In June 2003 I was placed in AD-SEG for attempted murder on a corrections officer. However, I was found guilty and given a SHU [solitary confinement] sentence for my so-called actions. Now all of a sudden, these crooked ass people at Pelican Bay State Prison are trying to validate me as a prison gang member. All of my so-called 1030 confidential information has me being a "member" of several different "gangs" but these so-called 1030's all contradict each other because none of their informer information is reliable to what the other said. If I did associate with a gang member, it was unknowingly because it's none of my business to ask people who they may or may not be associated with. A solid individual is going to embrace another solid individual regardless of their race or gang, this was one of the several ways Pelican Bay has tried to penalize me.
Last week, a c/o made some very racial remarks toward me and six other Afrikans during our AD-SEG walk alone yard. I had a reliable witness, another staff member who works up here. She also heard this "white" c/o say, "I'll hang your black ass by a tree or drag you by a truck like we do in Texas." If a non-white c/o said this to an Amerikan inmate, I truly believe the situation would've been handled.
We wrote staff complaints and 602's but they somehow keep getting overlooked.
-- A California Prisoner, January 2004