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PA Prison Report - January 30, 2012 - Please sign petition to stop prison expansion in PA

Submitted by rhaco on Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:18am

In this edition: Mumia Abu-Jamal enters general population first time since 1981; Abuse, hunger strike at SCI Fayette; Medical Neglect at SCI Frackville causes prisoner’s kidneys to fail, and more…

 

PA Prison Report - January 23, 2012

Submitted by rhaco on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 5:42am
In this edition:
 
Sexual harassment continues at SCI Pittsburgh despite recent charges against guards, student leads Guantanamo protesters to DC, Red Onion holds people in solitary for years, and more…
 
Beginning in this edition, a link to the Real Cost of Prisons Project (RCPP) web log maintained by Lois Ahrens has been added. The weblog has more extensive coverage of prison related news nationwide. Please refer to the link by the section heading “Across the Nation”.
 
 

PA Prison Report - January 16, 2012

Submitted by rhaco on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 1:23pm

In this edition: Retaliation and Physical Abuse at SCI-Dallas, DOC wants Mumia to cut his hair, Allegheny County settles with jail sex assault victim for $6,000 and more…

 

PA Prison Report - January 9, 2012 - Action Alert for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Submitted by rhaco on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 3:08pm
In this edition: Mumia Abu-Jamal held in "conditions more onerous than those on death row"; Murder conviction overturned after 16 years of a life sentence; CA reduces prison population by thousands and more…
 

PA Prison Report - December 26, 2011

Submitted by rhaco on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 10:43pm
In this edition: Jailhouse lawyer placed in cell with nooses, denied mental health care; Mother Denied Visit to Son in Solitary; New claims in lawsuit over pregnant woman who died in jail and more…
 

PA Prison Report - December 19, 2011

Submitted by amanda on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 10:09pm
In this edition: Family fears false write-ups and retaliation by guards is keeping their son in prison, U.S. Justice Department concludes investigation of racial profiling of immigrants used by Arizona sheriff’s department, and more…
 

PA Prison Report - December 12, 2011

Submitted by amanda on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 7:39pm
In this edition:  Abuse and deprivation at Coal Township, prosecutors admit defeat in thirty year effort to impose death sentence on Mumia Abu-Jamal, and Pittsburgh prison guard held over for trial on more than 100 charges of raping, torturing, and abusing prisoners and more . . .

PA Prison Report - November 28, 2011

Submitted by rhaco on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:56am

In this edition: From State Pens to Penn State by Mumia Abu-Jaml and Abolition in Action in upstate New York. Click here to read them...

PA Prison Report - November 21, 2011

Submitted by rhaco on Tue, 11/22/2011 - 8:52am
In this edition: Prisoner finds razorblades in his food after filing grievances against guards, Six more guards arrested in SCI Pittsburgh abuse round up, Former hunger strikers in California prisons commit suicide, and more…
 

PA Prison Report - November 14, 2011

Submitted by rhaco on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 10:10pm
In this edition: Guards at Huntingdon encourage prisoner to commit suicide; Upcoming Free Mumia rally in December; Radio Program hosts Holiday show for family members of prisoners and more…