No due process in Guantanamo or Pelican Bay

Many human rights organizations only like to focus their attention on prisons abroad, run by this government. As if the very exact same thing isn't happening within this country's very borders! The only difference between Guantanamo Bay and Pelican Bay is "location" and that's it! The very same set of tactics being used in prisons over there are being used here.

Take my case for instance. My regular SHU term expired almost two years ago. So what they did was sixty days prior to my release they hit me with a Gang Validation packet, which of course held me back. Well I beat that a year ago. So once again I was taken back to committee. This time they hit me with an "indeterminate" SHU term for being a "security threat."

Once this label has been attached to you it's practically impossible to get out of here. Normally one is able to appeal their placement in ad seg. However, being that this is not a rules violation, one is unable to challenge it. Therefore our release is solely up to prison administration. Thus taking away our right to "due process." Similar to the way due process was taken away from prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. T

They've even set up what we deem to be an "underground rules system." Basically what I mean is that they're making up rules that don't exist in any rules book. Nor have they been approved by Sacramento. Once again, something very similar to what the U.S. government is doing in Guantanamo. "Security threat" amounts to "national security threat" for us. Either term allows these fascist dogs to keep innocent people locked away in solitary confinement with absolutely no rights. Of course not that this surprises me one bit. Only idiots or Amerikans believe that this is a country of laws. At least laws that are respected when it comes to this country's internal colonies.

- a California prisoner, May 2006