TRUE DEMOCRACY Summer 2002

1. The Guard makes noise in early AM hours, every morning. Any complaint results only in the antagonization of the situation.

2. Slamming food ports when guards serve meals. Every day. Deliberate action to antagonize, irritate and exercise and flaunt power dynamic.

3. Excessive noise when doing all four counts: 11:00pm, 1:00am, 2:30am, and 4:00am. Again, deliberate exercise of power, disrespect, and brandish power.

Other forms include: from blasting the P.A. system to intentionally withholding personal mail.

"Those who lack the knowledge and understanding of torture and its different applications may dismiss the significance of the evidence that I have presented, but before you do, allow me to bring your attention to certain facts that will substantiate my evidence. Sound is a well known tactic in both psychological warfare and torture, from the sound of dripping water to the blasting of loud music. The recent Waco massacre is a perfect example. When the U.S. racist, fascist government used loud music and bright lights as a tool of torture against women and children, the results varied, from sleep deprivation to the constant shocking of the nerves."

The constant emotional abuse leads to permanently disturbed ex-cons who then re-enter society with needs for therapy, or without the facilities to adequately re-adjust. Either way, they continue to cost the tax-payers money. The Correction Department is failing at its goals of correction.

"The prison system is now a sanctuary to preserve and proliferate the Criminal Mentality Syndrome. This is the very psychological disposition which guarantees the continuity of the government scheme to financially benefit from the inner city crime. This also explains why there is no genuine effort on part of the CDC (California Department of Corrections) to implement a serious program for criminal rehabilitation, especially here in the security housing unit at Pelican Bay. The CDC fully understands the absence of such programs would only increase the recidivism rate among its prison population. Crime prevention or criminal rehabilitation would in fact undermine the government's CDC endeavors to economically exploit the New Afrikan and Latino/Mexican communities via poverty and crime!!"

"The evolution of civilization cannot be discussed without discussing the evolution of human morality. The control-unit prisons and their proliferation is a perfect example of a society's immorality. How could any society justify the existence of such a brutal and inhumane place?

Demands:
-Rehabilitation programs, especially education
-Racially diverse independent review board Black community parole board
-Tax-payers allowed to tour Pelican Bay SHU
-Compensation to victims of extortion schemes
-Termination of employees involved in torture of prisoners
-End to the criminalization of Prisoners' Rights Activists
-Release political prisoners and P.O.W.'s

On April 20th, 1990 former hostage, Dr. Robert Polhill was released by his kidnappers. He stated the following to the media while being interviewed: "I survived by staying angry at my kidnappers, I was