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A Call For Unity
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at SCI Pinegrove, a classified restricted release prisoner housed in indefinite isolation of solitary confinement the past 10 years. That means… Full Transcript
SCI Phoenix on Lockdown Again
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derek Gibson, a prisoner incarcerated in the Pennsylvania department of corrections at SCI Phoenix. On July 30th, 2021, SCI Phoenix was placed on a total lockdown again by Superintendents Sorber due… Full Transcript
On Restrictive Release List Of Solitary Confinement
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on the restricted release list of solitary confinement. After a week-long hunger strike and protest of the prison conditions of long-term… Full Transcript
Sentencing of Derek Chauvin
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner incarcerated in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The sentencing of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin is again a travesty of injustice by a brazenly racist system, that the… Full Transcript
8 Years In The Hole
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. I have been held in the hole, isolated on a restricted release list of indefinite lockdown over eight years now. I… Full Transcript
Support the George Floyd Policing Act
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, uh, prisoner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and I can’t breathe, because law enforcement officials have a foot on my neck due to systematic racism and racial profiling,… Full Transcript
Investigation of Abuse at PADOC
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and I’m strongly advocating for disclosure and investigation of the abuse of prisoners and their rights by corrupt staff at SCI… Full Transcript
Litigations Against PADOC
Derrick Gibson
Prisoners on death row here in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections have successfully litigated and won the argument of being housed in indefinite isolation of solitary confinement as being cruel and unusual punishment and inhumane treatment.… Full Transcript
On March 4, 2024, Attorney Bret Grote and Abolition Law Center along with the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and Dechert LLP, filed a statewide class action lawsuit regarding solitary confinement and Pennsylvania Department of Corrections,… Full Transcript