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NEWS & LETTERS, March 2003
Indiana prison hellCarlisle, Ind.--The state of Indiana appears to be up to its old tricks again. Preparations are underway for building a new prison plantation where the state's most dangerous prisoners can be warehoused. I was told this on the day they recently decided to boot me out of the "Supermax" control unit in Westville. The Secured Housing Unit counselor, where I am now, advised me that if I would stop writing so much about my struggle with the Indiana Department of Corrections, my situation would probably change drastically. She was trying to make me feel that I am causing them to keep me in total isolation by exposing the deplorable living conditions throughout the Indiana prison system. The Department of Corrections sent me to the Carlisle facility as a countermeasure to block my constant networking with the outside. They can monitor everything I do through a camera focused on my cell at all times. They are reading and withholding legal documents and other critical mail that shows support for those like myself who are speaking out against their repression. They are allowing me only 20 minutes, once a week, for phone calls. There are no windows for me to look to the outside,
meant to damage my mental stability, yet I will remain strong, but I will need
support in the free world. Currently we are preparing a civil class action suit
to challenge existing policies and procedural violations. The two control units
in the state, "Supermax" and the S.H.U., must be put under tough
scrutiny by all progressive groups in the Midwest. This is so that the prisoners
who are dying or being severely beaten by these racist people will not be
overlooked, and also so they can feel strong and confident in a reliable base of
support. They may have moved me to disrupt the organized efforts, hoping the men left behind would give up their fight. Those men still need our continued support. Supporters, working as a team, are all that the racist, arrogant people running the prisons will understand. So let's build a strong solidarity committee to challenge the control units. Anyone may write a letter demanding my release into the general prison population and send it to J. Mulroony, Superintendent of WVCF, PO Box 500, Carlisle, IN 47838, or call him at 812 398 5050. --Khalfani M. Khaldun |
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