All & Anthony,

I believe there is a senator hearing on August 26th in Sacramento regarding
the SHU program.
Is anyone planning on attending?
I am going to do my best to be there.

One of the issues I wish to address pertains to what Anthony mentioned
regarding the kangaroo courts within the prison system. The 115 and 602
process is so grossly abused by staff and the administration it isn't funny.
It doesn't take much to accuse and to be found guilty of anything the guards
wish to lay on you. Proving your innocence is next to unheard of.

Reason this is important is it ties into the SHU used to additionally punish
the prisoners that have been found guilty in CDC's kangaroo courts. More
prisoners sentenced to SHU terms, more space needed to house those
prisoners, more building of new SHU prisons, more jobs for the guards union
and more cost to the taxpayers.

It is a vicious circle that desperately needs to be stopped.

Someone sent this to another List:

SHU Hearings, Aug. 26, 2003, 10:00 A.M., Sacramento Capitol Building 4203.

Sen. Romero & ex-Sen. Polanco promised to hold hearings, and Sen. Romero will follow through on it. Polanco will be present and give some history of legislative involvement with the CDC. Dir. Almeida will be present to answer questions. Validation for SHU will be on the agenda. They will have a panel of outside activists_ Charles Carbone, Steve Fama, and a third person. Then there will be public comments. Comments will be brief. We need to get a lot of people out to the hearing _ it's very important, even though no legislation is pending. We need to include women in SU at Valley State

the SHU hearing has been postponed because polanco can't make it. i don't know the new date off hand, but i do know that it will be in LA. contact romero's office on the new date.


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