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We’re not all snitches
by Tony White This letter is written in response to a letter Zaharibu Michael Dorrough wrote to a friend that was published in the August Bay View. Zharibu wrote, on July 11, three days into the 2013...
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Death by pepper spray: Just another day in the Texas prison system
by Karl Kersplebedeb Outside support activists have learned of another Texas prisoner dead, due to a combination of guard brutality and medical neglect. This bleak prison is near Amarillo, Texas. –...
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Missouri prisoners in solitary confinement follow California’s lead, begin...
by Shyheim El-Mumin I am a prisoner being held captive here in the state of Missouri at the Potosi Correctional Center’s Ad-Seg (Administrative Segregation, a form of solitary confinement) unit. Since...
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Serving the people despite the retaliation of the oppressors
by Keith “Comrade Malik” Washington, Captain of Information, New Afrikan Black Panther Party, Texas Prison Chapter Revolutionary greetings! Comrades, today is the 8th of November 2013, and I must tell...
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CDCr calls hunger strike supplemental demands reasonable, then reneges;...
by Mutope Duguma In all policies, the truth is in the details of their implementation. On the surface, a policy can appear reasonable, but once you get into the actual working out of the details, you...
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Women in solitary confinement: ‘The isolation degenerates us into madness’
by Victoria Law A mass prisoner hunger strike rocked California’s prison system this past summer, drawing international attention to the extensive use of solitary confinement in the United States....
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Panther unleashed
by Keith ‘Comrade Malik’ Washington “Our point of departure is to serve the people wholeheartedly and never for a moment divorce ourselves from the masses, to proceed in all cases from the interests of...
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Women prisoners plead for help
Two women writing to expose abuse that has terrorized them at CIW (California Institution for Women) wish not to reveal their identities for fear of more retaliation. by M at CIW The staff here seems...
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We are relying on the legislature to rein in CDCR’s gross abuse of power,...
by Todd Ashker As a principal representative of the PBSP SHU (Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit) Short Corridor Collective Human Rights Movement, I begin this personal perspective update...
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Pelican Bay update: What change?
by Mutope Duguma Our Five Core Demands of the hunger strikes have not been met. And we see that reform always equals revisionism, which means it’s no change. Reform is a word that provides one, or a...
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Review Board suggests Pelican Bay prisoner stop political writing for...
by Joe A’Jene Valentine “I will not leave a word for railers. And I will not ease the hearts of my enemies by the violation of my honour. I have been born with misfortune till I have discovered its...
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Calipatria riots need to cease and unity needs to spread
by Kendra Castaneda “Power of Unity” – Graphic: Soundthings Over the last few months, there has been an excessive amount of fighting between different races at Calipatria State Prison within the...
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Largest hunger strike in history: California prisoners speak out on first...
One year ago, on July 8, 2013, 30,000 California prisoners initiated the largest hunger strike the world has ever seen. Sixty days later, 40 prisoners, who had eaten nothing in all that time, agreed to...
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SB 260: Don’t deny yourself a chance at life
by Kevin Curley There may be hope after all. Back in 1995, I was a juvenile, tried as an adult, tried and convicted of first degree murder. Everything in my case attracted corruption from the LAPD –...
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Unresolved hunger strike issues: Five Core Demands, 40 Supplemental Demands...
by Todd Ashker, one of four PBSP-SHU prisoner reps To CDCR administrators Secretary Beard, Undersecretary Hoshino, Director Stainer, Associate Director Diaz, Pelican Bay State Prison Warden Ducart This...
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California prisoner representatives: All people have the right to humane...
Main reps mark the first anniversary of suspension of the 2013 Hunger Strike and the second anniversary of the Agreement to End Hostilities by Todd Ashker, Arturo Castellanos and George Franco We...
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The Agreement to End Hostilities must be re-implemented in all California...
by Raymond “Chavo” Perez and Kendra Castaneda-Perez “Stronger Together: Black Brown Unity in Prison” – Art: Jose Villarreal, H-84098, SHU C11-106, P.O. Box 7500, Crescent City CA 95532 It has been two...
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The way forward to end solitary confinement torture: Where’s the army?
by Todd Ashker “Solitary Confinement Is Torture” – Art: Michael D. Russell, C-90473, PBSP SHU D7-217, P.O. Box 7500, Crescent City CA 95532 On the subject of SHU and Ad-Seg constituting torture, for...
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Amplify the voices these prisons try to silence: Fight censorship from...
Pack the courtroom for the hearing on Abu-Jamal v. Kane, challenging Prisoner Gag Law SB 508, on Thursday, Feb. 26, 10 a.m., in U.S. Courthouse, 228 Walnut St., Courtroom 2, Harrisburg, Penn. by Willow...
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Moving forward with our fight to end solitary confinement
by Todd Ashker Greetings of solidarity and respect to all similarly situated members of the prison class unified in our struggle to end long term solitary confinement and win related long overdue...
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