Jailhouse Magweta: Vasungwa Vanodzivirira Vasungwa v. The
Nhanganyaya naAngela Y. Davis
288 mapeji | $16.95 ISBN: 9780872864696 Rakadhindwa neCity Lights Books | www.citylights.com |
Mumwe wevanonyanya kukosha veveruzhinji venguva yedu, Mumia Abu-Jamal apedza makore anopfuura makumi maviri nemashanu ari muhusungwa, mazhinji enguva iyoyo ari pamutongo werufu. Anotsigirwa nemamiriyoni pasi rose, kwete chete nekuda kwekudzvinyirirwa kwakaipisisa kwaakaitwa nedunhu rePennsylvania, asi nekuti akashandisa matarenda ake akawanda semufungi uye munyori kuwedzera ruzivo rwedu rwenyika yakavanzika. wemajeri, majeri, uye dzimba dzerufu dzaakapedza makumi emakore okupedzisira eupenyu hwake. Semunhu anoshandura anofunga, agara achitarisira kusimbisa hukama pakati pehupenyu hwakasungwa uye hupenyu hunoitika munzvimbo dzinoisa rusununguko.
Sezvakataurwa naMumia kakawanda, avo vedu vanogara mu "nyika yakasununguka" havana kukanganiswa nehurongwa hwemhirizhonga yenyika inovimba nekusungwa uye chirango cherufu senzira dzakakosha dzekuronga nzanga. Nepo avo vari mumabhawa vachitambura zvakanyanya nemhedzisiro yegadziriro ino, maitiro ayo emhirizhonga, echikadzi, uye ezvepabonde anotsigira masangano uye pfungwa dzinozivisa hupenyu hwedu kunze. Mumabhuku ake ese apfuura, Mumia akatikurudzira kuti tifungisise nezvematauriro aya erusununguko nekusasununguka. Akatikumbira kuti tifunge zvakadzama pamusoro pekusaenzana kwemarudzi nemapoka mukushandiswa kwechirango cherufu, asingawanzotora mukana wekushevedza vanhu kuti vaponese hupenyu hwake, asi kushandisa kunyora kwake kutaura kune vanopfuura zviuru zvitatu. kugara mudunhu uye federal rufu mitsetse. Kwemakore apfuura, ndakanyanya kufadzwa nemabatiro akabatsira pfungwa dzake kubatanidza tsoropodzo dzechirango cherufu nezvinetso zvakakura kune kuwedzera kwejeri-indasitiri-yakaoma. Akange achinyanya kubatsira kune avo vedu-varatidziri uye vadzidzi zvakafanana-vanotsvaka kubatanidza kubviswa kwechirango cherufu nekubvisa jeri.
Mubhuku iri, Jailhouse Lawyers: Vasungwa Vanodzivirira Vasungwa v. the USA, Mumia Abu-Jamal anotizivisa nezvezvipo zvakakosha asi zvisingakosheswe zvakanyanya zvevasungwa vakadzidza kushandisa mutemo mukudzivirira kodzero dzevanhu. Magweta ejeri akapokana nemamiriro emujeri asina hunhu, uye kunyangwe ivo pachezvavo vanga vasingazive nezvekubatana uku, vakateedzera zvimiro zvezvishandiso zvekodzero dzevanhu seStandard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (1955), International Covenant on Civil. uye Kodzero dzeMatongerwe enyika (1966), uye Chibvumirano Chinopesana Nekurwadziswa uye Zvimwe Zvine Hutsinye, Zvisina Hunhu kana Kuzvidzisa Kana Kurangwa (1984). Mumia anopokana kuti kupasiswa kwemutemo wePrison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) kutyora kweConvention Against Torture, yekubvisa kukuvara kwepfungwa kana pfungwa sechikonzero chekudzosera kukuvara, kumanikidza pabonde sezvakamiririrwa mu Abu Ghraib. mapikicha, kana akaitwa mukati mejeri reUnited States, angadai asina kuratidza humbowo hwemhosva. Kana magweta ejeri ane chekuita nenyaya dzakakura dzekodzero dzevanhu, vanodzivirirawo vamwe vasungwa vakatarisana nehasha dzehurumende dzemubatanidzwa nedzihurumende nemidziyo yekutonga jeri. Kusvika kwaMumia Abu-Jamal mubhuku rino rinoshamisa ndeye nhoroondo uye ongororo kune rimwe divi uye yepedyo uye yakananga kune rimwe.
Isu tine rombo rakanaka kupihwa iyi nhoroondo yemagweta ejeri uye kuongororwa kwenhaka dzavo nemumwe anogona kuzviverengera pakati pemapoka avo. Mashoko aMumia ari muchikamu chekutanga chebhuku pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu anoita kuti vasungwa vapinde mumutemo wejeri anomanikidza. Anonyora nezveโkusafarirana kukuru, kunogara nemagweta kunomanikidza vamwe vanhu kuti vave vavo, uyewo kubatsira vamwe. Mujeri rega rega, munzvimbo dzese dze
Magweta mazhinji ejeri akabudiswa mumapeji ebhuku rino-kusanganisira munyori pachake-vakanga vakadzidza zvikuru vasati vapinda mujeri. Kudzidza mutemo waive mubvunzo wekutarisa hunyanzvi hwavo hwepfungwa pane chimwe chinhu pane kuzvijaira uye kugadzikana nechirango chekudzidza. Asi kunewo magweta aya aitofanira kuzvidzidzisa kuverenga nekunyora asati atanga kudzidza mutemo. Mumia anonongedza kune chaive chakazarurwa chinokatyamadza kwandiri: magweta ejeri anosanganisira boka rinowanzorangwa nevakuru vejeriโkupfuura vasungwa vezvematongerwo enyika, vanhu vatema, nhengo dzematsotsi, uye vasungwa ngochani. Nepo magweta ejeri ave kurangwa neinonzi naMumia "mhosva dzekuvharirwa," kubvira kare vanogona kupomerwa mhosva dzemukati pasina chimwe chikonzero kunze kwekuti vakashandisa mutemo kupikisa varindiri vejeri, hurumende dzemajeri, uye mamiriro ejeri.
Kupasiswa kwemutemo wePrison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) - unonzwisiswa nevakawanda kuti wakaponesa dare kubva kumatare edzimhosva evasungwa - kwaive kurwiswa kwakananga kwemagweta ejeri Mumia aiedza kudzivirira mumapeji aya. Anonyatso kupikisa kuti shanduko dzakawanda dzakakosha muhurongwa hwemajeri dzakabva mukupindira kwemagweta ejeri. Vamwe vaverengi vanogona kurangarira zvinonyadzisa zvakapoteredza mamiriro ezvinhu mu
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Nekuda kweshanduko huru dzakaitika kare kubva mukushanda kwemagweta ejeri, hazvishamise kuti Mumia anopokana zvakasimba nemutemo wePrison Litigation Reform Act, uyo vatsigiri vavo vainyanya kuvimba nepfungwa yekuti kutongwa kwevasungwa kunofanirwa kudzikiswa nekuda kwemhosva yavo. kutadza kuendesa nyaya dzisina maturo. Imwe yenyaya dzinowanzoitwa seruramiso yekupfuura kwePLRA yakatsanangurwa zvisizvo sekureva chirango chehutsinye uye chisina kujairika nekuti vasungwa vaigamuchira kirimu pachinzvimbo chechunky peanut butter. Iyi yanga isiri nyaya yese, yatinopihwa naMumia sekuramba kwakasimba kweiyo pfungwa yePLRA. Kumiririrwa kwakakurumbira kwevasungwa sevane mhirizhonga kwakabatana, anonongedza, kune vanomiririra varombo vanoda zvikuru kuwana mari dzerubatsiro pane zvavaizoshanda. Saka anobatanidza ndima ye1996 yePRLA pasi pe
Mumia Abu-Jamal's Jailhouse Lawyers Kuramba kunonyengetedza kwedzidziso dzemuPrison Litigation Reform Act. Mamiriro aanoita PLRA munhoroondo - senhaka yeBlack Codes, idzo dzaive dzakabva kumakodhi enhapwa - inotitendera kuti tizive kuti ndangariro dzenhoroondo dzeuranda nerusarura dzakanyorwa sei mune izvo zvimiro zvehurongwa hwejeri. vakabatsira kugadzira jeri-industrial-complex. Kana uranda akaramba African uye African-akabva vanhu kodzero zvizere pamutemo hunhu uye miitiro racialized yechipiri-tier ugari institutionalized nhaka yeuranda, saka muna makumi maviri nerimwe remakore, vasungwa vanoona kuti curtailment simba ravo kutsvaka. kugadzirisa kuburikidza nehurongwa hwemutemo inochengetedza uye inosimbisa iyo nhaka.
Mazita aMumia anosanganisira varume nevakadzi, vese vane ruvara nevachena, vane zvikonzero zvakasiyana uye kazhinji nzira dzakasiyana dzekuzvizivisa kana kusazvizivisa semagweta ejeri. Vasungwa vakapokana nemutemo pamaitiro avo nenzira dzinodzokorodza kurongeka kwaiitwa nevanhuwo zvavo kuMaodzanyemba izvo zvakazoita kuti mitemo inobvumira kusakosha kwemarudzi ibviswe.
Sezvinoratidzwa naMumia, kana kuri kuwedzera kuremekedzwa kwekodzero dzechitendero nemaitiro evanhu vari mujeri, zvinonyanya kukonzerwa nebasa ramagweta ejeri. Munyika ye
The ICU nyaya yakapera mukugadzirisa, izvo zvaida chibvumirano nemapato ese. Mayberry akashanda semumiriri wekirasi uye akasaina pachinzvimbo chezviuru zvevasungwa vehurumende, uye chibvumirano chedare-chakabvumiranwa chakatanga kushanda, chichigadzira mitemo mitsva yakafukidza hurongwa hwese hwehurumende. The ICU zvigadziro zvakava hwaro hwemutemo wega wega waitevera waitonga nyika yese, uye zvakagara kwemakumi emakore, kusvika papasi pemutemo wePrison Litigation Reform Act. (82)
Mumia haangopi nhoroondo dzenyaya uye nhoroondo dzevakwikwidzi vakakanganisa hurongwa hwemajeri muUnited States, anoburitsawo kuti magweta ejeri anopa rubatsiro rwemutemo kune vezera ravo, zvese zvine chekuita nemhosva dzavo uye. maererano nekutyorwa kwemasangano. Nezvekupedzisira, magweta ekunze anowanzo kurambidzwa kumiririra vasungwa, nepo magweta ejeri achitenderwa kubatsira vasungwa mukudzivirira mhosva dzesangano.
Kunyangwe mhosva dzakakwidzwa nemagweta ejeri dzakakura pakusvika kwavo, zvichigona kukanganisa hupenyu hwehuwandu hwevasungwa, kana kuti vakanangana nenyaya yemunhu mumwechete, ivo vakaita mutsauko mukuru. Mumia Abu-Jamal akatijekesera zvakare, akatipa nzira nyowani dzekufunga nezvemutemo, democracy, uye simba. Anotitendera kuti titarise pamusoro pechokwadi chekuti mikana yeshanduko inowanzobuda kwatisingatarisire.
Free Mumia!
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