California prisoners make historic call for peace between racial groups in California prisons and jails September 12, 2012 by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity
http://sfbayview.com/2012/california-prisoners-make-historic-call-for-peace-between-racial-groups-in-california-prisons-and-jails/ California prisoners make historic call for peace between racial groups in California prisons and jails September 12, 2012 by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Oakland – Prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison’s Security Housing Unit (SHU) have announced a push to end all hostilities between racial groups within California’s prisons and jails. The handwritten announcement was sent to prison advocacy organizations. It is signed by several prisoners, identifying themselves as the PBSP-SHU Short Corridor Collective. [Their statement follows this one.] The Attica rebellion in upstate New York Sept. 9-13, 1971, saw thousands of prisoners take over the prison, protesting intolerable conditions and infuriated by the assassination of George Jackson at San Quentin on Aug. 21, 1971. The secret of their u...