“In a recent OpEd, CDCR Secretary Beard, defends his agency’s use of torture, and justifies it by vilifying and dehumanizing some of its victims,” as law professor Caitlin Kelly observes. Fortunately Beard’s piece has not gone unanswered. Here are three responses:
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“A Response to CDCR Secretary Beard,” by Caitlin Kelly Henry in California Correctional Crisis
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“Another Reply to Beard by Berkeley Student and Former SHU Inmate Steven Czifra,” also in California Correctional Crisis
- “Indefinite solitary confinement violates human rights,” by Angela Y. Davis in the Sacramento Bee.
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity 
This was written two years ago. Solidarity, Tony
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Hunger striker responds to Corrections Secretary Beard’s op-ed demonizing hunger strikers (SF Bay View) http://sfbayview.com/2013/hunger-striker-responds-to-corrections-secretary-beards-op-ed-demonizing-hunger-strikers/
Lies and distortions fill Corrections Secretary Beard’s op-ed dehumanizing prisoner hunger strikers (Indybay) http://sfbayview.com/2013/lies-and-distortions-fill-corrections-secretary-beards-op-ed-dehumanizing-prisoner-hunger-strikers/
Report on August 7, 2013 Press Conference in front of LA Times Building; Statements from Notable People and from Families with Loved Ones in Isolation (StopMassIncarceration) http://www.stopmassincarceration.net/content/challenging-cdcr-secretary-jeffrey-beard%E2%80%99s-disinformation-and-lies
Emergency Press Conference…. – a Response (California Prison Watch) californiaprisonwatch.blogspot.com/2013/08/emergency-press-conference-challenging.html