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A Forum featuring speakers Steve Rohde, Chair, ACLU of Southern California on 'Prisoners and the First Amendment'; Clyde Young, Revolution Newspaper, on the ban on Revolution newspaper at Pelican Bay State Prison, and Laura Magnani, AFSC, on 'Ending Torture and Racism in CA Prisons', followed by Q and A.
Should prison officials have the right to politically censor newspapers they do not agree with? Do prisoners haver a right to develop as critical thinkers? What is the reality in California prisons?
Program includes a dramatic performance of 'Letters from the Hellholes of Prison,' bringing to life how prisoners have come to understand the world and the possibilities for radically changing it through engaging with Revolution newspaper. Performance by Dramastage-Qumran, a theater group based among the homeless.
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