This is a fantastic post from my associate at deafinprison. He is delving deep into the machine that is the California Prison System that has been well known for using terror tactics on the public without any one watching their own business.
By BitcoDavid
According to the Associated Press, and the Sacramento Bee, the California Court of Appeals has ordered the infamous Pelican Bay, to cease all race-based punishments with the exception of a riot or other emergency. The order came down on January 23rd.
Three Judges ruled unanimously, that the prison had to explore methods of controlling violence and substance abuse, other than long term segregation of ethnic groups. The ruling comes out of a 2010 lawsuit in which the plaintiff claimed that Pelican Bay had refused privileges to all Hispanic inmates, for 3 years, after a riot between the Northern and Southern Mexican gangs.
The California Department of Corrections counters that the 2 groups are at war, and need to be segregated from one another. Further, they claim that the only method of segregation is based on “validating” inmates as gang members, and that that has…
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January 26, 2013 at 10:16 pm
Thanks for the reblog, Glenn. I knew you’d find this post interesting.
January 26, 2013 at 10:17 pm
I wonder how you got so smart about the Validation process… Your welcome. Have you had time to read the rest of Prison Riot?
January 27, 2013 at 9:58 pm
Reblogged this on http://www.HumansinShadow.wordpress.com.