Every day, every night, through various media, we feed on fear.
We feast on it.
It matters not the measure, nor its girth; we devour it, for we cannot get enough.
‘So and So is coming!’, ‘ISIS threatens!’ –and we munch our muffins of terror.
The nation throws billions into government and private security – and ends up more insecure than ever.
New barriers are built; cameras click on more and more street corners more doors are locked.
And fear grows.
Since 9/11, a kind of madness erupted in the country, and after all is said and done, all the wars, all the carnage, all the loss – has led to little more than pixie dust (nothing).
Newscasts have become fear-casts, as government and media converge to sow dragon’s teeth of fear into the minds of millions: “Coming up next – new threats!”
The road taken by this nation after 9/11 led to this mad, fear-drenched hour.
It could only have led to this; for fear can only lead to fear.
It fuels governments.
It feeds media.
It devours reason.
Yet it grows, eating us as we eat it.
And we are still not full.
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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