All power to the people from the desk of brother Khalfani Khaldun.
Since November 2022, in the incident where I was forced to hold my urine on an outside trip from Westfield to Avon, IN, this single episode caused me to be hospitalized due to my urine bagging back into my body, causing my kidneys to go into acute failure, my prostate to grow twice its normal size, and my bladder experienced a lot of trouble. Both my prostate and my bladder bleed profusely.
While at the hospital, to stop the bleeding, doctors had to conduct three surgical procedures on me to stop the bleeding. I was discharged with a catheter due to the bladder getting compromised. After having it inside my body for 48 days, it was recently removed, and 14 days, I pray for a normal flow. All I could get was a dribble or a few lone spurts.
On March 3rd, 2023, I was sent to the emergency room again because my urine stopped coming out. After two unsuccessful exits to insert a catheter to drain the urine, they called my doctor to help. I was put to sleep. They removed four liters of urine from my bladder that wasn’t coming out without the catheter being inserted. It is called a Foley catheter.
I was later discharged three days ago, now in the prison infirmary for a few days for observation. I [inaudible] leave that hospital with another catheter stuck inside of my private parts because it is an uncomfortable device, and they have explained to me that once you have a catheter for a certain amount of time, there’s no doubt that you’re going to contract germs and infections as a result of it being stuck inside of your body.
The doctor stated that my bladder has to heal all from its recent trauma, so during my next appointment with my urologist, it could possibly get removed. I’ve scheduled for a biopsy on my prostate hoping I’m not dealing with prostate cancer. I need you to keep your prayers. The struggle continues. 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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