Currently Employed SCI-Green Prison Guard Supervised Torture of Prisoners in Iraq

5-6-04
First Press Release from Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty (PAUADP)
This urgent press release lays out the case explaining how Charles A. Graner, Jr. is a supervising torturer in Iraq and currently a long-term employee at SCI-Greene. Graner was employed at SCI-Greene during a 1988 brutality scandel but not charged. However, the SCI-Greene administration still refuses to release the videotapes that resulted in the charges, despite widespread charges of cover ups of abuse, so there is no current way to document Graner's involvement or lack of.

5-7-04
Second Press Release from Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty (PAUADP)
This press release recommends more detailed solutions to ending abuse in SCI-Greene (a "zero tolerance" of abuse policy and more) and ending abuse in Iraq (firing abusive guards in the U.S. before they are unleased on Iraqis).

5-10-04
Third Press Release from Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty (PAUADP)
The press release describes SCI-Greene prisoner testimony about Charles Graner and his brutality and abuse at SCI-Greene. It also describes the routine sexual humiliation of prisoners disturbingly similar to practices employed by Graner and another corrections officer in Iraq.

5-11-04
Fourth Press Release from Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty (PAUADP)
Announcing two forums where a former SCI-Greene prisoner who interacted with Graner speaks about Graner and his propensity for unprofessionalism and violence pre-Iraq.

5-14-04
Graner Court Martialed
Charles Graner the torturer is finally court martialed! SCI-Greene may well be forced to fire this unprofessional excuse for a guard. Read this press release. Call the SCI-Greene authorities and demand "zero tolerance for abuse." Fire Graner now!

5-15-04
The Torture Scandal that Won't Go Away
Article speaks about the ongoing torture at Guantanamo Bay and how the intense torture at Abu Ghraib began when Major General Geoffrey Miller, the commander at Guantanamo, arrived there in September 2003 and focussed the prison on interrogation, specifically the tortorous interrogation practices used at Guantanomo. Thus, the torture went beyond Charles Graner up to Stephen Cambone and Donald Rumsfeld. Fire and jail all the torturers.



Pa. DOC Contact Info:
Dr. Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary
Pa. Department of Corrections
2520 Lisburn Road
P.O. Box 598
Camp Hill, PA 17001-0598
(717) 975-4918

SCI Greene Contact Info:
Louis S. Folino, Superintendent
SCI Greene
169 Progress Drive
Waynesburg, PA 15370
(724) 852-2902

5-3-04 column In the Shadow of Abu Ghraib, by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Compilation of Information on Prisoner Abuse at SCI-Greene

Articles relating prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq to prisons in the U.S. (more coming soon):
May 7, 2004, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial, by columnist Tony Norman

Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison More Than Just a Few Bad Apples (just like SCI-Greene, the powers that be focus on the lowest level employees, while the middle and often senior commanders get away with murder)
5-15-04 newyorker article on rumsfeld

More information on Charles A. Graner, Jr.:
Pa. Abolitionists' Press Release about Charles Graner Fayette reservist implicated in scandal,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 5, 2004 (PDF version)
AP Article on Graner, May 7, 2004, including commentary from the DOC
For AOL Windows members, access a feature video ABC News ran on Graner here
May 8, 2004 article in Pittsburgh Observer-Reporter reporting "Graner's return to SCI-Greene hinges on Army prosecution"
May 4, 2004 article in Pittsburgh Observer-Reporter "SCI-Greene guard accused in Iraqi prisoner abuse case"
May 10, 2004 SCI-Greene Prisoner Testifies About Graner's Abusiveness at SCI-Greene

Pa. DOC Policies for Employees in the Military Reserves:
www.cor.state.pa.us/military.html