Support the Dallas 6: May 2013

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

DALLAS SIX TRIAL UPDATE

LET'S S PACK THE COURTROOM

The Dallas Six will be back in court in the Luzerne County Courthouse on Monday, July 29, 2013. They are finally going to trial for retaliatory riot charges that were brought about in 2010. This case has been dragged out for more than 3 years. It is senseless and baseless. How can people detained in solitary confinement come together to start a riot and furthermore how can you riot from within a solitary cell? The Department of Corrections is wasting taxpayer money. Instead of accusing prisoners of frivolous lawsuits they need to check themselves! More details and trial schedule to follow.

Who are the Dallas 6?

At SCI Dallas (PA), after a series of abuses at the hands of corrections officials, some prisoners housed in the solitary confinement unit decided they had enough and decided to stage a protest in response to the inhumane conditions and mistreatment of prisoners. Each prisoner involved in the protest is now collectively referred to as the Dallas 6.

On April 28th 2010, one prisoner by the name of Isaac Sanchez was subjected to a planned attack by the Restrictive Housing Unit (RHU) staff, forcibly removed from his cell and brutally beaten by officers in star wars uniforms (riot gear).

Prisoner Sanchez was subject to this attack as a result of speaking out against the abuse at Dallas prison on behalf of his fellow comrades.

After a series of abuses, official misconduct and outright administrative corruption, 6 prisoners at SCI Dallas decided it was time to do something about the inhumane conditions, immediately, before another prisoner dies or is brutally harmed.

As revealed in the Human Rights report, there has long been a policy within the prison walls of Dallas and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to operate a corrupt administration under an iron wall of silence.

Under this iron wall or code of silence, SCI Dallas, PA DOC, District Attorneys Office, Attorney Generals Office as well as the Pennsylvania State Police operates in participation and conjunction with one another to cover up crimes and misconduct by state offices by overlooking video footage of officers caught on video tape committing human rights violations.

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