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Statement from Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund to the SHU Isolation Unit Installation on the Capitol Steps in Sacramento | DailyCensored.com

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Statement from Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund to the SHU Isolation Unit Installation on the Capitol Steps in Sacramento




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By Mike Holman,

In solidarity with the SHU Isolation Unit Installation, Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund is sharing this letter from a California prisoner, written 3 weeks ago, about the reality of solitary confinement. As you hear this, think about what CDC’s Jeffrey Beard claims about solitary confinement.

“They call me the criminal, but I couldn’t do what they do …the most cruel and unusual of punishments.”

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7/24/2013 California Prison Inmate

This is written from CIM_AD_SEG as I wait for the “SHU” here. This AD-SEG is probably worse. We do not even get the little we should. Yard is most often skipped, showers often skipped also. Books are not passed out. There are no plugs for an appliance. I have been staring at a wall since February, it is now near August. I am not guilty but was found guilty though I have evidence in the form of a C.O.’s statement, which he later took back. This is definitely the most cruel and unusual of punishments, to be locked in a box with no TV, no radio, no books, & no yard.

From my window, all I can see is the wall; all I can hear are screams & groans of grown men’s agony expelled by those who are loosing their sanity. The silence is deafening the air thick and drowning, prayers are sent desperately begging for help. This is definitely the cruelest and