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Rock 4-2.Indd WorkingWor king ttoo EExtendx ten d D Democracyemocracy ttoo All VolumeVlVolume 4, 4N4, NNumberum ber 2 FebruaryFebruary 20152201015 CA’ S SAVAGE PRISON SYSTEM An End to Solitary is Long Overdue By Marie Levin emerging: project the appearance of a re- prisons, and to stifl e the intellectual and po- ess than two weeks ago the United forming system while extending its reach, litical education and organizing of prison- Nations Committee against Torture and restrict the ability of prisoners and their ers themselves. Lissued a report strongly criticiz- loved ones to organize for their rights. A third element of CDCR’s strategy ing the U.S. record on a number of issues, First, the CDCR has instituted a “Step of containment is the implementation of among them the extensive use of solitary Down Program” ostensibly to create a highly intimidating visiting procedures de- confi nement. While the U.S. uses long- pathway out of indefi nite solitary. How- signed to keep family members away from term solitary more than any other country ever, the program actually widens the net their loved ones. Draconian new visiting in the world, California uses it more than of who can be considered a threat and regulations authorize the use of dogs and any other state. It’s one of the few places therefore eligible for placement in soli- electronic drug detectors to indiscrimi- in the world where someone can be held tary. Recently adopted regulations replace nately search visitors for contraband, even indefi nitely in solitary. This practice is the old language of “gang” with “Security though both methods are notoriously unre- designed to break the human spirit and is Threat Group” (STG) and the previous list liable. These procedures effectively crimi- condemned as a form of torture under in- of a dozen identifi ed gangs is now replaced nalize family members and deter them from ternational law. with a dizzying list of over 1500 STGs. visiting, especially in a period of a growing Despite these repeated condemnations Under these new regulations, even family family-led movement against solitary. by the U.N., the California Department of members and others outside the prisons can The three new policies are also intended Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is be designated as part of an STG. Given the to extend CDCR’s reach beyond the prison harshening rather than easing its policies, fact that indefi nite solitary is used dispro- walls. As an organizer and family member currently with three new sets of regulations. portionately against people of color – in of a prisoner, I’m censored when sending The administration’s iron-fi sted strategy is Pelican Bay, 85% of those in isolation are letters to my brother, Sitawa N. Jamaa, Latino – the language used to justify place- subjected to gratuitous and intimidating ment in solitary eerily mirrors the rhetoric searches during visits, and susceptible to CONTENTS of the federal government and its perma- being labeled an STG associate. These are nent state of war against its declared en- all ways that CDCR is trying to keep me CA's Savage Prison System ....1 emies, all of whom are people of color. from knowing how my brother and others Immunity to Kill.........................2 The CDCR promulgated a second set are doing, and to repress my organizing. of rule changes last summer with sweep- Taken individually, these regulations Death for a Cigarette................2 ing new “obscenity” regulations governing may seem to address unrelated issues. But mail going both in and out of prisons. The given they are all coming down simultane- Police State ..............................3 original proposal was to explicitly ban any ously – just a year after the last of a series “publications that indicate an association of historic hunger strikes by people in Cali- Editorial 4-2 ..............................4 with groups that are oppositional to author- fornia prisons has given rise to the highest ity and society,” yet after coming under level of self-organization and empower- Hands Up - Don't Shoot ...........6 heavy criticism, CDCR decided to mask ment among imprisoned people since the its Orwellian motives by hiding behind the 1970s – these regulations are nothing less Better to Kill than Imprison. ......7 above mentioned language of STGs. This than a systematic attempt to silence and Rotten Apple Broken Window ..7 ominous language violates First Amend- retaliate against prisoners’ growing resis- ment rights, and reveals a broader agenda: tance. Over 30,000 prisoners participated Uncle Sam's Big Top ................9 to censor writings that educate the public in 2013’s strike, some for 60 days, risking about what is actually occurring inside the their health and lives for an end to indefi - nite solitary. Prisoners’ family members and loved ones also took up leadership IMMUNITY TO KILL DEATH, FOR A roles in political organizing in unprece- By Lorenzo Johnson CIGARETTE! dented ways. The movement to abolish sol- t’s not a coincidence that minorities By Mumia Abu-Jamal itary continues to gain momentum around are being killed by police at an alarm- he name Eric Garner is now en- the country. Iing rate. Simply no regard for Human shrined in the grim annals of history. The hunger strikes were a signifi cant part Rights! By not having safeguards in place, It joins Mike Brown, Rahmarley of an ongoing national sea change regard- when an unarmed person is killed this gives T Graham, Alan Blueford, Dontre Hamilton, ing the use of solitary, as states are waking the police the okay to continue to kill. The Tamir Rice, and thousands of others, who up to its dangers. Illinois, Maine and Mis- fi rst thing society is told is: “The Grand were murdered by those their taxes have sissippi have closed or drastically down- Jury is reviewing evidence to see if a crime helped pay: cops. sized their solitary units without any loss of occurred.” This is all a smoke screen, just In many ways, Garner’s case is even institutional safety. New York and Arizona look at the murders of Michael Brown and more egregious than Brown’s, for it was were recently forced to reduce their use of Eric Garner to name a few. Mr. Garner’s videotaped, and one sees his takedown, his isolation, with Colorado and New Jersey death was recorded by a phone showing incessant choking, his unconsciousness - following suit. his assassination; still no police were in- and shortly thereafter - his death. Yet California steadfastly remains an dicted for using a Banned Choke Hold on Now, the words “I can’t breath” have outlier seemingly impervious to change, Mr. Garner. Until the police are held fully become joined with the cry “Hands Up!”- led by an administration that relies on tired accountable, Minorities will continue to be reminders of the Garner and Brown killings rhetoric about “the worst of the worst” to targeted and unfortunately killed. at the hands of police. justify torture. People locked up in Califor- There have been over fi ve hundred (500) Both cases are also noted for the be- nia have a decades-long history of fi ghting Exonerations of Innocent Prisoners that we havior of grand juries, which now appear for the rights and dignity of prisoners, af- know about. The average time frame an reckless beyond belief, in their inability to fi rming their humanity in the face of inhu- Innocent Prisoner spends in prison is be- return indictments against cops. mane conditions and demanding change. tween thirteen and a half (13½) to fi fteen The grand jury emigrated here from Eng- The U.N. report calls on this government (15) years, and that’s only if they get the land, where, as it was then called, ‘grand to “ban prison regimes of solitary confi ne- necessary representation needed. In some assizes’, a body of about a dozen knights, ment such as those in super-maximum cases, Innocent Prisoners die in prison be- under the direction of a baron (or some security detention facilities.” It’s time for fore their Innocence comes out. other noble), would investigate cases and California to listen. ● Prosecutors continue to fi ght tooth and charge people. [Marie Levin is the sister of Sitawa N. nail to maintain their False Convictions. Later, they became tools of the king. Jamaa, a prisoner in solitary confi nement They hide favorable material that can show Today, they are instruments of the pros- at Tehachapi. She is a member of Califor- a prisoner’s Innocence. They let False Tes- ecutors, and used, just as under kings, to nia Families Against Solitary Confi nement timony stand just to secure a conviction. target whom they wish - and to clear whom (CFASC) and Prisoner Hunger Strike Soli- Out of all the Exonerations of Innocent they wish. darity Coalition (PHSS). Mohamed Shehk men and women, NOT ONE percent (1%) Outrage stems from the long history of is the Media and Communications Director of the prosecutors were held accountable its use to protect cops -yes-even killer cops. of Critical Resistance, and also contributed for their Malicious Prosecutions. One fact This, while the nation is awash in mass to this piece.] that can’t be disputed, minorities make up NINETY PERCENT (90%) of Wrongful incarceration, the majority of whom have Convictions. Until prosecutors are stripped never had a grand jury indictment, unlike of their IMMUNITY and held fully ac- the average cop. countable, this will unfortunately continue The System is constructed to protect their to happen. minions (the cops), no matter how outra- Mass Incarceration has been going on for geous their behavior. That’s just a fact. decades under a lot of different umbrellas.
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