PANEL This Tuesday! “Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Resumes: The Struggle to End Long-Term Solitary Confinement in California”

 

PELICAN BAY HUNGER STRIKE RESUMES: The Continued Struggle to End Solitary Confinement in California

Tuesday March 19th @ 6:00pm

UC Hastings College of the Law 198 McAllister Street Louis B. Mayer Lounge

 

JOIN US this Tuesday, March 19th at 6:00pm at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco for a panel on the current status of the struggle against extreme isolation in the SHU, CDCR’s updated policies including prisoner, community, and legislator reactions to the Step Down Program, and the prisoners’ class action lawsuit against long-term solitary confinement for more than 10 years, Ruiz v. Brown.

Also, tours of a life-sized model SHU cell will be hosted ALL DAY at 198 McAllister. 

Speakers include:

Charles Carbone, Esq., prisoner rights attorney & counsel on Ruiz v. Brown Jose Murillo, UC Berkeley student formerly incarcerated in Pelican Bay SHU for 5 years Terry Kupers, MD, forensic mental health expert Marie Levin, PHSS Coalition member & family member of current SHU prisoner Azadeh Zohrabi, JD, Soros Justice Fellow

Moderated by UC Hastings Professor of Law Hadar Aviram, creator/author of California Correctional Crisis Blog

Light refreshments will be provided.

SEE YOU THERE!

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