Siddique Abdullah Hasan's phone access renewed.

Siddique Abdullah Hasan called a number of his supporters this morning. He's doing well and is excited to have access to one of his most useful organizing tools restored after a 90 day restriction.

The ODRC took away phone access from Hasan and Jason Robb without adequate due process because they claimed the prisoners were paid to appear on the Netflix documentary series Captives. The prisoners responded with hunger strikes that lasted until they were moved to the infirmary for weight loss and dehydration.

Siddique Hasan ends hunger strike.

 According to his lawyer,  Siddique Abdullah Hasan has ended his hunger strike due to health concerns.  Rick Kerger, Hasan's lawyer is working on a lawsuit against the ODRC over the violations of due process in OSP's disciplinary process. Another lawyer is already arguing a first and fourteenth amendment case over media access on behalf of Hasan, other Lucasville Uprising prisoners, and reporters and documentaries who have been denied access.

Last Friday Hasan was moved to the infirmary,  after losing 17 pounds. At that time,  Jason Robb who was also on hunger strike for the same reasons,  had already come off after a stay in the infirmary and losing 22 pounds.

Please call to support Siddique Abdullah Hasan on hunger strike!

Call Director Gary Mohr at 614-387-0588 or email him at drc.publicinfo@odrc.state.oh.us as well as Northeast Regional Director Todd Ishee, 330-797-6398 and Todd.Ishee@odrc.state.oh.us.

Demand that the punishments being imposed on Jason Robb and Siddique Abdullah Hasan be reversed and that OSP authorities be severely reprimanded for violating their rights to due process and displaying bias toward them.

Contact for interviews: 

Free Ohio Movement:

freeohiomovement@gmail.com, 330-366-6838, freeohiomovement.org

Prison Strike Leader Moved to Infirmary after Twenty Four Days Refusing Food.

Siddique Abdullah Hasan, a national prisoner leader has been on hunger strike since Monday, February 27th. On Friday, March 24th he was moved to the infirmary, presumably due to failing health. His appeal to the Rules Infraction Board (RIB) was also denied by Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) Director Gary Mohr.

The administration at Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) has been targeting and restricting Hasan's communication access on any pretense they can find or invent since his outspoken support for the nation-wide prisoner strike on September 9th of 2016.

Hasan's Conduct Report and Appeal

Hasan has filed an appeal of the conduct report that put him on 90 day restriction for doing interviews with the Captives Netflix documentary series.

Read the documents here.

Man on death row punished after appearing in Netflix show ‘Captive’

From PBS News Hour

 

Man on death row punished after appearing in Netflix show ‘Captive’

BY Kamala Kelkar  March 5, 2017 at 2:09 PM EST

Prison officers entered the Southern Ohio Correctional Institute on April 13, 1993, in front of Cellblock L as prisoners inside held eight guards hostage. Banners with lists of demands hang from two windows at rear. Photo by Eugene Garcia/AFP/Getty Images

Soon after Netflix aired a documentary about one of the country’s deadliest prison uprisings, Ohio corrections revoked the email and phone privileges of a man on death row for appearing in it.

Uprising Prisoners Censored, Respond with Hunger Strike

Jason Robb and Siddique Abdullah Hasan began refusing food on Monday February 27th to protest a 90 day restriction on their access to phone, email and video visit communication. Ohio State Penitentiary issued this restriction to silence and prevent them from pleading their innocence to the public. Both Hasan and Robb appeared on video in a recent episode of the Netflix documentary series, Captives.


The Captives documentary told the story of the Lucasville Uprising and hostage situation. The film-makers intended an unbiased 360 degree view of the uprising and hostage situation, but their final product consisted almost entirely of interviews with then Warden Arthur Tate, multiple guards, and state-cooperating prisoners. It gave far more screen time to the state's side of the story, yet the injustice, negligence, dishonesty and hypocrisy of the state's conduct during the uprising became abundantly clear even from their own words.

Prison strike organizers to protest food giant Aramark

PBS News Hour interviewed Siddique Abdullah Hasan for this report.

From PBS.org

The Free Alabama Movement is planning its next move after last year’s prison strike. Photo via Getty Images

The people who organized the country’s biggest prison strike against what they call modern-day slavery have planned their next target: corporate food service giant Aramark.
The $8.65 billion company is one of the country’s largest employers and serves hot dogs, burgers, sandwiches and other food to more than 100 million people a year at hospitals, sports stadiums, amphitheaters, schools and other facilities. It also provides meals for more than 500 correctional facilities across the country and has been the subject of complaints about maggots and rocks, sexual harassment, drug trafficking and other employee misconduct.
While Aramark says these allegations are inaccurate, on Jan. 14, leaders of the Free Alabama Movement, which led a national prison labor strike that began on Sept. 9, will bus from Alabama to Washington, D.C., to join a civil rights march and protest the company.