Event: April 5 panel on solitary confinement
Pelican Bay State Prison is known for its Security Housing Units
Those interested in learning more about the use of isolation units in US prisons would do well to attend a panel being put on tomorrow by the Center for Constitutional Rights in San Francisco. It promises to be an interesting take on a controversial issue from the perspective of prisoner advocates. The details:
Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-San Francisco Bay Area, Dr. Terry Kupers, M.D., Keramet Reiter, JD, PhD Candidate Berkeley Law, Nahal Zamani, Education and Outreach Associate, Center for Constitutional Rights, and Eddy Zheng, Prisoner Rights Advocate. Moderated by Sara Norman, Attorney, Prison Law Office.
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