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<span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:17px"><span
style="font-family:times new
roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Urgent Call to
Action: <br>
<strong>Water Crisis in the Prison,</strong> DOC in Contempt
of Mumia Court Order<br>
<br>
From Flint and Standing Rock to SCI Mahanoy and prisons
across the country, people are defending the life-saving
right to clean water.<br>
<br>
At SCI Mahanoy, the Pennsylvania prison that houses Mumia
Abu-Jamal, the water is unsafe for prisoners to bathe in,
shower in and drink. It is "dirty, brackish, turbid, even
black water" —that is how Mumia Abu-Jamal describes the
dramatic situation in a grievance he filed last week. The
grievance includes 6 demands, including 1) the immediate
provision of an alternative source of "clean, fresh, safe,
and untainted water" for bathing and drinking and 2)
"testing of the water piped into the infirmary tub and
showers."<br>
<br>
Please help amplify the voices of all prisoners<strong>.
Take action. Call the prison</strong> and <strong>publicize</strong> Mumia’s
grievance widely (see transcript below).<br>
<br>
As you know, Mumia has a severe skin ailment, a symptom of
his untreated HEP C. The water contamination at the prison,
therefore, poses a serious threat to his life through
infection. For this reason Mumia has refused the three baths
a week that prison doctors prescribed to alleviate his
symptoms. In addition to violating the January 2017 court
order of a federal judge mandating that Mumia be immediately
treated with the HEP C cure, which is the root cause of his
skin problem, the DOC is in violation of its own woefully
inadequate "baths prescription" for the treatment of his
skin condition and HEP C.</span></span><br>
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<br>
<strong>TAKE ACTION.</strong> <span style="font-size:17px"><span
style="font-family:times new
roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">Call the prison, the
DOC & the PA Gov</span></span><br>
<br>
<strong>LANGUAGE TO USE </strong>and <strong>DEMANDS</strong><br>
<br>
<span style="font-family:times new
roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span
style="font-size:17px">Hi, I am a concerned citizen
from______________. I am calling to demand that the Mahanoy
prison administration</span></span></span></h3>
<span style="color:#000000"> <strong><span
style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-family:times new
roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif">1. Immediately
provide all prisoners clean water for bathing, showering and
drinking.</span></span></strong></span><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-family:times
new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span
style="color:#000000">In addition, I am demanding that the
institution</span><br>
<br>
<span style="color:#000000"> 2. Comply with Judge
Mariani's court ruling of January 3, 2017, which ordered the
immediate treatment of Mumia Abu Jamal with the Hep C cure
by the DOC. Give Mumia the cure he needs. </span><br>
<br>
<span style="color:#000000">Officials to Call:</span><br>
<br>
<span style="color:#000000">1. Theresa Del Balso,
Superintendent SCI Mahanoy: </span><a style="color:
#505050;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span
style="color:#000000">570-773-2158 x8102</span></a><span
style="color:#000000"> | </span><a style="color:
#505050;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span
style="color:#000000">570-783-2008</span></a><span
style="color:#000000"> Fax | 301 Morea Road, Frackville PA
1793</span><br>
<br>
<span style="color:#000000">2. John Wetzel, PA DOC: </span><a
style="color: #505050;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;"><span style="color:#000000">717-728-4109</span></a><span
style="color:#000000"> | </span><a style="color:
#505050;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;"><span
style="color:#000000">717-728-4178</span></a><span
style="color:#000000"> Fax | </span><a
href="mailto:ra-contactdoc@poc.gov" target="_blank"
style="color: #505050;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;"><span style="color:#000000">ra-contactdoc@poc.gov</span></a><span
style="color:#000000"> | 1920 Technology Pkwy, Mechanicsburg
PA 17050</span><br>
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<span style="color:#000000">3. Tom Wolf, PA Gvrnr: </span><a
style="color: #505050;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;"><span style="color:#000000">717-787-2500</span></a><span
style="color:#000000"> | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governor@PA.gov">governor@PA.gov</a> | 508 Main Capitol
Building, Harrisburg PA 17120</span><br>
<br>
<span style="color:#000000">IN ADDITION, TAKE ACTION IN THE
STREETS.<br>
<br>
RALLY in Philadelphia at the Governor's Office<br>
When: <span data-term="goog_1201192470" tabindex="0">Thursday,
February 9, 2017</span> --- <span
data-term="goog_1201192471" tabindex="0">4-6PM</span><br>
Where: 200 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia<br>
<br>
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<br>
Transcript of Mumia's Grievance. <br>
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OFFICIAL INMATE GRIEVANCE<br>
TO: FACILITY GRIEVANCE COORDINATOR<br>
Jane Hinman, Asst. to Supt.<br>
FROM:<br>
M. A. Jamal #AM8335<br>
DATE: 1/25/17<br>
<br>
A. Provide a brief, clear statement of your grievance.
Additional paper may be used, maximum two pages …. State all
relief that you are seeking.<br>
<br>
Over the last several months, I have repeatedly complained
of dirty, brackish, turbid, even black water in the
infirmary’s tub. In my discussions with c/o Easterday, I’ve
confirmed this situation several times. I’ve received
several responses from my prior grievances, which I believe
are misleading, incorrect and untrue.<br>
<br>
Several weeks ago, c/o Easterday informed me that he was
told by someone looking into this issue that the water’s
discoloration stems from the water pooling in the pipes (or
words to that effect), and if one simply let the water run
for 5 minutes, it would clear up.<br>
<br>
When I reported for my medically-prescribed bath today
(around <span data-term="goog_1201192472" tabindex="0">8:30</span> due
to waiting some 20-25 minutes in the pill line(!) because of
the length of the line), I found the water, upon running,
dark, turbid, and quite discolored. I again showed it to c/o
Easterday, who repeated what he told me several weeks
earlier. <br>
I let the water run; for 5 minutes; for 10 minutes; for 15
minutes; for 20 minutes—and not only didn’t it clear up—it
got worse! While the water appeared like tea in the
beginning, it looked more like coffee after a 20-minute run.
I left the stopper in after the last run, and showed it to
the c/o, who replied he ‘understood,’ when I informed him
there was no way I could/would get into a tub in that
condition.<br>
<br>
He made a call (to whom, I don’t know) and he explained (as
I was then outside the room), he explained that the water in
the shower room also was running dark, discolored,
coffee-colored, and dirty, <u>despite the fact that a man in
a wheelchair had just showered in this stuff! </u>This was
clearly a situation that went beyond ‘a dirty pipe.’ How am
I supposed to clean myself in dirty water? I left the water
in the tub, and thereby left it ripe for testing by the
person contacted by c/o Easterday.<br>
<br>
If this was not done (why wouldn’t it be?), I hereby request
the following:<br>
<br>
B. List actions taken and staff you have contacted,
before submitting this grievance.<br>
<br>
(As shown in the text, I showed this matter to c/o
Easterday, several times this morning.)</span></span></span></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-family:times
new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span
style="color:#000000"> 1. Immediate testing of the water
piped into the tub and shower rooms;</span></span></span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-family:times
new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span
style="color:#000000"> 2. A clear determination of what
substance (or substances) turned the water such a dork,
turbid color;</span></span></span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-family:times
new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span
style="color:#000000"> 3. Immediate correction of this
situation so that people won’t be further harmed by whatever
is in this water.</span></span></span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-family:times
new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span
style="color:#000000"> 4. Please explain how, and when
this matter will be corrected.</span></span></span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-size:17px"><span style="font-family:times
new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span
style="color:#000000"> 5. Please provide an alternative,
which timely provides clean, fresh, safe, untainted water,
not just for bathing, but for drinking.</span></span></span></strong>
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