End Long Term Solitary Confinement

Support the Prisoner-led Movement
and their Family Members

Women of Colour in he Global Women's Strike, 4 February 2014

Following the historic hunger and work strike by over 30,000 incarcerated people in California prisons, California legislators committed to hold a series of hearings to investigate and work to end the conditions of solitary confinement.

On February 11th, in Sacramento, the Public Safety Committees of the CA legislature will hold their second hearing on conditions in these isolation units.  The California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is refusing to allow prisoners themselves, the most important witnesses, to testify.  Prisoners have testified at legislative hearings before.  Contact CDCR officials and urge them to allow the voices of the prisoners to be heard.  

California Families to Abolish Solitary Confinement (CFASC) worked tirelessly to organize solidarity protests during the strike.  It’s mainly women - mothers, partners, daughters, sisters, grandmothers – who do most of the justice work for their loved ones in prison.  Family members were visible and vocal during the hunger strikes (the last one was the 3^rd hunger strike) and remain a vital voice and support for their loved ones inside.  As many family members as possible must have the resources to attend the hearing.

The Global Women’s Strike and Women of Color/GWS are asking you to help ensure the presence and participation of family members of prisoners in the hearings by donating towards their transport and lodging.  To help family members get to Sacramento, please donate to CFASC - go to www.abolishsolitary.com, scroll down to the DONATE button at the lower left.

All are invited to go to Sacramento for the Feb 11^th hearing.  See the flyer below for more information.

Also, see the three action proposals the hunger strikers have asked us all to work on, see the attached file.

Please do all you can to support the prisoners who put their lives on the line and fought for us all during last summer’s Prisoner Hunger Strike, and let the legislature know that Californians do not support the use of solitary confinement!  

Distributed by Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike and GWS/LA
323-276-9833  la@allwomencount.net  www.globalwomenstrike.net

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