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Derrick Gibson
My name is Derek Gibson, a person in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on a restricted release list of indefinite solitary confinement since 2013, over a 12 year period. But under this harsh and inhumane,… Full Transcript
Denied Meals
Charles Carrington
My name is Charles Carrington, number is HS 1233. I’m reporting from SCI Fayette. On March 29, 2024, I was transferred from SCI Rockview to SCI Fayette. Upon arrival, I immediately informed the R2 officers… 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
Psychological Impact of Solitary Confinement
Bryant Arroyo
“The Psychological Impact of Solitary Confinement.” Now I want to address the issue of the newly imposed administrative policy throughout the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. We are in a congregated administrative custody isolation mode, as… Full Transcript
America’s Prison System
Omar Askia Ali
The count in 2016 for life sentenced prisoners in America was almost 160,000. But out of that amount, 50,000 have life without parole. In the 1980s and 90s, President Ronald Reagan, Bush, and Clinton waged… Full Transcript
The DOC Goes Cuckoo
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The DOC Goes Cuckoo.” It began with a 10-day lockdown, almost 50,000 men and women held in 24-hour solitary confinement for almost two weeks in their cell. Why? Ostensibly because of several dozen staffers who… Full Transcript
PA DOC Juvenile Lifers Initiative Excels Under Robert Hammond
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Juvenile Lifer Initiative excels under Robert Hammond,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. One of the most successful projects by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in the past decade has to be the… Full Transcript
Prisoners ID Data Leak
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Pennsylvania Department of Corrections hacked for incarcerated persons ID data,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, a state agency that’s all about maintaining security, was hacked for incarcerated persons’ and DOC personnel’s… Full Transcript
Omar Askia Ali
Omar Askia Ali
Hello, my name is Omar Askia Ali AKA Edward Sistrunk. Uh, my topic is the Philadelphia new DA. It is understood that a prosecutor has a higher calling than just to win. He or she… Full Transcript
Prison-Based Gerrymandering
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’m housed in Coal Township. My subject matter is prison-based gerrymandering. An article in the new Pittsburgh Courier, December the 2nd, quotes the Pennsylvania Secretary of… Full Transcript
Inadequate Medical Treatment in the Pennsylvania Dept of Corrections
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
In the mid 1990s, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections privatized its free state healthcare sector by contracting with Wexford Corporation to provide for-profit healthcare to prisoners. Since then, Wexford Corporation has received about $2 billion… Full Transcript
June 6th Rally
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Statement for the June 6th Rally,” by Shakaboona. My name is Shakaboona. At the age of 17, I was certified as an adult for the charge of robbery homicide, given an unfair trial, and was… Full Transcript
The Unconstitutional AEDPA
Bryant Arroyo
Most citizens would agree that they don’t know anything about the AEDPA, and much less even know when the particular law was introduced and why was it passed into law in this country in the… Full Transcript
Decarcerate Rally Against Silencing Act Harrisburg May 4th
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Greetings to you all. Hello. My name is Shakaboona. I am one of the prisoner plaintiffs in the federal civil lawsuit seeking to abolish the unlawful Silencing Act. Additionally, I am a child life-without-parole sentence… Full Transcript
Frackville: The Anonymous Fiefdom
Bryant Arroyo
The State Correctional Institution at Frackville is a small facility located in the Pennsylvania, Pocono Mountain region. Opened in 1987, this facility originally housed problematic prisoners. Currently, SCI Frankville houses about 1,140 prisoners and is… Full Transcript
No Escape
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Recently, a group of human rights researchers, responding to letters from Fayette prisoners, found a slew of environmental dangers and threats to the lives, health and well-being of hundreds of prisoners, guards and other staff… Full Transcript
Chained As Children
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles was a violation of the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment prohibition against “cruel and unusual punishments.” Ever since then almost a dozen states have… Full Transcript
Hello, to all who are listening. My name is Kahlil Hammond, and I am a prisoner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, currently housed in the intensive management unit at SCI Phoenix. For the past… Full Transcript