The struggle for SHU (Security Housing Units) prisoner’s voices to be heard and humanity to be recognized has been immensely strengthened by families & community members speaking out on behalf of their loved ones inside.
Loved ones and family members of SHU prisoners across CA & the West Coast/South West have been organizing press conferences, rallies, community events, fundraisers, speaking to reporters, writing letters & jamming phone lines as well as sharing invaluable information on the status and well-being of hunger strikers.
This page is a work in progress to demonstrate some of the invaluable work family members have been doing for their loved ones.
If you have a loved one locked up and would like to share some words/info: please leave a comment at the bottom of this page! If you have writing, pictures, videos–any other information or materials you would like us to post to this page– email us at: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity@gmail.com
If you’d like to send your loved one a newsletter with information on the hunger strike, check out our Resources page and download the Basta Ya! Newsletter.
If you have experienced different issues while visiting your loved ones that you think are either petty, arbitrary or illegal (such as not being allowed to take documents into visiting, clothing hassles, or punitive regulations when prisoners can get bathroom breaks) read this action alert from Life Support Alliance and consider reporting the issue to the State Senate.
Letters & Statements by Family Members:
Inhumane Conditions at Calipatria State Prison ASU by Kendra Castaneda
Open Letter from a Family Member by family members in Arizona of a Pelican Bay SHU prisoner.
Family members’ Speak out in Sacramento:
“My son has just been validated…”
Amber explains the impact SHUs have had on her family & why she supports the hunger strike:
Elizabeth & Pickels speak out in support of the hunger strike and against imprisonment:
Virginia talks about her son & organizing to support the strike:
Sylvia rallies for her brother and the strikers’ five core demands:
Kendra speaks in support of her loved one:
Dolores, the mother of a hunger strike, greets the press and begins the Day of Action at a press conference
Mother challenges who prisons benefit
More footage of the August 23rd Mobilization to Sacramento for the Legislative Hearing:
THIS IS GREAT!!!! I THANK U SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HEARD.
The Senate Select Community Committee on California’s Correctional System, http://WWW.SSCCCCS.ORG is an organization of friends and realtives of SHU prisoners.
We are a primarily, though not exclusively, a prior sovereign Mexican American National Minority organization.
We believe Torture, Cruel and Unusua Punishement and Demeaning Treatment of California Prisoners belies the “Golden State” progressive image until such time SHU prisons are abolished.
yes I support the strike my cousin is at corcoran he is Daniel Arellano
i know him too daniel arellano jr.
I got a letter from Bryan, my friend at Pelican Bay SHU who was recently moved to Administrative Segregation (ASU). It was dated Oct. 1, on day 6 of the hunger strike… read the letter here:
http://julie-tackett.blogspot.com/2011/10/letter-from-bryan-written-oct-1-from.html
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