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Action Alert- Coal Township prison attempts to supress Ramadan fast
Submitted by andys on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 2:25pm*******************************************************************
Prison Report for August 27, 2010
Submitted by andys on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 1:56pmListen to this and other prison reports at www.ontheblockradio.org (broadcast Fridays 9pm 88.1 fm)
Women at Muncy and Cambridge springs without competent medical care
Guards at Dallas starve prisoner
Rockview prisoner wins settlement against DOC
Coal Township tries to supress Muslims observing Ramadan fast
PA prisoners in Virginia being abused & harassed: HRC launches investigation
Prison Report for August 13, 2010
Submitted by andys on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 7:22pmListen to the report by downloading On the Block radio show 8/20/10 (60MB) broadcast Fridays 9pm 88.1 fm)
Legislative Watch: PA House hearings on Solitary Confinement
News from Inside: SCI's Greene, Coal Township, Cresson, Albion, Frackville
HRC Announcements
New HRC-FedUp! report details Pennsylvania prisoners’ resistance to torture and abuse at SCI Dallas
Submitted by andys on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 1:37pmResistance and Retaliation documents continued repression at SCI Dallas
HRC released a report last week describing Pennsylvania prisoners’ individual and group resistance to conditions of confinement at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Dallas. Resistance and Retaliation: Continued Repression at SCI Dallas follows a group of prisoners facing severe retaliation and abuse by Department of Corrections officials for contacting outside organizations about their current living conditions. The report highlights the tense and violent guard/prisoner dynamics in Pennsylvania’s solitary confinement units, cites policy and procedural issues that create those conditions, and makes recommendations for working on the problem.
Action Alert: Jailhouse Lawyer Andre Jacobs being starved & held without property
Submitted by andys on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 12:42pmThe Human Rights Coalition has just received reports that Andre Jacobs, a jailhouse lawyer incarcerated in SCI Coal Township, is being starved and held without his property, in retaliation for grievances and lawsuits that he has filed against the Department of Corrections.
He needs our help!: Call in to the prison, to DOC officials and to state legislators to voice your support for Andre and your outrage that prison officials are allowed to torture people using state-sanctioned methods of oppression! See the "Call-in guide" below. Questions? call Andy 267-269-5448 or Bret 412-654-9070.
Philly Citypaper features HRC in cover story on solitary confinement
Submitted by andys on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 9:57am
PA House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Solitary Confinement- August 2, 2010 Yeadon, PA ****with video
Submitted by andys on Tue, 08/03/2010 - 8:12pmPennsylvania House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Solitary Confinement
Nathaniel Lee and HRC co-founder LuQman Abdullah
courtroom report- May 18- Ravanna Spencer & Camp Hill SMU
Submitted by andys on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 4:13pmHRC's Southwest Philly Town Hall Meeting- Myers Rec Center 4/24/10
Submitted by andys on Tue, 05/04/2010 - 4:29pm
HRC Protest 8/12/09 Against Abuse in County and State Prisons - SEE VIDEO!
Submitted by vickers on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 1:00amA CALL TO PROTEST BY HRC received strong support from organizations such as HRC-FedUp!, HRC-Chester, Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, Fight For Lifers West, Back To Society Inc, human rights activist, former prisoners, family members and individuals who want to make a change to an "unjust" justice system.
