Anyway, here's a link to their stories on Ely prison - this will take you to the mother of a prisoner who died of esophageal cancer due to lack of medical care. It's only eight minutes: give a listen. Hear her voice. Shoot an email or drop a postcard in the mail to the DOJ Civil Rights Division and ask for a CRIPA investigation of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Refer them to Arizona Prison Watch, Nevada Prison Watch, and Make the Walls Transparent. Most of the prisoner letters are there - some Ely prison letters (like the recent one from Ikemba) have also been published by the San Francisco Bay View. If they know that a few people (other than the usual suspects) are paying attention, maybe they'll do something. We'll keep you posted.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Health Care at Ely, NV: From the Family.
We're still concerned about what's been happening to the guys at Ely State Prison in Nevada - both the medical neglect and the abuse they've been experiencing. I'll be posting more on that soon with a request I'll be writing to the DOJ for a CRIPA (Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act) investiation due to a pattern of civil rights violations - but they don't need an official request from anyone to start such an investigation. We'll know it's happening once the prisoners tell us and the DOJ requests the letters held (most published on the blogs, guys) by several prisoner rights activists - so far no one seems too interested in what they have to say but the ACLU.
Anyway, here's a link to their stories on Ely prison - this will take you to the mother of a prisoner who died of esophageal cancer due to lack of medical care. It's only eight minutes: give a listen. Hear her voice. Shoot an email or drop a postcard in the mail to the DOJ Civil Rights Division and ask for a CRIPA investigation of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Refer them to Arizona Prison Watch, Nevada Prison Watch, and Make the Walls Transparent. Most of the prisoner letters are there - some Ely prison letters (like the recent one from Ikemba) have also been published by the San Francisco Bay View. If they know that a few people (other than the usual suspects) are paying attention, maybe they'll do something. We'll keep you posted.
Anyway, here's a link to their stories on Ely prison - this will take you to the mother of a prisoner who died of esophageal cancer due to lack of medical care. It's only eight minutes: give a listen. Hear her voice. Shoot an email or drop a postcard in the mail to the DOJ Civil Rights Division and ask for a CRIPA investigation of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Refer them to Arizona Prison Watch, Nevada Prison Watch, and Make the Walls Transparent. Most of the prisoner letters are there - some Ely prison letters (like the recent one from Ikemba) have also been published by the San Francisco Bay View. If they know that a few people (other than the usual suspects) are paying attention, maybe they'll do something. We'll keep you posted.
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