This is Kenjuan Congo Jr. from the belly of the beast.
The repression of prisoners is a common practice in these human warehouses. This is seen all across the country. The United States Supreme Court ruled that prisoners retain their First Amendment rights: freedom of speech. We have come to see law and reality are two different things.
We hear about the prisoner Krystal Clark who needs a cane just to walk as she’s forced to inhale mold and mildew. When inspection came to hear Krystal and other prisoners who they knew would tell the truth that the prison simply painted over the mold, after Krystal told the truth, it’s frustrating knowing she was retaliated against.
And Ms. Jackson, who talked to Prison Radio about sexual harassment at her woman’s facility, and to no surprise, this perverted abuse is neglected by staff and administration. Should Ms. Jackson, who simply told the truth, be retaliated against as well?
Listening to many prisoners call in, you hear a repeated theme: the repression of prisoners. These institutions are not only meant to keep us in. They are meant to keep you out. To conceal, hide, and cloak the human atrocity. As long as you don’t know what’s going on, they’re able to continue business as usual. Sadly, the usual business of repression is really no surprise.
The perpetual assaults signify their lack of humanity. Retaliation is merely a continuation. Inflicted injury for telling the truth must come to end. We need your head. Continue to support Prison Radio. Let it be known: whatever they do, you are listening.
My email was kjcongo@yahoo.com. Follow me on Instagram @kjcongo3. We are under attack. We need your aid. That’s the west. Help. This is Kenjuan Congo Jr. from the belly of the beast. Thank y’all. 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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