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...
View ArticleCalifornia prisoners launch new hunger strike to protest solitary confinement
by Sal Rodriguez July 8, 2013 – Hundreds of people held in California prisons are expected to launch their third large-scale hunger strike in two years today. The current strike, announced by leaders...
View ArticleSecret torture unit at San Quentin
by a California Death Row SHU prisoner The Adjustment Center (AC) is the politically corrupt designation given to the death row Security Housing Unit (SHU) at San Quentin (SQ) which also serves as...
View ArticleLetters from hunger strikers: I still feel like I can keep pushin’, so I will
by Randall Sondai Ellis Written Aug. 7, 2013 – I just wrote you a few days ago about my location change; however, there’s been yet another change. We’ve been moved to Ad Seg H-Row. As you might have...
View ArticleTehachapi SHU is the worst of any SHU, prison or jail I have seen in 23 years
by Aaron Jabari Scott On Aug. 28, 2014, I spoke with the Corcoran State Prison Step Down Program (SDP) facilitator who confirmed I was on the list to be transferred to Tehachapi (California...
View ArticleSolidarity had the might to move the mountain of prison torture that kept us...
by Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa and Jabari Scott CDCR deliberately lied about their implementation of the Security Threat Group (STG) Step Down Program (SDP) sanctioned by Gov. Jerry Brown. We prisoners, the...
View ArticleThe Fairness and Restoration Act of 2015
by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Free-Speech Society Part I: Introduction According to the 14th Amendment, the government cannot develop or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of...
View ArticleCalifornia Attorney General Kamala Harris must end the barbaric practice of...
by Bill Blum California Attorney General Kamala Harris is nothing if not ambitious. Not content with being the Golden State’s top law enforcement officer – a position she has held since 2011, after...
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