by Kijana Tashiri Askari, Yafeu Iyapo, Baridi Yero and Ifoma M. Kambon Due to the litany of contradictions that we as an oppressed people are confronted with, it is easy for us to focus solely on the problem and lose sight of formulating concrete solutions to our problems. The current discussions that are centered around the revisions to the gang […]
Tag Archives: Solitary confinement
Federal Lawsuit filed seeking an end to nearly 30 years of solitary confinement of Russell Maroon Shoatz May 9 Press Conference set for 12:00 noon in Pittsburgh MEDIA RELEASE: Federal Lawsuit filed seeking an end to nearly 30 years of solitary confinement of Russell Maroon Shoatz May 9 Press Conference set for 12:00 noon in Pittsburgh […]
May 8, 2013 http://solitarywatch.com/2013/05/08/voices-from-solitary-growing-old-in-isolation/ Shawn Fisher, who is serving a life sentence at Massachusetts Correctional Institution–Shirley, has written to Solitary Watch making the argument that the treatment of many elders in prison is in fact a form of solitary confinement. An organization of lifers in Massachusetts has urged the state legislature to adopt some sort of compassionate […]
04/29/2013 “Reflection Cottages”: The Latest Spa Getaway or Concrete Solitary Confinement Cells for Kids? By Kiela Parks, Advocacy Associate, ACLU of Colorado at 12:06pm When you hear the term “reflection cottage,” what comes to mind? A relaxing spa getaway? A peaceful place to unwind and de-stress? What about children held against their will in […]
Statement from the Pelikan Bay Human Rights Movement First Amendment Campaign by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, Sondai Kamdibe Dumisani, Abasi Ganda, Ifoma Modibo Kambon, Dadisi Yero, Askari Joka, Mutope Duguma, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, Baridi Yero, Kijana Tashiri Askari, Yafeu I-Yapo Preamble: Fascist repression can only flourish when the voices of its victims have been brutally silenced and isolated within the concrete confines of a man-made construct where the scrutiny […]
April 23, 2013 | Herman Wallace may be the longest-serving prisoner in solitary confinement in the United States: he’s spent more than 40 years in a six-by-nine-foot cell in Louisiana. Imprisoned in 1967 for a robbery for which he admits guilt, he was subsequently sentenced to life in prison for a killing he vehemently denies […]
Our media-activist project, Angola 3 News, has just released this interview with Theresa Shoatz and Matt Meyer, timed to help publicize the 30-day action campaign launched this month by the Campaign to Free Russell Maroon Shoatz, demanding that Maroon be immediately removed from solitary confinement, wjhere he has now been held continuously for 23 years. As […]
There iz over 100 political prisoners/prisoners of war in amerika and 3/4 of that total number are Nu-Afrikan. We who all say that they are activist must now put in tha work to free all our political prisonerz/prisonerz of war. It not only iz tha right thing to do, it iz the logical thing to do. Mosi Ngozi
(Artwork by Emory Douglas) Today, April 17, 2013, marks 41 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been unjustly incarcerated in solitary confinement in Louisiana. This is 41 years of living in concrete and metal cages of 6 x 9 feet; 41 years of being separated from their families and loved ones; 41 […]
Source URL: http://www.peopleofcolororganize.com/activism/general/authorities-detain-immigrants-solitary-confinement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PeopleOfColorOrganize+%28People+Of+Color+Organize%21%29 The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), in gross violation of democratic and human rights, routinely subjects a significant number of detainees to conditions that meet the United Nations definition of torture. Immigrants held in ICE detention facilities are being subjected to indefinite detention and prolonged solitary confinement. As those […]
