Sign the Petition for Kevin Andrews
My name is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. I’m reporting from the belly of the beast.
Apparently we have an ally in our struggle for social justice named Kevin Andrews who is going up for a resentencing. Kevin was originally sentenced to 66 years for prescription fraud. 66 years for a nonviolent offense. With this kind of sentence, Kevin will not be released unless he lives to be 103 years old—66 years for a nonviolent offense.
In 2015, Kevin was prosecuted in Pennsylvania under the administration of former, and now convicted felon, attorney general Kathleen Kane. The Kane administration chose to prosecute Kevin in Blair county, Pennsylvania, over 200 miles from his home and support system. Kevin was forced to represent himself during a time when he was experiencing severe mental health issues.
Kevin was brought into court while on suicide watch, incompetent to conduct his own defense. At one point, the judge even asked Kevin if he knew where he was. I reminded us that Kevin was prosecuted in Blair county, Pennsylvania. This area is nearly all-white. Court records review that during trial, the white prosecutor compared Kevin to a little monkey, and the attorney general, who is now a convicted felon, in a nearly all-white county, over 200 miles from Kevin’s home, Kevin then [inaudible] the court on suicide watch. The judge asking Kevin if he knew where he was, the prosecutor calling Kevin a little monkey.
Kevin is going up for resentencing. Sign his petition. Go to change.org, search “Kevin Andrews.” His petition will say “Justice for Kevin.” change.org. Kevin Andrews. “Justice for Kevin.”
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. reporting from the belly of the beast. Justice for Kevin. All power to the people.
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![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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