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The Prison University Project presents


IS IT SAFE?
Essays and Photographs of Students at San Quentin


An Exhibition at Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area


June 1, 2008-October 22, 2008


The Band Practice Room, Main Cellhouse


Essays by Students in the San Quentin College Program;Photographs by Heather Rowley; Curated by Jennifer Scaife



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or call Alcatraz Cruises (415) 981-7625


California voters; VOTE NO on prop 9

CALIFORNIA VOTERS: read prop 9 carefully. It speaks to restricting any kind of early release for prisoners, as an amendment to the constitution. THIS LAW IS UNNECESSARY AND DANGEROUS!
not to mention inconceivably expensive!!!

Hanged man attempted suicide or prison scandal??

JUST SENT TO US FROM A MEMBER OF THIS SITE: Man in segregated unit attempts suicide; McNeil Island Corrections Center is covering up the fact that this is a direct result of Prison abuse and scandal not an attempted suicide.

FBI Raid on The Long Haul

From The Long Haul Website:
More than a dozen computers seized in questionable search

Berkeley, CA— At 10:30 am on Wednesday, August 27th, the UC Berkeley police, plainclothed FBI agents, and an Alameda County sheriff raided at gunpoint the Long Haul, a long-standing community library and info shop.

One of the Angola 3 Freed!

ALBERT WOODFOX FREE!

WELCOME OUTSIDE!!!

 

Albert Woodfox is a member of our prison advisory board, an ex-black panther who has spent over 30 years in solitary confinement.
U.S. District Judge James Brady issued a ruling on July 10th approving a
federal magistrate’s decision that Woodfox’s conviction should be
overturned because his previous defense lawyer failed to object to a
prosecutor’s testimony about a witness’ credibility.

 

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