Solitary Confinement: Cruel & Inhuman (in our name and with our tax dollars)

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Democrat Governors don't put an end to this inhumane treatment, torture, and policy.

Published on Dec 30, 2008
Produced by Claire Schoen and Jan Sturmann with Tony Heriza.
For more information about AFSC's campaign to stop torture in prison, visit: http://www.stopmax.org - On any given day, thousands of men and women are locked in solitary in U.S. prisons - alone for 23 hours a day. This video captures the visceral experience and long term impact of that isolation.

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Just came across this video which gives a feel/sound/sight of how torturous this solitary confinement is.

It is what the CA Prisoners are having a Hungerstrike about

ay 36 of California Hunger Strike: Hundreds Still Protesting Isolation Policies

http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/education/

More than 30,000 California prisoners initiated an indefinite hunger strike. They are calling on the Governor and the CDCR to meet their 5 Core Demands.

California holds nearly 12,000 people in extreme isolation at a cost of over $60 million per year. The cells have no windows, and no access to fresh air or sunlight. The United Nations condemns the use of solitary confinement for more than 15 days as torture, yet many people in California state prisons have been encaged in solitary for 10 to 40 years!

In 2011, over 12,000 prisoners and their family and community members participated in statewide hunger strikes protesting the inhumane conditions in the SHU. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) promised meaningful reform. In February 2013, prisoners announced that another hunger strike would begin July 8th because of CDCR’s failure to fulfill that promise.
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Call Governor Jerry Brown
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Suggested script: I’m calling in support of the prisoners on hunger strike. The governor has the power to stop the torture of solitary confinement. I urge the governor to compel the CDCR to enter into negotiations to end the strike. RIGHT NOW is their chance to enter into clear, honest negotiations with the strikers to end the torture.

Call the White House and ask President Obama to end Solitary confinement that is over 10 days.
Call 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414 or submit a comment online.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments

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1. I recently visited the Occupation Museum in Vilnius and saw the isolation cells

maybe 3 feet by 3 feet and a bench and door. Why is the US copying Nazi and Soviet tactics?