HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PRISONERS MARCH PLANNED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Detainee treatment inside the U.S. is frequently as abusive as it was in offshore prison camps imprisoning those accused in the War on Terror.  See http://www.geocities.com/prisonmurder/  - Click on each prisoner's photograph on the homepage for his/her story.  My brother is no. 26 - Larry Neal.

In addition to prisoner abuse, America has a police brutality problem that
threatens the cohesion of our social structure.  When police kill unarmed
citizens, as in Oscar Grant's case, there is an unwelcome opportunity
for social unrest to rise to dangerous levels. 

PEACEFUL prisoner activists and individuals with an interest in human rights are invited to attend, particularly those interested in:

1)     death penalty
2)     prison torture
3)     solitary confinement
4)     life without the possibility of parole
5)     trying children as adults and life sentences for minors
6)     mandatory sentencing
7)     three-strikes laws
8)     law of parties
9)     criminalizing mental illness, including PTSD among American veterans
10)   plans for mass "emergency centers" inside U.S.A. for Americans (H.R. 645)
11)   private prison profiteering - especially by decision-makers with  positions in criminal justice (conflicts of interest)
12)   excessive sentencing and unacceptable disparities in sentencing for similar offenses
13)   enforcement of Freedom of Information Act
14)   prisoner healthcare
15)   increased funding for public defenders
16)   post-conviction DNA testing
17)   no penalty or misdemeanor charge for less than one oz. of marijuana
18)   strict enforcement against police and prison brutality; prosecution of 100% of offenders
19)   new trials with substantial new evidence, like the Troy Davis case (stay of execution ends May 15)
20)   so-called "non-lethal" weaponry and the possibility of conflicts of interest among decision makers regarding police equipment purchases
21)   illegal alien raids and arrests
22)   police profiling and abuse of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons
23)   surveillance of U.S. citizens; loss of privacy rights
24)   Prisoner information and visitation issues
25)   justice for victims and families of abused or murdered prisoners (whether or not victims lived to reach jail) 

The first annual HUMAN RIGHTS FOR PRISONERS MARCH will be in
Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, May 16 to address some of the CHANGE needed in the justice system.

Participants will meet at 3:00 P.M. in Woodruff Park on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta and walk a few blocks to CNN, passing passing Atlanta Journal Constitution, a mainstream newspaper owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc.  Mainstream news affiliates must cease being party to abuse of power cover-ups by their failure to report.  The march will terminate in Olympic Park, right across from CNN, where there will be refreshments and an opportunity for participants to meet and share information. 

Children Tried As Adults

PAYING FOR NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRISON SYSTEM:

Removing non-violent mentally ill inmates from prisons and jails and into outpatient commitment programs like Kendra's Law (or into secure mental hospitals for violent offenders) would immediately eliminate the need for private prisons and save taxpayers BILLIONS each year. 

The money that would be saved by repealing the death penalty and decriminalizing mental illness could finance all of the changes listed below with money left over for states' general budgets.

*  It is much cheaper and more humane for mentally challenged people to be treated in their communities than prison costs taxpayers. Mentally challenged inmates who are not charged with violent crimes should be provided subsistence assistance to avoiding homelessness. Search online for "Kendra's Law" and "Assisted Outpatient Treatment."

*  Each death row inmate costs taxpayers $90,000 per year more to imprison than inmates in maximum security prisons

All online communication is monitored and controlled, including phones.  For instance, note that my email address is not a link (copy and paste into your email, please).   If you receive no response within 24 hours, please write.

JAIL IS THE LAST THING MENTAL PATIENTS
NEED ... AND TOO OFTEN, JAIL IS THE L-A-S-T THING THEY
EXPERIENCE. Please join us in our quest to decriminalize mental
illness in America. No one should be punished for having a
disability, but right now 1.25 million mentally ill people are imprisoned.

We All Need Each Other.
Be there for your brother  
          

• 
  Jeff Wood

  Jeff Wood, condemned mental patient, TX
  LAW OF PARTIES 
  
  

  
  Kathryn Johnston
  police violence victim

   

He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother

By 2011, American soldiers in Iraq are coming home; 54% may suffer
PTSD.  Many veterans from Viet Nam to the Gulf War conflict are
imprisoned today because PTSD caused them to have unacceptable
behavior.

Killer of Oscar Grant

Troy Davis Graduation

1.25 MILLION INMATES ARE MENTALLY ILL

WALK FOR CHANGE!