Ex-prisoner Faruq takes up the revolutionary history of Black August Memorial and relates it to his life and the historic Pelican Bay Hunger Strike.
Pelican Bay Security Housing Units
Program on ‘(in)Justice System’ leaves out ‘the heart’ of the issue
March 13, 2016An article by a formerly incarcerated person who gives a critical review of a conference on the criminal (in)justice system that leaves out the heart of the issue because it leaves out those most impacted by incarceration.
Prisoner beats legal odds to win guard retaliation suit
January 26, 2016Jury unanimously finds that prison guards violated California prisoner Jesse Perez’s constitutional rights.
California prisons’ punitive ‘wellness checks’
September 3, 2015Pelican Bay Prison guards use court-ordered “wellness checks” to harass prisoners. They make it impossible for anyone to get any sleep as they rampage through each SHU pod for 10-20 minutes.