adult, tried and convicted of first degree murder. Everything in my case attracted corruption from the LAPD –...
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Prisoners report on San Quentin health crisis: Legionella outbreak prompts...
by Kevin D. Sawyer On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, government officials and first responders continue to lack the ability to plan for emergency situations. San Quentin State Prison,...
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Brutha Sitawa: CDCr and Soledad Prison retaliate with false reports to return...
by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, principal negotiator, Prisoner Human Rights Movement Sitawa gets a visit from his sister, Marie Levin, on Feb. 27, 2017. She worked tirelessly for his release from solitary...
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Rally to end Santa Clara County Jail hunger strike
Official public statement from Prisoners United of Silicon Valley Introduction: Over 200 prisoners in Santa Clara County have been on a hunger strike since April 15, 2018, to end meaningless...
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California prison authorities are punishing hunger strike veterans by...
James Baridi Williamson, then buried alive in the dreaded Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU), is one of those who fought back and is now being punished for his participation in the 2011 and 2013...
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California prisoners seek federal court action to lower population levels
Representing California prisoners, the Prison Law Office, Michael Bien and other attorneys are calling for immediate reduction of the prison population. In this photo, guards line up to hear the...
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