[Reblogged from MrZine; see the original here] Twenty-five years ago, I, a hapless reporter on assignment, went to the DC Jail and met the woman who was to be my life’s partner.Ā I interviewed her about her political bombing case; we fell in love; I visited her in various prisons …
Been reading Punishing the Poor:Ā The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity for some time now – in fact began at the beginning of the year, stopped, and now thanks to my newfound enthusiasm for reading on a tablet, i’ve started again. Wacquant writes from a social democratic point of view, which …
A year ago, Ebony magazine published a useful article about CeCe McDonald, theĀ 23-year-old Black transgender woman who was sentenced to 41 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter despite clear evidence that she was simply defending herself from a violent racist and transphobic attack. It was a good article, and included …
Greetings of Solidarity and Respect! The PBSP-SHU, Short Corridor Collective Representatives hereby serve notice upon all concerned parties of interest that after nine weeks we have collectively decided to suspend our third hunger strike action on September 5, 2013. To be clear, our Peaceful Protest of Resistance to our continuous …
Editorial by Ed Mead āIf we give in the terrorists win.ā ThatĀ is essentially what Secretary Beard told theĀ mediation team. He said there will be noĀ negotiations with prisoners or their outsideĀ representatives. I write this on August 4th,Ā just four days before the hunger strike hasĀ gone on for a full month. Things may …
We are now approaching the end of the second month of the California prisoners’ hunger strike. So far there has been one death, in a strike that was supported by 30,000 participants at its beginning, and still remains strong with several dozen who have gone eight weeks without food, risking …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–AUGUST 1, 2013 Press Contact: Isaac OntiverosPrisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity CoalitionPh: 510.444.0484 Oakland–California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano issued a statement today urgingĀ the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to meetĀ with prisoner hunger strike mediators and work toward meeting the prisoners’Ā demands. Prisoners throughout California have been on hunger strike …
The above image is a self-portrait of Billy “Guero” Sell, hunger striker who died at Corcoran state prison on July 22, 2013. CDCR attempted to cover this up, not even informing prisoner advocates it met with in the following days that a death had occurred. When outside supporters were informed …
Press Contact: Isaac OntiverosPrisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity CoalitionPh: 510 517 6612 Oakand–Mediators working on behalf of hunger striking prisoners haveĀ received disturbing news that Billy Sell, known to his friends as Guero,Ā died while on strike at Corcoran State Prison Security Housing Unit (SHU)Ā on Monday, July 22. His death is being ruled …
Panel Discussion: The California Prisoner Hunger Strike & Ending Long-term Solitary Confinement on 7-17-13 at Revolution Books in Berkeley, CA Andres Thomas Conteris, CloseGitmo.net – Stop U.S. Torture in Gitmo and U.S. Prisons; Director, Program of the Americans of Nonviolence International — recently interviewed hunger strikers in Pelican Bay SHU …