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  The Fire Inside
 Issue 15 - August 2000

< Dedication
 
< Judge Shubb Turns a Deaf Ear to Whistle Blowers, Shumate Case Dismissed
 
< Homophobia and Nepotism Behind Prison Walls
 
< Legal Corner: Parole--Will we ever get out?
 
< Editorial: California's Parole System -- Cruel and Illegal!
 
< Look for the Light
 
< National Day of Protest - Prison Reform Unity Project, PRUP 2000
 
< Rattle the Cage
 
< Making Success Impossible: Hardships for the Paroling Mother
 
< Women Granted Clemency
 
< Responses to The Fire Inside from Men Prisoners
 
< San Diego California Coalition for Women Prisoners
 
< Unite and Write-Stop Whining!
 
< All that can be
 
< It's Your Health: Dealing with anger
 
< Lovin' in the Trees
 
< Parole Theresa Cruz on September 20!
 
< State Sanctioned Lynching: the Execution of Shaka Sankofa
 
< Scanner 1000
 
       

Responses to The Fire Inside from Men Prisoners

We received letters from men in various prisons who have seen The Fire Inside. Those men take it on themselves to build solidarity with their sisters behind the walls. They actively fight the perception that women get "less time" than men, which is inherently false. Robert, for example, writes, "the women suffer more abuses than men would ever tolerate, and it is rare that you hear of a women's prison where a medical crisis exists which is handled before the woman-or women-are damn near dead." Paul proposed to establish a commissary fund to which men in prison could contribute money for women prisoners' necessities. Juan said "our beautiful women in struggle behind the wall are an inspiration for every prisoner who wishes to achieve a positive outlook and keep fighting against brutality and inhumane treatment."

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