Generally synonymous with assisting California state prison inmates in their incidental legal struggles and institutional confinement condition appeals, the prison law office usually plays an insignificant role in the precedent standard-setting cases otherwise brought to fruition by the inmate population, matters which often embody constitutional violations, physical abuse, and various other state and federal infringements.
It is because of their reluctance to pursue many of these innovative legal venues, clumsily lost in the vortex of their habitual apprehensive comfort zone and most importantly, their untrustworthy calculated contractual uninterrupted receipt of payment for services seldom rendered that this suit has been leveraged against their long-standing deceptive and soulless corporation.
Since our incarceration here at San Quentin State prison we've been “slammed down”, in the Security Housing Unit (a super-max prison unit with one quarter of all the privileges the prison has to offer, commonly known as a “prison within a prison”) in the Adjustment Center building without any of the safeguards of the 14th amendments due process clause and equal protection clause of the United States Constitution. (similar to those aforementioned).
The United States Supreme Court has held for decades, that the Security Housing Unit meets the atypical and significant hardship test; for there is server impairment of residuum of liberty which we retain as a prisoner, and this impairment triggers requirement for mandated due process safeguards.
Moreover, we are sheltered by the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment; for the due process clause has been enumerated in state law and state regulation in which the non-condemned inmate population throughout the state of California are afford.
We were flabbergasted to find that prison officials deny death row prisoner’s state, federal rights and due process.
Locked away in Security Housing Unit, compelling the weak-minded and emotionally tortured, to participate in state sanctioned, life-threatening, subversive and experimental policies, the prison administration aims to evoke unfettered cooperation from convicts who would rather die than snitch.
Overwhelmed by the volatile stance of prison officials and further empowered by the prison law office against condemned prisoners. We've collectively undertaken exhausting measures to terminate this on going conflict and dissension.
We studied the prisoner litigation manual, prisoners handbook, California code of regulation title 15, Thompson Consent Decree (now known as the Lancaster Consent Decree) (a federal contract between death row prisoners and San Quentin State Prison administrators; ironically enough to remove death row prisoners from automatic Security Housing Unit confinement; entered in 1979) case law and decisions concerning prisoners held in the Supreme Court, ninth circuit court and the Federal court.
Upon these studies we became optimistic because we thought we stumbled across an easy solution to these violations, we found that the prison office represents Death Row under the Lancaster Consent Decree, so we immediately sent a missive to class counsel (P.L.O.) explaining our concerns.
To our utter dismay, the Prison Law Office ignored our “outcry” for justice and wouldn't do anything to protect our rights, which has allowed prison officials to carry on with their violations, while class counsel collects attorney fees for representing us.
Putting our heads together we thought of the best possible solution to protect our rights. We assumed that by litigating against the Prison law Office for malpractice and fraud, at least one of several sought after effects would occur: (A) by bringing said litigation, we can force intervention; (B) court ordered removal and reappointment of counsel; and (C) judicial imposition of remedial fines and/or sanctions.
Courts inherently concede that a higher standard of legal representation must be furnished to the men and women on America’s 34 Death Rows.
We are reaching into the depths of the globe in hopes that our viewers can over look the negative stereotype associated with the label “condemned”. Despite our lamentable destinies, as American citizens we are otherwise entitled to the guarantees afforded in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights.
We welcome advice, postage stamps, stationary items, and nominal relief to help us retain competent legal counsel for our forthcoming trial. We consider it our calling to eliminate the egregious violations to lessen the torment and despair within this miserable environment doing so, begins with you.
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Write soon and ask what you wish, postage permitting, we will answer all, thank you….with abiding solidarity and respect.