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OUR MEMBERS HRC MEMBERS . We are a community-based organization without paid staff. We are committed and dedicated, but we are not lawyers nor do we have the resources that would allow us to employ lawyers. Our members and allies—both inside and outside the prison walls—share a common conviction in our hearts to fight injustice, and have no ulterior motivation of personal profit to do so. HRC MEMBERS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS Kerry Shakaboona Marshall Executive Director Besides being a Co-Founder of HRC and current Executive Director, Shakaboona also contributes commentary to Prison Radio and writings to several publications. He is the former Editor of the Movement Magazine. He was incarcerated for over 33 years from the age of 17, and spent 13 years in Solitary Confinement. He came home in May 2022. Russell "Maroon" Shoatz Rest in Power Beloved mentor, abolitionist thinker and political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz was incarcerated for nearly 50 years and spent 30 years in Solitary Confinement. A member of the Black Panther Party and co-founder of the Black Unity Council, he co-founded HRC and served as a mentor to several HRC members. HRC MEMBERS Robert 'Saleem' Holbrook As an HRC Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Abolitionist Law Center, Saleem has long been at the forefront of campaigns against solitary confinement, incarceration of political prisoners, police violence, and death by incarceration. He was released from prison in 2018 after serving 27 years for an offense he was convicted of as a child. Patricia Vickers Patricia Vickers is one of the original HRC members and Co-Editor of The Movement Magazine. She leads HRC's Emergency Response Network and serves as the glue holding HRC together. She is the mother of Shakaboona Marshall and fights for the rights of all incarcerated people. Theresa Shoatz Theresa Shoatz is one of the original HRC Members and the daughter of Russell Maroon Shoatz. She has been organizing about issues of prisoners’ rights since a young age. Jerome Hoagie Coffey Jerome Hoagie Coffey is an HRC Co-Founder and activist known for his creativeness, communication, and organizing talents. He is serving a life sentence for a crime he did not commit and spent 12 years in Solitary Confinement. Karen Ali Karen Ali is an Activist, Long Standing member of the HRC team, and wife of the late Omar Askia Sistrunk Ali who was innocent, yet convicted to a sentence of LIFE in prison. Jackson Kusiak Jackson is an HRC Member, Resilient Activist, and Organizer. Andy Switzer Andy Switzer is a Courageous and Committed Advocate for the humanity of men and women behind bars. HRC Member, active since 2004. Salena Coca Salena is an organizer with HRC and the Abolitionist Law Center and a paralegal for the Federal Public Defenders office. As someone who has been personally impacted by the prison industrial complex and as an openly trans Latina woman, she helps incarcerated minorities and LGBTQ+ folks navigate the prison system and re-entry process and ensure that their rights are being protected. Trik Parasimo Trik is a prison abolitionist, organizer, and HRC member focused on communicating with those on the inside. Juliette Rando Juliette approaches abolition from a public health lens. She focuses on HRC's legislative work, as well as print and electronic media. SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS . SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

PRISON ABUSE LOG The purpose of the prison abuse log is to document the stories of people inside who are surviving the horrific nature of prisons and expose the most heinous perpetrators of the abuse. Summary report Summaries of incidents and exposing patterns within the reports of: type of abuse, perpetrators of abuse, facilities where abuse occurs.

LETTER WRITING As a collective, we see individual correspondence with people on the inside as one piece of the larger struggle to abolish the prison industrial complex and to create safe, sustainable, and equitable communities. To this end, we see our work as a way to undermine the isolation, dehumanization, and destruction of the PIC by building grassroots networks of support and solidarity between folks on the inside and folks on the outside. Meetings are the first Monday of each month. JOIN US PEN PAL SIGN UP LETTER WRITING BEFORE WRITING Adapted from the guidelines created for the Write to Win Collective and the Prisoner Correspondence Project and Black and Pink 1. Think about: Why do you want to write to someone in prison? It is okay not to have an answer, but it is necessary to think about our motivations and unpack assumptions we might have. ​ 2. Don’t overcommit, do what makes you feel comfortable by thinking: What is my capacity? ​ 3. Prepare yourself for intense content to read in your letter; Offer as much support as possible, and be grounded in the purpose of your response; Take space to take care of yourself if overwhelmed ​ 4. Center the prisoner’s voice and find a way to build a human connection 5. Be aware that these messages are surveilled like all things monitored by prisons; Be mindful of framing your responses to avoid letters being returned including, for example: Being careful of saying anything that might flag prison ‘organizing’ 6. If you receive a letter that includes inappropriate content, or otherwise makes you feel uncomfortable, you should not feel obligated to respond to the letter. 7. If you’re worried that someone you’re corresponding with is in danger, either from themself or someone else, the first thing that you should do is ask the person what, if anything, they would like for you to do. We want to ensure that the person is empowered to, as much as possible, make decisions about what happens to them.

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