The Pelican Bay Hearings in Sacramento: Scott Kernan Should be Fired

p When I arrived at Sacramento, Inbsp;witnessed a press conference formed by ldquo;All of Us or Nonerdquo; (Ex- offenders group). Earl Fears started by saying ldquo;I was visiting one of my friends, a black man, in Pelican Bay. He was in the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="3"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span (Secured Housing Unit) for over 30 years. His skin color had lost its span data-scayt_word="pigmentation.”" data-scaytid="1"pigmentation.rdquo;/span This Poverty span data-scayt_word="skolah" data-scaytid="15"skolah/span thinks of the constitution when he thinks of his friend. The constitution states there shall be no cruel and unusual punishment. The span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="4"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span should be abolished. As it was only established after a moratorium was broken in 1968. Those were the days when they put you back into solitary confinement. They found out that prisoners in solitary confinement were prone to being more violent after they were released./p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p Prisoners of the infamous span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="5"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span are not even allowed to do simple arts and crafts. Scott span data-scayt_word="Kernan" data-scaytid="16"Kernan/span, Under-Secretarynbsp; of Operations of California Department of Corrections(span data-scayt_word="CDCR" data-scaytid="17"CDCR/span) said in the hearing that if they were given colored pencils that they could potentially signal to other gang members as well as create a more complex code in letters, when they canrsquo;t even see or put any body parts outside of the cell. If such gang ldquo;generalsrdquo; were released, these prisoners would not even be able to comprehend thought or give instructions to their subordinates, due to the wasted time in thorough isolation./p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p Through my own informed sources, I was told that Scott span data-scayt_word="Kernen" data-scaytid="18"Kernen/span was acting very unprofessional. If he was supposed to be the good guy, I would like to meet his nemesis. When Scott was on the podium he talked to his assemblymen like they were idiots, saying ldquo;That he was more intelligent than they were and that he was superior to a span data-scayt_word="judge.”" data-scaytid="2"judge.rdquo;/span Prisoners found out that some of their relatives were killed due to a guardrsquo;s unemotional provocation and no time to grieve. Letters would mysteriously disappear and the prisoners would think that their families were gone./p p nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;/p p Scott justifies this as safety for the people. If a guard has a bug up his backside, they can decide whether or not to give you your hygiene products.nbsp; In 2007, a panel came up with recommendations stating that the condition of the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="6"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span should be reformed along with the interrogations of prisoners in the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="7"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span, better known as de-briefings.nbsp; Another thing that could be changed about the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="8"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span is that a prisonerrsquo;s time in there should not be sentenced by prison guards, who are only there to guard./p p nbsp;/p p Another reason that the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="9"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span should at least be reformed is the ldquo;three-point systemrdquo; to be into the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="10"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span. One of the major reasons why most prisoners are sent to the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="11"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span is from informants, and this scores two points. Other points are put against you for tattoos, or gang related clothing.nbsp; Other prisoners would inform on another just to get out of the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="12"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span.nbsp; A six-year sentence is average in the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="13"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span./p p nbsp;/p p Scott span data-scayt_word="Kernen" data-scaytid="19"Kernen/span should visit the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”--then" data-scaytid="20"ldquo;SHUrdquo;--then/span for the first time he would not be the first in charge. He would realize how cruel and unusual the span data-scayt_word="“SHU”" data-scaytid="14"ldquo;SHUrdquo;/span can really be./p