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Statement of Paul Redd Pelican Bay State Prison SHU Windowless Cells Dungeon Resident to Victoria Law
Paul Redd, former Oakland resident who grew up on the streets of Oakland, is now a resident of Pelican Bay State Prison SHU Dungeon Windowless Cells.
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Please Stop “Reforming” Pelican Bay
As the strike pushes forward and the numbers teeter, will the publicity keep up?
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Why We Strike – Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: J. Baridi Williamson
J. Baridi Williamson: We strike for freedom, justice and humyn rights against prolonged isolation and torture in US-California solitary confinement prisons, facilities, units, cell dungeons across this nation's mass …
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Legalizing Marijuana May Help Save the US Economy, Reduce the Prison Population, and Stop the Drug War Death Toll
Author Doug Fine took off to Mendocino, California, where growing marijuana is big business.
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Prisons, State Budgets and the New National Freedom Agenda
As more states push to re-evaluate their budgets, a movement aiming to shift funding from jails to schools and other support services is gaining steam nationwide.
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The Zimmerman Verdict; America Is Still America to Me
Leon argues that had the prosecution stuck to the basic elements of the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin confrontation, Zimmerman would be back in jail awaiting sentencing.
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: Jeffrey Franklin
‘One of the worst challenges I have faced is witnessing so many other SHU prisoners lose their minds.’
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: Ronnie Dewberry
Marie Levin, sister to Ronnie Dewberry, a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement, describes how he was not allowed to donate a kidney …
Survivors of Solitary Confinement
Producer Claire Schoen meets with nine formerly incarcerated persons about their experiences in solitary confinement.
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: Paul Redd
Paul Redd, a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement, was sent to the SHU for political organizing. He talks about being cut off …