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Judge strikes parole-revocation provisions in Proposition 9

 

Judge strikes parole-revocation provisions in Proposition 9 (Marsey's Law)

A Sacramento federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional the part of California's so-called Victims' Bill of Rights that governs parole revocation.

The law, enacted by voter approval of a 2008 ballot initiative known as Proposition 9, was a sweeping amendment to the state constitution, conferring a long list of entitlements on crime victims. The sections dealing with parole revocation were made part of the state's Penal Code.

Informational Link: 
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/26/4215981/judge-strikes-parole-revocation.html

State halts Chowchilla prison switch

 

State halts Chowchilla prison switch
By JOSHUA EMERSON SMITH

Women inside Valley State have been fighting against this conversion -- making Valley State a men's prison will subject the women to even more overcrowding.  This temporary injunction was a good victory, spearheaded by Justice Now.  

Informational Link: 
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/01/25/2205873/state-halts-chowchilla-prison.ht...

JAILED FOR SLEEPING

Gary Johnson Held on $5000 Bail for Sleep Protests at Santa Cruz County CourthouseThu Jan 19 2012 (Updated 01/20/12) Occupy Santa Cruz Holds Noise Demonstrations Protesting Indefinite Detention for Sleep

Informational Link: 
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/01/19/18705092.php

OCCUPY SAN QUENTIN Feb 20!

National Day of Action in support of prisoners on February 20!

Demand an end to Mass Incarceration!

Mass Demonstration

12:00pm at San Quentin

www.occupy4prisoners.org

occupy4prisoners@gmail.com

facebook: occupy4prisoners

twitter: @occupy4prisoner

 

 

This proposal was passed at the Occupy Oakland General Assembly on

Monday, January 9

PROPOSAL

Summary

Informational Link: 
http://occupy4prisoners.org/flyers/

Private prison exchanges security for profits

  

Riot at North Fork: Private prison exchanges security for profits

January10,2012      by Anthony Robinson Jr

“We will now criticize the unjust with the weapon.” – Comrade

Informational Link: 
http://sfbayview.com/2012/riot-at-north-fork-private-prison-exchanges-security-f...

A Survivor’s Manual for Solitary Confinement

 

A Survivor’s Manual for Solitary Confinement: Self-Destruction to the Reconstruction of Self..My Path to Redemption

By Kijana Tashiri Askari

2011

“Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.”         -Angela Davis

Informational Link: 
http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/a-survivors-manual-for-solit...

Use of Solitary Confinement Scrutinized by Prison Watchdogs

Published on Sunday, January 8, 2012 by The Washington Post

Use of Solitary Confinement Scrutinized by Prison Watchdogs

by Anita Kumar

RICHMOND — At Red Onion State Prison, built on a mountaintop in a remote pocket of southwest Virginia, more than two-thirds of the inmates live in solitary confinement.

Informational Link: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/solitary-confinement-...

Presentation and Discussion: Federalization of Oakland Police


Dear friends,

Berkeley Copwatch is inviting you to an informal discussion of the issue of the possible federalization of the Oakland Police department,. We think it is important for us to think carefully about what this would mean for the community and what our position should be relative to it.

Please share this invite with anyone who you think is involved with the struggle for police accountability and would benefit from this type of consideration..

We look forward to seeing you there.

Yours in struggle,

Andrea Prichett

Informational Link: 
https://www.prisonactivist.org/Berkeleycopwatch%40yahoo.com

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