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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation tries to fast track...
by Mohamed Shehk Claiming the need for emergency passage of new visiting policies, the California Department of Corrections (CDCR) is proposing the use of canines and ION scanners that would subject...
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Strip search: California sets a high price for visiting a loved one in prison
by Kim Rohrbach, Prison Hunger Strike Solidarity In late September, the Bay View reported on draconian new regulations that the CDCr was then poised to implement, under the guise of an emergency. These...
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California’s savage system of confinement: An end to solitary is long overdue
by Marie Levin Marie Levin holds a picture of her brother, Sitawa N. Jamaa. Less than two weeks ago the United Nations Committee against Torture issued a report strongly criticizing the U.S. record on...
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Third World Resistance: Reclaiming the radical Dr. King to protest police and...
by Mohamed Shehk Dr. King devoted his life to struggle. The end of his career was characterized by a devout rejection of militarism, economic inequality, racism and imperialism. Yet state sponsored...
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Successful motion in court strengthens California prisoners’ case against...
by Mohamed Shehk Oakland – Pelican Bay prisoners named as plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against the use of solitary confinement in California gained an important victory yesterday as U.S....
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Proposed SF jail would likely displace affordable housing residents in SOMA
by Mohamed Shehk This is 855 Bryant, the location of the proposed new SF jail, which would displace the SRO units and a McDonald’s. San Francisco – Earlier today, the SF Planning Commission heard an...
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SF Supervisors split over controversial jail plan, communities demand...
by Mohamed Shehk, No New SF Jail Coalition San Francisco – On Tuesday, Nov. 17, members of the No SF Jail Coalition mobilized against a controversial jail construction plan at the Board of Supervisors...
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All eyes on San Francisco Dec. 15: Tell Supervisors to vote for NO NEW JAIL
Update: Communities claim victory against new SF jail after two year fight San Francisco, Dec. 15, 2015 – In a powerful public presence, community members and activists opposed to imprisonment...
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Take action against ongoing sleep deprivation torture – 137 days as of Dec. 18
BlockReportRadio.com interviews imprisoned human rights leader Sitawa Jamaa’s sister Marie Levin about the settlement that has been reached in the Ashker v. Brown case. We also discuss the campaign to...
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More than 500 activists lock down entrances to Urban Shield to stop the...
by Mohamed Shehk and Omar Ali Protesters who had chained themselves together managed to hold on and keep the main entrance to the Alameda County Fairgrounds closed as 23 of the group of more than 500...
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Following community pressure, SF Supervisors postpone vote on controversial...
Supervisors interrogate and raise concerns about federally funded program, pause on submitting grant application to Department of Homeland Security by Mohamed Shehk Protesters shut down Urban Shield at...
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50+ organizations demand San Francisco release people from jails to mitigate...
Beginning in January 2017, sewage spills flooded the jail at 850 Bryant frequently, sometimes daily, for two years, due to a plumbing problem that was ignored. Prisoners were forced to sop up the...
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Residents demand Newsom grant mass releases as COVID-19 deaths surge in...
Protesters all over the country began demanding major prisoner releases – mass decarceration – since last April, when this protest was held outside Northern Correctional in Somers, Conn. Not a single...
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