The following from political prisoner Daniel McGowan’s support group: From: “Family & Friends of Daniel McG”Date: Thu, September 10, 2009 Dear friends, Daniel’s article, “Exposing ‘Little Guantanamo:’ Inside the CMU” is now handsomely laid out and available for download in screen-reading or printable booklet form! If you still haven’t read …
thx to Kasama for posting this…
No surprise here: Physicians for Human Rights has released a report detailing some of the torture techniques the CIA admits to using at Guantanamo Bay, showing how doctors played a central role in this programme of abuse. Amongst the fun and games the CIA engaged in: Mock executions; Denying solid …
The following is an important article by Dr. Atul Gawande, on the subject of isolation-torture as it is practiced in u.s. prisons. The article appeared in the March 30, 2009, edition of The New Yorker, and is available on their website here. One of the most striking things for me, …
An excellent statement from the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, FIERCE, Queers for Economic Justice, the Peter Cicchino Youth Project and the Audre Lorde Project, about how hate crimes legislation is a bad idea, as is incarceration as a solution to violence in our communities: SRLP announces non-support of the Gender …
Prison Round Trip $2.95 from left-wing books dot net (normally $4.95) Saddle-stitched pamphlet 31 pages Published by PM Press and Kersplebedeb in 2009 ISBN ISBN 978-1-60486-082-5 “Prison Round Trip” was first published in German in 2003 as “Einmal Knast und zurück.” The essay’s author, Klaus Viehmann, had been released from …
This from the Human Rights Coalition=Fed Up!, this report on what is being called the “Inauguration Day Atrocity”, where six men were targeted for assault with chemical and electrocution weapons by guards calling them “niggers” in retaliation for these prisoners continuing to file grievances, pursue civil litigation, expose prison conditions …
More dog-bites-man news here – two judges in Pennsylvania set up a kickback scheme whereby they would get paid for sending kids to private kiddie prisons. One imagines they’ll get in trouble for having gotten caught, but we’ll see: Monday, February 16, 2009PA Judges Accused of Jailing Juveniles for Cash …
The following from Critical Resistance: To All CR members, Allies, and Comrades of New Orleans, Prisoners and Families of New Orleans needs your help immediately!If you haven’t heard already Hurricane Gustav is headed for New Orleansand is predicted to be a category 3 hurricane, the same as Hurricane Katrina. There …
The following from Philly’s Human Rights Coalition/Fed Up! Chapter: Distribute Far and Wide and Please Take Immediate Action HRC/Fed Up! has received correspondence from five prisoners in the Special Management Unit (SMU–the most restrictive hole in Pennsylvania) in the last week to report that prison guards and the Unit Manager …