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CAUSE NUMBER:3:21-CV-00337
STYLED NAME: F. MARTINEZ, ET AL. VS MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS BOARD OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ET. AL.
RE: COURT FEES TO OBTAIN
Dear Friends:
Greetings, I am the leading plaintiff in the above styled and
numbered case. Please be aware of the court fees to obtain copies of the
case. Basically they charge 10 cents per copy, and the total fees for
the following documents are as follows:
The Complaint (no exhibits) 32 pages
Motion for TRO and preliminary injunction (no exhibits) 31
pages
It will be a total cost of $6.30 to obtain the above documents from
the clerk of the court. You need to send a money order or institutional
check to the clerk of the court at:
CLERK, US DISTRICT COURT
601 ROSENBURG STREET
ROOM 411
GALVESTON, TEXAS 77550
Styled Name: F Martinez, Doll, Pineapple Pictures, et al. Versus
Members of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, et al.
Dear Friends:
Greetings! I am the leading plaintiff in the above styled and
numbered case. I filed this lawsuit on my behalf and others similarly
situated prisoners in TDCJ. I also represent the interest of Doll,
Pineapple and other commercial vendors.
The reasons in filing this lawsuit is to challenge the
constitutionality of the rules 1(C) and IV(A)(10)(11) of the “Uniform
Offenders Correspondence Rules” (BP-03.91)
Rule 1(C) which limits to receive ten photos per envelope is
unreasonably and arbitrarily applied to deny catalogs, brochures, and
flyers from commercial vendors. Rule IV(A)(10)(11) which totally bans
“sexually explicit images” coming into the general population all in
disguise of rehabilitation purposes.
On or about 17 June 2022, I filed in court a “motion for temporary
restraining order and preliminary injuction.” I hope that the court
grant me this motion and temporarily enjoin the defendants from
enforcing these rules until the merits are decided in trial or through
the summary judgement process.
Anybody interested in copies of the complaint and the “TRO” motion
may request copies form the court. To request the price fees you may
write to the clerk of the court at:
U.S. District Court
Southern District of Texas
Galveston Division
Clerk of the Court
601 Rosenberg Street, Rm 411
Galveston, TX 77550
I, Nino G, vow to promote unity in an organized fashion to secure the
rights of all inmates in the state of Georgia, and to find solutions of
our daily problems of peace and identifying the real oppressors, and
exercise our power through grievances and lawsuits instead of brute
force or intimidation tactics.
MIM(Prisons) adds: Comrade Nino G. Leads the group
Loyalty Ov3r Royalty (L$R) in a Georgia prison to build the United Front
for Peace in Prisons. The UFPP is a project created in 2011 by a council
of anti-imperialists in prisons faciliated by MIM(Prisons). The project
is an effort to unite all those who can be united around the common
interests of the U.$. prison masses. The project is a culmination of
various formations of prisoners primarily lumpen organizations (aka
“gangs” or “sets” or “crews”) who seek to abandon the gangster mentality
for a revolutionary anti-imperialist outlook.
In Under Lock & Key 76 we published an article on how to
file for the suit Clay v. Director of IRS Mnuchin
No4:21-CV-08132-PJH if you did not receive the $3,200 stimulus
checks while in a Texas prison during the pandemic. Here is an update
from the initiator of this suit for anyone who has filed.
The IRS is seeking to deter and retaliate in order to lessen payments
of rebate refunds by stating that a $5,000.00 penalty will issue if
filer does not [withdrawal] the form 1040s filed to receive EIP. The
filers need to send the IRS letter to the 9th Court of Appeals as
instructed in ULK 76. Tell them to attach the letter.
They are doing this because the “fluid recovery scheme” is exposed so
they can’t use it. Now they seek to use “retaliatory scare” tactics by
this notice stating a $5k penalty and criminal charges for a 1040 that
they don’t clarify why such is seeking benefit not entitled to or what
deficiency is apparent.
“When prisoners come together around an issue that does not directly
reflect their own narrow self-interests, then that is when there will be
a real prisoners movement again. Until prisoners understand that simple
lesson they are doomed to live with an increasingly heavy boot on their
neck…” - Ed Mead
Greetings Comrades,
I had to write to you all to let you know that Under Lock &
Key has taken root & blossomed in an area or shall I say a
plantation here in Memphis, TN.
When I first arrived here there were five conscious souls here.
However, after sharing and expounding on the five principles of the
United Front for Peace in Prisons, with emphasis on Unity, the members
of different street organizations have now agreed to observe Black
August, including the Spanish brothers.
When brother Malcolm X died,
I died inside,
When Fred Hampton died,
I became revived,
When George Jackson died,
I blooded in my eyes,
When Huey P. died,
I revolutionized
and realized,
I’m Toussaint, Garvey and Stokely,
Turner, Biko, Prosser and Vessey,
Fanon, Cabral, Lumumba, Sankara,
Ruchell, Jonathan, McClain and Christmas.
My godesses are: Truth Sojourner,
Harriett Tubman, Candos, Kween Nzinga,
Angela, Ericka, Afeni and Assata,
and all the MOVE comrades
Last name Afrika.
I’m MLM to the fullest,
Anti-CIWPS, Anti-misogynist
All the way feminist, egalitarianist,
Lumpen proletarian, street reactionary
Turned radical internationalist
Revolutionary intercommunalist,
My oath is with Mother Earth
Climate Justice.
A prisoner, yeah,
But I’m not the real criminal,
Not the one making the policies,
Which creates poverty for capital
Thus, creating crime and immorality,
which are mostly survivalist, reactionary,
miseducated responses and reactions
to CIPWS miseducation and poverty.
Till we, as a People
Start taking politics personal
We will keep being the victims
of the real criminals, the real parasiticals,
The plutocrats,
Republikkklans and Demoncrats,
Working only in the interest of the tall hats
while their Plutocrat Imperialist Goons
Keep lynching us.
Then they wonder why,
We’re getting politically conscious
Self-defensive and rebellious
Screaming,
All Power to the People, from the soul
Screaming, All Power to the Proles,
Black Power, Black August
Black essential self-determination,
Our number one goal,
Only us could free us,
Black Power as a whole.
Black Power, Black August,
Black essential self control.
Black Power, Black August,
Breaking the mental and physical holds.
Black Power Black August
Black Power Black August.
As comrades in Texas, North Carolina and elsewhere took action to
protest long-term solitary confinement and mass incarceration this
Juneteenth, we lost a leader in the struggle against solitary
confinement and oppression in all forms in California. Paul Redd passed
away on 19 June 2022. His funeral was July 9th in Oakland,
Calfornia.
Redd was a New Afrikan Revolutionary, an author, and a principal
thinker behind the development of the 2012
Agreement to End Hostilities(AEH) across California prisons. The AEH
preceded an historical campaign against Security Housing Units(SHU) that
included the largest prison hunger strikes in history.
Statement from Paul Redd’s family
“Paul Redd left us on Juneteenth. A hero to so many, he was loved by
so many communities: from his childhood friends in Oakland, to his
family who has always been with him, to decades-long friendships from
the inside, to the many friends he made in his two years home after 44
years of wrongful incarceration, including 30 in solitary. He will be
remembered for his infinite love, his courage, strength, generosity,
hope, his poetry, and passion for justice. We love you Paul!”
Words from Redd’s comrades:
“Paul Redd’s passing is heartfelt for many as he was a staunch
advocate of Black Love and Solidarity. His dedication and commitment to
freedom of himself and other prisoners made him a target of the State
and thereby a political prisoner. I spent prison time with Paul in Tracy
and San Quentin, and know of his years of selfless service in the Black
Guerrilla Family. As a soldier for the liberation of his people, he will
be sorely missed in the field of battle opposing white supremacy and the
tyranny of capitalism-imperialism. Paul, I salute you!!!” – Jalil
Muntaqim
“He taught honor and respect to so-called thugs and ‘hood niggas’ and
showed them how to respect and give concern for each other in such a
way, thereby the world would come to respect and honor them. He also
taught them to be young Lions and soldiers for all seasons. I was one of
those young soldiers that he taught. And I was one of those young
warriors that had grown with the example that he gave me. I stand now as
an eternal witness to the teachings that this Brotha imparted to me, the
political education. He taught me to refuse. He showed and taught me how
to stand and not bend, buck or bow before the murderers who held us
captive in Amerikkka’s concentration camps.
“…This Brotha, his spirit lives forever. I’m Brotha Balagoon Kambone,
a Brotha and a friend.”
by K.A.G.E. Universal July 2022 permalink
Join MIM(Prisons), KAGE Universal, CPF and others at this forum in
February
Recently a comrade from outside California wrote MIM(Prisons) to ask
for an update on the leaders of the movement against solitary
confinement because ey hadn’t heard anything about them recently. The
below letter to CA Governor Newsom provides that update in the context
of an ongoing agitational campaign.
While MIM(Prisons) supports the release of these elders, we focus our
campaigning on the release of all people from long-term solitary
confinement in line with the U.N. Mandela Rules. The decision to settle
with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in the
Ashker suit was a huge blow to this cause. While we don’t know
what would have happened if the trial went to court, we knew and know
exactly what a settlement would mean. Comrades in Texas and elsewhere
should take a lesson from the leaders still sitting in solitary
confinement in California a decade later. SHU/RHU/Control Units are
torture! There is no acceptable outcome of our campaign against solitary
confinement other than abolishing them completely.
California Prison Focus
KAGE Universal
4408 Market St., Ste. A
Oakland, CA 93608
Governor Newsom
1021 O Street, Suite 9000
Sacramento, CA 95814
March 18, 2022
RE: Liberate Our Elders
Dear Governor Newsom et al.,
California Prison Focus (CPF) and K.A.G.E. Universal are requesting
your immediate action under the current humanitarian health crisis to
investigate the ongoing retaliation being faced by the imprisoned human
rights activists and members of the Prisoner Human Rights Movement
(PHRM) who authored and honored the historic 2012 Agreement to End
Hostilities (AEH), significantly reducing violence on California’s
prison yards, and beyond. The Agreement to End Hostilities encourages
conflict resolution and direct communication between races to counter
violence between prisoner organizations. This opened the doors for the
prison to begin providing a host of rehabilitative programs. Because of
the sacrifices those individuals made, countless others have been saved
from enduring decades-long solitary confinement torture as they did.
When these men, who had been tortured in solitary confinement for
decades had attempted to disseminate and promote this historic accord,
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
obstructed their efforts, claiming that the AEH qualifies as third-party
communication. Staff members refused to post the statement throughout
the prison, while during that same period, and since many years earlier,
CPF was receiving reports that guards were placing “disruptive”
individuals on the yards to instigate fights. [See Prison Focus
archives, www.prisons.org]
“Mr. Y stated that some people try to sabotage it, namely the
correctional officers, who continue to try to trick the general
population with their anti-solidarity games…” Pelican Bay State Prison
Report, PF Issue 48, Winter 2016
CDCR claimed that the signers of the AEH presented a major threat to
the safety of the general prison population and in September 2013, there
were approximately 3,881 prisoners in CDCR’s Security Housing Units
(SHU) when the AEH had just been distributed inside CDCR and outside to
civil society.
Approximately 2000 people were released from the SHU starting in
early 2016 as a result of the Ashker v. Brown settlement
agreement. When these older men came out of the SHUs, their principle
thinking, and mentoring of younger prisoners in General Population yards
created a dramatic decrease in violence, except when instigated directly
or indirectly by prison policy and/or guards. To the contrary, as the
men returned to the yards struggling to cope after decades of torture,
they continued to promote and honor the AEH. Their commitment to
non-violence and class unity among the SHU “kickouts” was even more
remarkable as CDCR did nothing to assist SHU prisoners in transitioning
to General Population even though it was extremely difficult for them
after decades of being in solitary, living 24/7 in tiny cells with no
natural light and under severe and harsh conditions.
CPF received reports and letters that the elders who were released
from solitary confinement after so many decades were having a profound
impact in reducing violence on the yards. At the same time CPF was
receiving hundreds of letters a year, reporting incidents of violence
that were directly or indirectly caused by both overt and covert actions
taken by prison staff, sanctioned by the policy and prison
administration of CDCR.
The signers by every organized group in CDCR, those who promulgated
the AEH, and their fellow prisoner organizers of the California Prison
Hunger Strikes, have been suffering from extreme retaliation ever since.
Twelve of the original 16 signers continue to languish in prison today,
as most of them are still being held in one form or another of solitary
confinement. One organizer died before he was ever to see freedom.
Others have received new and serious charges that are possibly
retaliatory, so as not to disrupt CDCR’s false narratives that the
organizers of the historical California Prison Hunger Strikes are the
worst of the worst. And while studies claim that California faces a 66%
recidivism rate, they continue to refuse to release these elders who
pose a risk of less than 2%.
This constitutes a human rights crisis and we can no longer remain
silent. We demand that the signers of the AEH, as well as for all
organizers and participants of the California Prison Hunger Strikes, to
be safe from retaliation, including further torture, isolation or, as
laid out in the PHRM Blueprint, from being coerced, threatened and
blackmailed to betray fellow prisoners with false accusations. We demand
that the signers of the AEH be granted 2933 credits, based on the
attached Certificate of Acknowledgment, to reduce or modify their
sentences, and receive an immediate opportunity to demonstrate their
readiness to return to their communities, starting with the individuals
who have already had a positive impact on their community and society
and would clearly have an even greater positive impact they will have on
society as a whole if released.
In addition, the PEACE program that has already been established at
Pelican Bay State Prison joins CPF and KAGE Universal to request that
the AEH be posted throughout all CDCR institutions, using Inmate Welfare
Funds.
Sincerely,
Kim Pollak, California Prison Focus, Executive
Director
Minister King X, K.A.G.E. Universal, Founder, Executive Director
California Prison Focus, Director of Culture and Art
Cc: Kathleen Allison, CDCR Secretary
Signers of the Agreement to End Hostilities
The realization of The Dilapidation
of a so-called ‘Democratic free nation’
Ran and orchestrated by The Illuminati and freemasons
has everybody Divided by social injustice,
bigotry, classism and racial segregation
The nation’s leaders claim “In GOD We Trust”
But their God is “G”old-“O”il-“D”rugz because
they really serve mammon and Satan
instead of peace these imperialists promote
violence, crime, poverty and fornication,
with the primary agenda of bringing forth
Desolation, Degeneration and moral degradation,
Because these ‘Khazars’, Capitalist, and The
rest of these cocky caucasians
are set on achieving Global Domination
by way of 3rd world occupation,
Through means of military invasion
and mental, religious and economic manipulation
The imperialist wants us to bow down and praise them,
and each day our oppressors are gettin more brazen,
These racist-ass crackers know shall us
3rd world people unite, through our melanin
alone we have the power to bring about their
Genetic Annihilation,
and nothing is more Dynamic than our Black
and Brown Genes not even Their “white” Jesus
can save ’em
Black, Brown, Red, Yellow and politically
conscious
Whites its time we unite, and mentally awaken,
By all means necessary even if it means comin’ out weapons blazin,
To reclaim all that’s been forcefully taken,
including our cultural names, religion, Ancestral
Tradition, pride and Self-Determination
its time to reclaim our natural resources and
Wealth and oust the imperialists from out
of our Lands and nations!
Betrayal of one’s comrades: what in prison is called “snitching”, is
an aspect of capitalism. Capitalism creates the myth of an isolated
individual. “Snitches” and “informants” are people who are convinced
that they are acting in their own best interest at the cost of breaking
their social ties. “Prison create snitches” not only because they want
information to use against others, but because it is a proven method of
“breaking” people.
Denmark Vessey, who was betrayed before an 1822 slave uprising,
warned against trusting a slave who accepts gifts from a master. These
gifts represent attaching values to “things” and not one’s bond with
other human beings. They reflect the “fetish” of commodities; putting
values into possessions at the cost of your human relations is cruel
& deadly. Prisons found that snitches become a lot more violent,
animalistic, & don’t care who they hurt – just to survive for the
moment. Prisons had to create special yards just for them, which even
according to their own data, were most violent, where new gangs were
created as the snitches attempted to create some semblance of
self-respect.
The Pelican Bay hunger strikers overcame the idea the system
perpetuated. It re-established human solidarity across gang & racial
lines. As opposed to the snitches the system used to keep people in
perpetual solitary confinement. The idea of solidarity caught on with
tens of thousands of state & federal prisoners, and many times more
out on the streets nation-wide…(wake up) we can no longer allow the
imperialists to use us against each other for their benefit!!!
Collectively we are an empowered force. The People’s Commission,
consisting of: the Almighty Black-P-Stone Nation El Rukn Tribe, the
Almighty Latin King Nation, & the Almighty Vice Lords Nation have
been united in solidarity & nation building for 75 years. We call
upon all street organizations in the American western hemisphere to do
the same.