Emergency Action Alert: “MAN DOWN!”

“Man Down!” That’s the cry prisoners shout to the guards when a man needs immediate medical attention. The guards at Corcoran State Prison did not respond to the cry, and hunger striker Billy ‘Guero’ Sell died on July 22, 2013.

The Corcoran prison officials allege that Billy Sell committed suicide. Prisoners tell a very different story…

“Man Down!” shouted hunger strikers to the guards in San Quentin’s notorious prison within a prison, the solitary confinement Adjustment Center on Death Row. Four of the hunger strikers were not drinking water, as well as refusing all food.

Fortunately, these Adjustment Center prisoners are still alive. But, to this day, the Warden has not met with the hunger strikers to address their just demands.

In this fourth week of the hunger strike, even people with strong bodies and strong spirits will be in need of immediate medical monitoring. We do not want anyone else to die!

Please send this message to the prison officials (listed below):

I URGE YOU TO MEET WITH THE HUNGER STRIKERS NOW and ADDRESS THEIR JUST DEMANDS.

I DEMAND IMMEDIATE MEDICAL MONITORING FOR ALL HUNGER STRIKERS.

I DO NOT WANT ANY MORE HUNGER STRIKERS TO DIE!

1. To Warden Connie Gipson at Corcoran Prison:

phone: 559-992-8800 ext. 5008
email: Connie.Gipson@cdcr.ca.gov

2. To Warden Kevin Chappell at San Quentin Prison:

phone: 415-455-5000
email: Kevin.Chappell@cdcr.ca.gov

3. To CDCR Secretary Jeffrey Beard:

phone: 916-323-6001
fax: 916-442-2637

To keep up to date on the hunger strike, sign up for the daily list serve at www.prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com.

Send your love, solidarity and some postage stamps to a hunger striker:

Mr. Carlos Argueta F-63367
Ca. State Prison – San Quentin 3AC – 15- N
San Quentin, CA 94974

Thank you,
PHSS Pledge of Alert work group