CCR November 1st Wednesday

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Add to My Calendar Wednesday, November 5, 2014 12:00am

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Join CCR for our monthly First Wednesday event! CCR and co-counsel represent hundreds of prisoners in California’s notorious Pelican Bay “Special Housing Unit” who have been held in solitary confinement for decades. In a case originally filed without legal assistance by Pelican Bay prisoners, CCR joined Ashker v. Brown in 2012, and turned it into a class action challenging prolonged solitary confinement as a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and the Due Process Clause.

Though just 15 days in solitary confinement has been condemned as torture by international experts, California isolates its prisoners for decades based merely on alleged association with a prison gang. Past legal challenges have had some success in limiting the use solitary confinement in certain circumstances, but today CCR is working with a broad coalition of prisoners, family members, and prison activists to end the practice of prolonged solitary confinement across the board.

Fueled by the largest prison hunger strike ever, and by increasing legislative and public scrutiny, we have already forced the releases of hundreds of prisoners from the box. But hundreds more languish inside. Join us for a brief discussion of the case followed by a Q and A.

When: Wednesday, November 5th at 6:00pm
Where: Von Bar (B/D/F/M to Broadway-Lafayette, F to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker st)
RSVP: Not required, but space is limited so we recommend it! Click here and fill form at the bottom of the page
 

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October 31, 2014