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Dear Friends,<br>
<br>
In response to the historic peaceful hunger strike in which over
30,000 incarcerated people in California prisons protested torturous
conditions of long-term isolation last year, the hunger strike was
suspended on day 60 as legislators committed to investigate and work to
end such inhumane conditions. As a result, the Public Safety Committee
will host a second joint legislative hearing on <b>Tuesday, February
11, 2014</b> in Sacramento. <br>
<br>
<b>Yet the most important voices will be absent from the
hearing</b>: testimony from the prisoners. Though prisoners have
testified at past legislative hearings, the California Department of
Corrections (CDCR) has refused to allow prisoners to attend and testify
at the upcoming February 11th hearing.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=37AiCfYFHUri9nlsd9EG7JysuW25CDXx">Contact
CDCR officials today to urge them to allow the prisoners’ voices at the
hearing, using the sample email NRCAT has prepared</a>.</p>
<p>Additionally, we encourage you to attend the February
11th hearing and lobby visits in Sacramento.<br>
<br>
The voices of those calling for an end to torture in California's
prisons must not be silenced.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6NBICWA%2BkAtTqyFuUErrf5ysuW25CDXx">Contact
the CDCR today using the sample email NRCAT has prepared.</a></p>
<p><i><b>Joint Public Safety Committee Hearing</b></i><br>
<b>Where</b>: State Capitol Building, Sacramento, CA<br>
<b>When</b>: Tuesday, February 11, 2014<br>
9:30am – 12:00pm Hearing<br>
Rally to immediately follow hearing<br>
2:00 – 4:00pm Lobby visits <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HibZHoYjC01k4qaPmB7Uqt%2FbX%2Bw66CVZ">RSVP
here</a> to attend the lobby visits.<br>
<br>
CARPOOL BAY AREA: Leave from MacArthur BART in Oakland at 7am on
Tuesday, Feb 11. More info contact Tynan at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:tynan@curbprisonspending.org">tynan@curbprisonspending.org</a>
or 415-361-8436. <br>
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CARPOOL SOUTHERN/CENTRAL CA: More info contact Virginia Classick at
818-225-0410. <br>
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CARPOOL NORTHERN CA: More info: contact Verbena at 707-442-7465 or <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:peopelesarc@gmail.com">peopelesarc@gmail.com</a>.</p>
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href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cYOj%2FETxvLBuUUPr3dF7v5ysuW25CDXx">Contact
the CDCR today using the sample email NRCAT has prepared</a>.</p>
<p>With gratitude and in faith,<br>
<br>
Laura Markle Downton<br>
Director of U.S. Prisons Policy and Program</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">National Religious Campaign
Against Torture: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hj%2FocK44a0asnWCRX0p8eZysuW25CDXx">www.tortureisamoralissue.org</a></p>
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