Compas, in response to the event held in conjunction with the La Hiedra Library and ourselves (Autonomous Library Sante Geronimo Caserio), we spread the text written by compañeros inside prison for the event that happened on June 11, which is titled “Never Surrender,” with which we want bring to light the theme of long prison terms…
Postulados subversivos del viento. -Han querido controlarme y he desencadenado mi furia por eso azuzo, acaricio… coqueteo con el mar en tempestad. -Luego me aplaco por si acaso algo ha nacido si esa actitud nueva generada del aliento, por mi anhelo haya extirpado el sueño de la muerte, de la no-vida establecida. Continue reading Crítica y análisis del anarquismo hoy→
Pastora (madre de Xose Tarrio) y Carmen (madre de Diego Viña), dos madres luchadoras contra el sistema penitenciario y policial del Estado, nos cuentan la historia de sus hijos, fallecidos en custodia por el Estado. Charla en Córdoba, en Octubre de 2008. Calidad del audio: 16khz, bitrate: 32 Descargar podcast (37.4 MB)
On the 9th July, 31 years after I was sentenced to life imprisonment, the Parole Board delivered it’s judgement on my continued imprisonment in clear and explicit terms recommending my transfer to an open prison in preparation for my probable release in 12 months time. The Ministry of Justice and prison system decided to ignore and effectively sabotage the recommendation, raising the question of exactly what real legal authority the Parole Board has over the prison system in determining how life sentenced prisoners are progressed towards release, and maybe more critically what real motives underlay senior prison management’s attempts on occasion to subvert the recommendations of the Parole Board? Continue reading Prison Authorities Subvert Decision of Parole Board→
The Prison system’s treatment of Kevan Thakrar, who has been kept in almost total solitary confinement for more than 5 years, has now become a straight forward and systematic attempt to destroy him completely, and in a social and political climate increasingly intolerant of and hostile to prisoners’ human rights the implications of his treatment for the imprisoned generally are deeply disturbing. The fragrant and open contempt expressed by the Tory Home Secretary Teresa May and Justice Minister Chris Grayling for the Human Rights Act and the ability of Prisoners to gain access to the courts to defend their human rights finds brutal expression in the treatment of Prisoners like Kevan Thakrar who are pushed to the very edge of existence because of their determination to question and legitimately challenge the worst excesses of the prison system. In the totalitarian world of prison those who fight back are subjected to the most de-humanising and murderous treatment imaginable. Continue reading CSC AND SIU: MARGINALISED AND DEMONISED CIVIL DEATH by John Bowden→
