Thanks to all those who attended the webinar: Solitary Confinement is a Crime.
We were glad to be able to bring together such a wide-ranging panel of speakers from around the world as well as so many justice campaigners making their case against cruel and inhumane imprisonment.
Close to 150
people were in attendance. For those who were not able to be there on
the night, you can watch it
HERE.
Please let us know if you have any questions that were not answered
during the webinar, or if you want to be kept up-to-date on our campaign
to end solitary confinement and for the closure of Close Supervision
Centres.
You can contact us at Payday@Paydaynet.org
In the meantime, below is a list of the speakers and campaigns from the webinar.
Best wishes,
Niki Adams for Legal Action for Women
Sara Callaway for Women of Colour Global Women’s Strike
Sam Weinstein for Payday Men’s Network
Speakers
· Kevan Thakrar
o Latest Action Alert: Get Kev out of Segregation
· Khalfan Al-Badwawi quoted in Declassified UK - ‘’Colonialism never ended’: The elite British cabal propping up a Gulf dictatorship’
· Susie Winter, An Untold Story-Voices
· Derek Summerfield – A profile: Politics and Psychiatry
· Shandre Delaney, Human Rights Coalition (US) & Carrington Keys, Dallas 6 Trial
· Sahar Francis Addameer, Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Palestine)
· Deepa Govindarajan Driver, Set Julian Free
· Mumia Abu Jamal
o Buy his extraordinary book: Jailhouse Lawyers – Defending Prisoners v. the USA, Mumia Abu-Jamal • Foreword by Angela Y. Davis Introduction by Selma James.
Campaigns
·
Abolish
Detention: Hassockfield
Email:
abolishdetention@gmail.com,
Facebook,
Twitter,
Instagram
· JENGbA campaigning to reform of legal abuse by Joint Enterprise law.
· Justice for Osime Brown Twitter, Linktree
· UNGRIPP campaigns on behalf of prisoners and ex-prisoners serving the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) in England & Wales
Other resources
· Sign the letter to the Royal College of Psychiatrists protesting their endorsement of prison segregation units
· The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture press release re Close Supervision Centres
· Winston Silcott: Chronology of Injustice: The case for Winston Silcott’s conviction to be overturned
· Agreement to end hostilities: the historic statement issued by men held in long-term solitary in Pelican Bay State Prison in 2012.
· Webinar: Stop Solitary, Stop Torture Rally and Press Conference, June 1-2 in Philadelphia.
· To write to Kevan Thakrar:
o By email: https://www.emailaprisoner.com/ (You will need his prison number A4907AE)
o
By letter:
Kevan Thakrar A4907AE
HMP Full Sutton
Moor Lane
Full Sutton
York YO41 1PS