[Pnews] CA Prisons - Our Fifth Year - the Agreement To End Hostilities: Recognize Our Humanity!

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  PHRM: Our Fifth Year to the Agreement To End Hostilities: Recognize
  Our Humanity!

PHRM - April 17, 2017

Our Fifth Year to the “Agreement To End Hostilities”
Thereby Governor Brown, CDCr Secretary Kernan: Recognise Our Humanity!

We are within our 5th Year of the August 2012 historical document 
“AGREEMENT TO END HOSTILITIES 
<https://prisonerhumanrightsmovement.wordpress.com/blue-print/agreement-to-end-hostilities-issued-8122012/>.” 
followed by the PHRM’s third and the largest Hunger Strike within the 
State of California and equally larger then any Hunger Strike within the 
United States federal and state prison system, to which there were over 
30,000 Prisoners here in California who participated (that is, from 
Solitary Confinement and the General Population. We (PHRM) have 
decreased California Prison Melees in half over the past five years with 
*NO **a**ssi**s**tance by C**D**Cr*: SVSP, PBSP, New Folsom, Kern 
Valley, SATF, Lancaster, Centinela, High Desert, etc. Officials.

These historical acts of courage were led by the four Principal 
Negotiators Arturo Castellanos, C-17275, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa 
(Dewberry, C-35671), Todd Ashker, C-58191, and Antonio Guillen, P-81948, 
along with the Sixteen known Representatives, and along with our Unsung 
Heroes throughout CDCr.

*We Salute Our Fallen Heroes*
We shout out to the Families of those who died during the Historical 
Hunger Strikes (2011-2013), and to the Families who lost Loved Ones 
during the (AEH) struggle For Equal Justice, “Christian Gomez, Alex 
Machado, Alonzo Hozel Blanchard, A. “Baby Paya” Morales,
Billy “Guero” Sell, Johnny Owen Vick, and Hugo “Yogi” Pinell.”

“We also want to warn those in the General Population that [CCPOA guards 
& their Supervisors] will continue to plant undercover Sensitive Needs 
Yard (SNY) debriefer ‘inmates’ amongat the solid GP prisoners with 
orders from IGI to be informers, snitches, rats, and obstructionists, in 
order to attempt to disrupt and undermine our collective groups’ mutual 
understanding on issues intended for our mutual causes (that is, forcing 
CDCr to open up all GP main lines, and return to a rehabilitative-type 
system of meaningful programs/privilages, including lifer conjugal 
visits, etc. via peaceful protest activity/non-cooperation, e.g., hunger 
strike, no labor, etc. etc.).
People need to be aware and vigilant to such tactics, and need to refuse 
to allow such IGI inmate snitches to create chaos end reignite 
hostilities amongst our racial groups. We can no longer play into IGI, 
ISU, OCS, and SSU’s old manipulative divide and conquer tactics!!!”
(quoted from AEH, #3 
<https://prisonerhumanrightsmovement.wordpress.com/blue-print/agreement-to-end-hostilities-issued-8122012/>)

CDCr Secretary Kernan, Undersecretary Diaz, (DAI) Director Allison, 
Director Alfaro (of High Security Prisons) and Governor Brown have all 
been notified or the crisis here at SVSP C-Facility.

The lack of rehabilitative programs (i.e., Vocational Carpentry, etc.) 
here at SVSP and throughout the system remains dysfunctional.

Those within the PHRM here at SVSP C-Yard, who were released from 
Solitary Confinement over the last three years, have created our own 
Juvenile Divergent Program called “*LIFE-C.Y.C.L.E.*” (“Careless Youth 
Corrected by Lifers’ Experiences”), and this program has successfully 
for the past fifteen months conducted five Seninars, bringing in At-Risk 
Youth from the local Monterey County to guide them, while mentoring 
other prisoners. During the Seminars, the Youth share their thoughts and 
understandings of not wanting to come to prison, and what their goals 
are, that they will set for themselves to prevent that from happening.

The PHRM prisoners have realized that CDCr has caused harm to them over 
the past 2, 10, 20. 30-40 years of Solitary Confinenent. We – as Class 
Members of the PHRM here at SVSP C-Facility realize the negligence and 
adverse impact of that devastating ordeal coming out here to a partial 
General Population (G.P.). And we realized once again CDCr failed to 
acknowledge the harm that they caused to us, therefore, we took it upon 
ourselves to establish our our supportive *MEN’S GROUP* in order to cope 
with the devastating harm that was caused by Solitary Confinement.

The purpose of this MEN’S GROUP is to serve as a diverse multi-cultural 
support group for both those prisoners in- and being released to the 
G.P. from Solitary Confinement sucessfully settle-in, be provided access 
to rehabilitative pre-Parole Board (SR 260/261) Self-Programs, etc., 
that CDCr/SVSP are mandated to make available for all G.P. prisoners.

The primary purpose of the MEN’S GROUP is for the Participants to mentor 
and aid one another. Our Group’s vision brings a sense of community, 
respect and responsibility that springs from the 21st century insight of 
collective minds who have united in solidarity and have mutually agreed 
to end hostilities among racial groups. This historic agreement will 
continue to bring ahout substantive changes to the CDCr system of 
non-rehabilitation.

On November 3rd, 2015, the PHRM had discussed with Warden Muniz, Chief 
Deputy Warden Hatton, and Associate Warden Bienkale about the need for 
this type of Support Group to address the cause and effects of Solitary 
Confinement upon our re-entry into the G.P. These administrative 
officials’ response was positive and was witnessed by the outside 
citizenry activists hosting the event, Mary Lou, Barrio Unidos (Santa 
Cruz), Actor Danny Glover, and Mr. Kahn, Peace Academy.

We were told to prepare and submit our proposed Self-Help Support Group 
to AW Bienkale via SVSP’s Community Resource Manager (CRM) Carol 
Hernandez, which we immediatele completed.

However, since November, 2015 to April, 2017, CDCr-SVSP has continued to 
/not/ address these serious matters of concern. Although, on the 
occasions when we speak with Muniz (and Bielkale in Nov., 2016), they 
are supposedly going to initiate the MEN’S GROUP (according to AW 
Bienkale). But to date they have failed to approve it, which left 
hundreds of prisoners suffering from the effects of solitary confinement 
with no administrative support.

We (PHRM) have been integrated into some of the worst CDCr 
180/270-designed prisons in the State, not considering these same men 
were held illegally in Solitary Confinement up to forty-plus (40+) years 
and their Humanity is now again being withheld by new Green Walls/Old 
Culture. Yet, prisoners held at SVSP (facility-C) face the bigotry and 
prejudice by the Senior Correctional Officers and supported by their 
Supervisors (eg., Sgts) who allow for all new C/Os to be trained and 
taught the Old Culture/continual Green Wall.

Scott Kernan, CDCR Secretary, Ralph Diaz, CDCr UnderSecretary, Kathleen 
Allison, Director of Adult Institutions: Recognize Our Humanity and 
correct your Staffers’ here at SVS Old Culture Mentality here at SVSP 
forthwith.

In Solidarity,

Prisoner Human Rights Movement – Local Council (PHRM-LC)
Picture of Sitawa's signature 
<https://prisonerhumanrightsmovement.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/sitawa-signature.jpg>Sitawa 
Nantambu Jamaa (Dewberry C-35671)

Sitawa in July of 2016

PHRM PRINCIPAL NEGOTIATOR

29 March, 2017 © SNJ

Sitawa.org <https://sitawanantambujamaa.wordpress.com/>

PrisonerHumanRightsMovement.org 
<https://prisonerhumanrightsmovement.wordpress.com/>

typed by AP on April 16, 2017

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