On June 1st we received word from Quentin Abbott, a correspondent incarcerated in the notorious G cell house at Pendleton CF, a disciplinary and administrative segregation unit, that a man named Lionel Russell, from Illinois, had been found dead, hanging in his cell, after seeking mental health treatment and not receiving it for an extended…
Click on the image below to read A Travesty of Justice: An Overview of the Jury Trial of Balagoon (s/n John Charles Cole) and Christopher Trotter, a document written by Balagoon detailing the injustice that occurred at his and Chistopher Trotter’s 1987 trial for their role in the February 1, 1985 rebellion at the Indiana…
Balagoon heroically defended an inmate from racist guards and needs your support.
BACKGROUND: Recently, a CO was held hostage in a solitary confinement unit. White prisoners at Pendleton CI have been giving false intel to staff, accusing groups of Black and Brown men of committing the act. Around 20 Black and Brown prisoners were racially targeted and strip searched, and the facility has gone on lockdown. In…
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson THE GITMO TORTURE LAB A lot of people may not remember the torture scandal that exposed the US military back in 2004, when, during the illegal invasion of Iraq, photos surfaced of soldiers humiliating and torturing civilians detained at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. As the story unfolded,…
***URGENT CALL TO ACTION! PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!*** Just got off of the phone with Rashid and he still has not received his property or the remainder of his life-sustaining medication. He hasn’t had all of his medication since the incident where he was forced to defend himself that occurred on 08.25.2020. This alone is enough…
LEFT TO DIE: INDIANA PRISON OFFICIALS ENABLE THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS (2020) by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson STRIKING FOR OUR PROTECTION On April 30, 2020 at least half of the nearly 300 prisoners in my assigned cellblock (J-housing unit) here at Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility refused to accept meals in protest of our treatment, or lack…
From the New Afrikan Black Panther Party: Comrades, I’m sending this message per Rashid’s request. I’ve just gotten off of the phone with him and he tells me that the police just “shook down” and ransacked his cell. He was not given any explanation and was placed in a holding cell while the action was…
This Saturday, May 16, there will be demonstrations for mass release of people caged in Indiana’s prisons, at Pendleton CF and Indiana State Prison, organized by the Free Them All Coalition! The Free Them All Coalition is composed of grassroots groups around the state of Indiana who have come together to fight for mass release…
April 26, 2020 By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the U.S., officials have demonstrated incompetence and indifference in response to the growing pandemic. The situation inside American prisons is even worse where officials are deliberately facilitating the spread of the virus. Conditions here at Indiana’s Pendleton Correctional Facility…
