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 Welcome to the Healing Justice Community Room
 
Welcome to the Healing Justice Community Room. This is an on-line collection of information and resources in support of the Healing Justice group of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). The Healing Justice group determines strategy for this room.
 
Please share any ideas or suggestions you may have with the current room host, Tony Heriza.

 Announcements

Welcome! 
by Harold Pugh
 11/21/2008 1:10 PM
 

 Healing Justice Publications

Ohio 8-31-05 rough uncorrected Transcript of trial regarding transfer of death row to supermaxLitigation Transcript9/7/2005 11:24 AM
Ohio 9-1-05 rough uncorrected Transcript of trial regarding transfer of death row to supermaxLitigation Transcript9/7/2005 11:26 AM
Ohio 9-2-05rough uncorrected Transcript of trial regarding transfer of death row to supermaxLitigation Transcript9/7/2005 11:26 AM
History of Control Units by Bonnie Kerness 19969/7/2005 12:16 PM
Prison Gang Workshop by Bonnie Kerness AFSC 20009/7/2005 12:17 PM
Prison inside a prison by Rachel Kamel and Bonnie Kerness AFSC 2003for use of Messaging Committee9/7/2005 12:17 PM
Survivors Manual written by and for people in control units AFSC 19979/7/2005 12:17 PM
Torture in U.S. Prisons by Bonnie Kerness, Masai Ehehose ed. Julia Lutsky AFSC 20019/7/2005 12:17 PM
Austin v Wilkinson (death row transfer to OSP) TRO decision October 05Austin V. Wilkinson TRO decision 10/0510/3/2005 5:51 PMDayton, Ohio
Iraqi Prison Abuses, Letter to the Editor, Bonnie Kerness, May 20043/10/2006 5:01 PM
Our Children's House, by Bonnie Kerness, Feb 20023/10/2006 5:01 PM
Statement of Bonnie Kerness to the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, Jul 20053/10/2006 5:01 PM
Close to Home, Chapter 13 excerpt2004 Human Rights publication3/14/2006 7:48 PM
linn washington in counterpunch Roots of Gitmo Lie Closer to HomeNews Article 20053/14/2006 8:21 PM
UN Committee on Elimination of Discrim Against Women Testimony by Bonnie Kerness Jan 2005Human Rights Testimony3/14/2006 8:24 PM
Human Rights Abuses in US Prisons USHRN Panel 2005 by Bonnie KernessSpeech3/14/2006 8:27 PM
supermax housing in us prisons NCIC surveyMarch 1997 Survey3/15/2006 6:34 PM
The Use of Control Unit Prisons in the United States Jan 1997Jan 1997 Interim Reportt3/24/2006 7:40 PM
SolitaryConfinement by Craig Haney4/19/2006 5:00 PM
UN Convention Against TortureFor Messaging Committee4/26/2006 6:49 PM
whats wrong0015/2/2006 12:47 AM
towards a fair and balanced assessment of supermax prisonsJune 20065/9/2006 4:41 PM
instead of prisons5/22/2006 11:03 AMCalifornia
9 perspectives5/22/2006 11:05 AM
Austin_AmicusBrief of Prof and Practitioners of Psych8/7/2007 1:59 PM
Supermax Prisons Effect on InmatesRise of Supermax, Current practices8/7/2007 2:01 PM
Buried Alive (final final)Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in AZ8/9/2007 2:18 PMTucson, AZ
CJIssue_treaty_correlation200306Correlation of Prisoners’ Issues4/2/2008 6:45 PM
CERD Shadow Report-FINALPrison Section of CERD Shadow Report '074/2/2008 6:47 PM
 
 

 Private Rooms

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 Healing Justice Links

  AFSC.org Criminal Justice/STOPMAX Site
  AFSC.org Issues Index
  AFSC.org Criminal Justice Articles
  AFSC.org Death Penalty Articles

 STOPMAX Bibliography

Website for 60 min. Frontline DVD regarding mental illness and prison use of isolation.
1997 DOJ report "Supermax Prisons: A Survey of Current Practice"
From Alcatraz to Marion to Florence - Control Unit Prisons in the United States
"Control Unit Prisons - Shut them down!" Page from Prison Activist Resource Center
An informational and educational Super Website about Supermax and maximum security prisons . . .
Supermax Prisons: Overview and General Considerations
2000 HRW Report "Out of Sight: Supermaximum Security Confinement in the United States"
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEATH ROW: Supermaximum Security Prisons, Sensory Deprivation and Effects of Solitary Confinement
1 hour radio show by American Public Media "Locked Down: Gangs in the Supermax"
Article in 1996 Policy Review "The Prisoners' Accomplice"
Craig Haney "Mental Health Issues in Long-term Solitary and “Supermax” Confinement"
1 hour video "Torture Inc.: America's Brutal Prisons"
2005 Law Review Note "SUPERMAX PRISONS: INCREASING SECURITY OR PERMITTING PERSECUTION?
Article review By Sam Torres
2004 Legal Affairs, "The Cuckoo's Nest"
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