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DESCRIPTION:RALLY MON. DEC. 28, 2015, 10AM in SAN FRANCISCO,\nAND MAKE PHONE 
 CALLS.\nShare the Facebook event and invite your friends!\n\nJoin the 
 Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition on Monday, Dec 28th outside the 
 SF Federal Courthouse for a rally against the so-called “welfare 
 checks,“ that since August 2nd, have been waking up men in Pelican Bay 
 SHU (solitary confinement) every 20-30 minutes, 24/7.\n\nAs of December 
 28th, these men will have been tortured with sleep deprivation for 148 
 days!\n\nLawyers and CDCr officials will be meeting inside SF Federal Court 
 at 11:00am. We want to show them that these checks are TORTURE and that 
 they need to STOP NOW!\n\nWe know that interrupted sleep can cause serious 
 mental and physical health problems. John R. Martinez, who has been in 
 Pelican Bay SHU for over a decade, …wrote: “…there is a reasonable 
 probability that life-threatening injuries and/or even death is inevitable, 
 as medical symptoms are only worsening but not being treated.”  \n\nCDCr 
 claims the checks are to prevent suicide, but knowing these detrimental 
 effects of sleep deprivation, we’re worried the checks could actually 
 lead to someone committing suicide or developing permanent disabling, and 
 potentially terminal illnesses and conditions.\n\nThe checks seem to be 
 retaliation for effective human rights organizing by people in SHU, namely 
 the largest hunger strike in history (in 2013) and the recent successful 
 settlement in the class action lawsuit, Ashker v. Governor Brown. Is this 
 devastating sleep deprivation CDCr’s attempt to prevent further effective 
 organizing by people in solitary confinement? The checks are serving no 
 welfare or security purpose; they are only harming the prisoners, mentally 
 and physically.\n\nOTHER ACTIONS you can take (without leaving your 
 home!):\n\n1. Call to advocate for the 30 minute checks to stop, stating 
 that sleep deprivation is torture. Some offices may require your name, 
 city, and zip code.\n\n•CDCR Secretary’s Office: 916-323-6001\n•CDCR 
 Director of Adult Divisions, Kelly Harrington (he): 
 916-445-7688\n•Senator Loni Hancock, Chair of the Senate Public Safety 
 Committee: 916-651-4009\n•Assembly Member Bill Quirk, Chair of the 
 Assembly Public Safety Committee: 916-319-2020\n\n2. Forward this 
 information to your networks to make it known widely that this torture may 
 continue unless we, along with allied lawyers, put pressure to stop 
 it!\n\nLinks:\n\n    Facebook event (for Dec 28 Rally): 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/1045687855494559/\n\n    extensive San 
 Francisco Bay View Article (Dec 18, 2015): http://tinyurl.com/qgyv2st\n\n   
  Open Letter from the American Public Health Association Opposing the 
 30-minute checks (Nov 2, 2015):\nhttp://wp.me/P1BB1k-27L\n\n    Watch and 
 share this VIDEO by Liberated Lens Collective of our Nov. 30th, 2015 
 Emergency Protest at CDCr in Sacramento against the sleep deprivation 
 torture in Pelican Bay SHU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjWF3OtGSkQ\n\n 
    Sleep (Deprivation) Survey Report from Oct 13 & 14, 2015: 
 http://wp.me/P1BB1k-27L\n\nFor more info: call 510-426-5322, email 
 phssreachingout@gmail.com, visit Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity on 
 Facebook.\n\nEvery 20-30 minutes, people in Pelican Bay solitary are 
 subjected to:\n\n    reverberating noise of the steel doors to units 
 opening and slamming closed,\n    stomping of guards through the pods, up 
 and down the stairs,\n    jangling of keys,\n    banging Guard One metal 
 pipes on the cells,\n    beeping of Guard One metal pipes on metal 
 buttons,\n    (sometimes) guards shining their flashlights into the 
 prisoners’ eyes.\n\nThis cruel sleep deprivation, day and night, is 
 causing serious psychological and physical harm.\n\nThese disruptive 30 
 minute checks, 48 times a day, must STOP!\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/25/18781233.php
SUMMARY:Rally in San Francisco: Stop Sleep Deprivation Torture at Pelican Bay!
LOCATION:outside the San Francisco Federal Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Ave, San 
 Francisco, CA 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/12/25/18781233.php
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