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From: Hans Bennett http://angola3news.blogspot.com/2012/03/outer-limits-of-solitary-confinement.htmlRelease Date: March 24, 2012 Contact: Marina DrummerInternational Coalition to Free the Angola ThreeMarina@communityfuturescollective.org(707) 486-6806 www.angola3.orgwww.angola3news.comThe Outer Limits of Solitary Confinement: A Public Forum to Support the California Prisoner Hunger Strike Friday, April 6, 2012, 6pm - 8pmUC Hastings College of the LawLouis B. Mayer Lounge198 McAllister StreetSan Francisco (San Francisco)* --This free San Francisco event organized by the International Coalition to Free the Angola 3 will mark 40 years of solitary confinement for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3, by exploring the expansion and overuse of solitary confinement, and mobilizing support for the Amnesty International Petition to remove them from solitary confinement and support for the California Hunger Strikers. Includes Keynote with Angola 3's Robert H. King, 2 films and additional speakers. The International Coalition to Free the Angola Three is presenting a free public forum and film screening entitled "The Outer Limits of Solitary Confinement," at UC Hastings College of the Law, Louis B. Mayer Lounge, 198 McAllister Street, San Francisco, on Friday, April 6, 2012, from 6pm - 8pm, and co-hosted by the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal and the Hastings chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. The International Coalition to Free the Angola 3 stands in solidarity with the courageous prisoners who recently initiated hunger strikes throughout California prisons. The event will examine how the torture and wrongful convictions of the Angola 3 are part of a much larger problem throughout US prisons. With presentations from several speakers involved with supporting the hunger strikers, the audience will be presented with many ways in which they too can lend their support in the fight against solitary confinement and other forms ... Read more

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