CALL FOR HELP FROM SCI GREENE: /9/23/99 DEMO

The following appeal came to NCX from Craig Williams, BX-9919, 1040 E. Roy Furman Hwy, Waynesburg, PA 15370-8090

We Capital Cases at SCI Greene are participating in a nonviolent protest to disclose the racism that still persists. We are not eating on the morning shift because of the racism, harassment, and oppression that have us paranoid about our health and well being. We are therefore robbing our bodies of proper nutrients and are not functioning right. The racist staff here refuse to let any of us see a doctor. We are also participating in a nonviolent protest by singling up in the 17-man yard animal cages to show our disgust with the racism. They house over 128 capital cases here on L/BLK and we are allowed 2 to a cage. We have opted for 1 in a cage because we are fed up with the continuing harassment and oppression of CO 1 Albright, Clovis, Schwartz, and DiCiano, all morning shift guards. We are also fed up with the administration monitoring our legal phone calls when the law state just personal calls. Mr. Warman, our Unit Manager, is in cahoots with the guards.

Mr. Warman, Lts. Capts., and Major Hassette have been quietly sweeping our grievances about racism under the rug. We just received an African American Superintendent, Conner Blaine. He was deputy here with Ben (racist) Varner and then Superintendent Clanes S, Price. Mr. Blaine is an Uncle Thomas, and he lets these Klan heads commit all types of racist acts on us without saying a word. The guards even stepped it up a notch when he came back as Superintendent.

We have vowed to stay steadfast in our nonviolent protest until the racism and other tactics are investigated. Please help support us by contacting the following individuals and demanding that we receive medical treatment for our food strike and the racist guards are removed:

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge (507-787-2500), Martin F. Horn, DOC (507-975-4859), Conner Blaine, Supt., SCI Greene (412-852-2902).

House of Representatives Harold James, 1423 Point Breeze Avenue, Philadelphia

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