PRISON STORIES

PARC  would like to thank the BAYVIEW  for its continuing coverage  of prison stories. Here are a couple of good examples.....

Prison Stories

To witness people say no to state-sanctioned torture is a beautiful sight indeed

December 18, 2011

The CDCR should have to prove its accusations of gang activity, membership or association, providing the full panoply of constitutional protections. If the courts will not discharge their duty to protect constitutional rights, then the people must demand a change as is our/your right.

Inhumane conditions at Calipatria State Prison ASU

December 14, 2011Powered by Translate

by Kendra Castaneda

In the California prison system, Ad-Seg (Administrative Segregation) and ASU (Administrative Segregation Units) are classified as “temporary,” but many prisoners have been in the ASU for years. At Calipatria State Prison near the Mexican border in the Mojave Desert, Ad-Seg is a bit better than ASU because the ASU was purposely built away from the rest of the prison in a building of its own.

It’s so isolated the prison authorities can do anything they want to the ASU inmates without anyone knowing. They use the ASU to house the men they are holding longer than the “temporary” time. For example, almost all the men are validated – determined through a very flawed process to be members of a prison gang – and awaiting transfer to a SHU (Security Housing Unit).