> > WW News Service Digest #145 > > 1) URGENT - PHILLY PHONE #'s AND DEMANDS > by "Gary Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>From the International Action Center: > >8/3/2000 > >URGENT CALLS TO PHILADELPHIA CITY OFFICIALS NEEDED TO >DEMAND RELEASE OF ALL IMPRISONED AT RNC PROTESTS > >This is a quick update on the situation in Philadelphia and on the >conditions inside the Roundhouse Prison where most arrested have >been jailed. > >There are now up to 100 demonstrating outside of the prison. 150 >inside it are on a hunger strike. For people giving their names, bail is >being set. >For those giving John and Jane Does as names, they're being sent to the >Prison Industrial Corrections Complex across the street from Holmsberg >Prison. > >It is estimated that 70 have been released. > >On conditions inside the Roundhouse Prison, reports are : > >1) For at least 10 hours yesterday, there was no food. > >2) Bathroom "privileges" were suspended for awhile. > >3) lawyers were being restricted access to clients and individuals jailed > were told their lawyers had not come to see them. > >4) Lawyers weren't being told by authorities who was incarcerated at the > Roundhouse. > >5) reports of police and guard violence against some prisoners. > >6) reports of 8 held in isolation, those identified as organizers and > facing more serious charges. > >7) medical needs of some are not being met. > >8) a very slow arraignment process, with judges not allowing some >lawyers to be present. > >9) Some bails are being set at up to $100,000 or higher. > >A call has gone out for people from around the country to contact the >following people: > >Mayor John Street 215-686-2181 >Deputy Commission Mitchell (in charge of Demonstrations) 215-686-3364 >Captain Fisher (head of Civil AFfairs) 215-685-3684 >Chief Maxwell (Head of Criminal Investigations) 215-686-3362 >Police Commissioner John Timoney 215-686-3149 or 215-686-3388 >City Council President Ann Verna 215-686-3442 or 215-686-3412 and 3413. >Mayor's Chief of Staff Stuber 215-686-7508 >Roundhouse Jail 215-686-1776 or 215-685-8574 > > Demand or encourage the following: > >1) Immediate access to lawyers >2) Speedier arraignments and release >3) Drop the charges >4) Not separate any individuals or put into isolation >5) Equal treatment for all imprisoned >6) Full access to healthcare--medicines--food and bathroom use >7) End harassment of legal observers. > > >International Action Center >39 West 14th Street, Room 206 >New York, NY 10011 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.iacenter.org >CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org >phone: 212 633-6646 >fax: 212 633-2889 > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
