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ACTION ALERT: MAROON'S RELEASE FROM SOLITARY THWARTED BY PA DOC

ACTION ALERT: MAROON’S RELEASE FROM SOLITARY THWARTED BY PA DOC

December 29, 2013 · by abolitionist · in action alert, russell maroon shoatz

GOOD FAITH, BAD FAITH – URGENT HOLIDAY UPDATE: MAROON’S PROCESS OUT OF SOLITARY THWARTED BY PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS It is with some surprise and sadness that we must report that once again the progress of wrongfully incarcerated Russell Maroon…

Panel Discussion: Solitary Confinement and Political Prisoners (Video)

Panel Discussion: Solitary Confinement and Political Prisoners (Video)

December 14, 2013 · by abolitionist · in alc events, political prisoners, solitary confinement

National Lawyers Guild – Solitary Confinement and Political Prisoners: The Use of Prison Isolation in Policing Radical Politics. San Juan, Puerto Rico. October 25, 2013. Moderator: Bret Grote (Executive Director of the Abolitionist Law Center) Panelists: Jihad Abdulmumit (Co-chairperson of…

Action Alert – Demand an end to Arthur “Cetewayo” Johnson’s 34 years in solitary confinement

October 21, 2013 · by abolitionist · in action alert, alc cases, arthur cetewayo johnson, cruel and unusual punishment, due process, solitary confinement

Arthur “Cetewayo” Johnson is a politicized prisoner who has been held in solitary confinement by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PA DOC) since 1979.

Despite his exemplary disciplinary record of the past 25 years, and his recently turning 61 years old, Cetewayo continues to be subjected to 23-24-hour lockdown in solitary confinement with its attendant austerity, monotony, and deprivations. He has not had human contact with anybody except prison guards in over 30 years.

The U.S.’s 64-Square-Foot “Torture Chambers”

October 20, 2013 · by abolitionist · in alc cases, cruel and unusual punishment, russell maroon shoatz, solitary confinement

By Pam Johnson

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 2013 (IPS) – He has not had human contact or a good night’s sleep in nearly three decades. Every single day, he wakes to the sound of metal doors clanging open and a pair of disembodied hands pushing a tray of food through a slot into his 64-square-foot cell.

For the next 23 hours, he will stare at the same four walls. If he is lucky, he’ll be escorted, shackled at his ankles and wrists, into a “yard” – an enclosure only slightly larger than his cell – for an hour of solitary exercise.

This is how Russell “Maroon” Shoatz, a prisoner in the restricted housing unit at the State Correctional Institute (SCI) Frackville in northern Pennsylvania, has spent the past 22 consecutive years.

Five Things You Need to Know About Solitary Confinement

Five Things You Need to Know About Solitary Confinement

September 15, 2013 · by abolitionist · in cruel and unusual punishment, political prisoners, political repression, solitary confinement

NEW YORK/PITTSBURGH — By Bret Grote and Kanya D’Almeida. This article was first published by Ecosocialist Horizons Stop the average person on the street in any major city in the United States and ask them if they were aware that…

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