Solitary confinement policies in California revised again, as inmate leaders...
by Sal Rodriguez The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has recently circulated a memo regarding the most recent revised edition of its Step Down Program (SDP) and Security Threat...
View ArticleReport from the Pelican Bay SHU Short Corridor Representatives: Continued...
Part 1: Open letter to CDCR and PBSP officials To: CDCR (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) Undersecretary of Operations Terri McDonald, PBSP (Pelican Bay State Prison) Warden...
View ArticlePaul Redd: Prisoners, unite! Community, stand with us!
Interview by Sharon Martinas Legendary jailhouse lawyer Paul Redd speaks out at this critical time from the Pelican Bay SHU. Q: What is your name? M: My name is Paul Redd. However, many friends and...
View ArticleMajor reform of solitary confinement introduced in California Senate
Sacramento, March 17, 2014 – Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, today introduced new legislation to revise and reform solitary confinement conditions and procedures in California’s prisons. “Isolating...
View Article‘May your spirit be with us’: Prisoners recall Comrade Hugo ‘Yogi’ Pinell
Lessons I learned as Yogi’s neighbor by Faruq Jabari Greetings, family. I was disappointed, hurt and angry upon receiving my SF Bay View 2015 September edition to find the announcement of the death –...
View ArticleView from Treblinka Dungeon Pelican Bay
Being imprisoned means you are nameless, you are silenced, you are disregarded and stripped of all your human and civil rights. Medical neglect is a pervasive dehumanizing tactic used by guards and...
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