Support the Dallas 6: ANDRE JACOBS

Andre Jacobs, Duane Peters, Carrington Keys at court.

Andre Jacobs was illiterate when he entered adult prison at the age of 15 on what was supposed to be a 10-year maximum sentence. Self-taught, Andre earned his G.E.D. and a paralegal degree and used his newly acquired skills to protect himself and vulnerable men around him from human rights violations committed by Department of Corrections staff. Locked in solitary confinement since 2001 as punishment for his advocacy, Andre says he “saw so many prisoners killed by the system, I don’t even count anymore.” He has suffered extreme instances of brutality and persecution, resulting in additional years being added to his original sentence. Despite these attacks, Andre prevailed against his oppressors in the biggest lawsuit ever won by a prisoner acting as his own attorney in Pennsylvania history; making him deeply feared by top prison officials throughout the state.

Medical Neglect & OC Spray brings the Death of a Mentally Ill Man at SCI Albion
By Andre Jacobs

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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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