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Show BROAD AX MAY/JUNE 1974 refused to comply with the institution’s rehabilitation program. ‘‘A_ convict’s paranoia is as-thick as the prison wall—and just as necessary.” Survival becomes an art for the Black Black prisoner's views institutionalization. The prison system is nothing but an institution that exercises a form: by GARY O’NEAL of slavery, which satisfied, and the working class must keep the lower class under control. The lower. class people are nothing but working tools or slaves. With proportion to is controlled by the ruling class. In other words, it’s a key component to the state’s P. Huey Through the population, very few (Minister of Newton’s coercive apparatus, the have the opportunity to get r Panthe Black the of e Defens overrideing function of into big business. For Party) experience as a Black which is to ensure social example, the prisoners at has he r, prisone l politica -control. The idea of social Attica, are primarily a gained the knowlede THAT control is limited to the working class, with a great EM SYST N PRISO THE minorities for they are ‘influence in the industries in THE UNDER OPERATED classified as anti-social the state of New York, but EACH OF VIOR BEHA beings. “It is merely an still they are forced to live SINGLE INDIVIDUAL. istrument of class. with poor treatment and As the Minister of Defense domination with the means inadequate living conditions. of the Black Panther Party, of prohibiting the have nots Besides the existence of -Newton has set an example from encroaching upon the capitalism we all know that of a genuine brother. It is haves.”’ ‘ racism exists as it always did. very hard for anyone to. The prison system makes There is not only a racist speak: of the Black Panther — no improvement in the force between _ individuals, Party without first talking behavior of its inmates. but also between the social for Newton, Huey about Many authorities say that classes as a whole. The Newton put the party into they're doing their best to ruling class cares very little motion. Huey’s a person of rehabilitate the people in about life in the ghettos or in and- motivation, patience the prisons. Their main goal prisons, but this can be a gets straight to the who keep control of ‘very negative statement. The is to In ng. speaki he’s when point everything. authorities are merely always he ophy his philos “The majority of criminal training the inmates to brings out the basic practical offenses bear a_ direct function accorting to rules. the to lead which things, relationship to property.” “The idea of prison victory in society the about ‘truth The property merely belongs then, is that when the person which we live. His points are to the middie class people in jail begins to acts, think, so , around get to hard very who are the employees of and believe the way they butto choice no have you the ruling class, and the > want him to, then they have Newton ‘‘When them. face ruling class need their won. the battle and the still he ned, impriso was employees to keep the inperson is rehabilitated.” the as ‘ remained: The minority prisoners are dustry going. This type of philosophical theroetican, for crime is protesting against referred to asthe practicioner, the head ruling class, the “illegitimate capitalists.”’ the official top and director, They cannot be rehabilitated capitalist. It challenges the spokesman for the Panther under the functions of the symptoms of capitalism, but ‘Party.”2 prisons. They merely play the not its essence. If there were The groundwork of the was Panther _ Party established in the fall of 1966 Huey Newton, Bobby by “Seale aftd Bobby Hutton. Bobby Hutton was assasinated by an Oakland policeman later that” year. With the strong leadership of Huey and the knowledge of. the party, the Panthers set out to accomplish the Black man’s dream and-hope. In game the prison want them their sentences shortened. to play, Once_ so that- could be released, the “illegitimate capitalist’ continues the same route, for which there has been no improvements in his social and psychological behavior. - Over the past few years, a young Black woman, Angela Davis, has used her Com- tide of Black militancy. The munist..oriented mind and the history of the United States to establish a strong _influence towards. the. racist Panthers. forces doing so, Newton ‘said the. party must:unleash the new © attacked the economic problems, the problems of police - brutality and a more serious problem, the railroading of Black men and women into jails and prisons. aes “When ‘a person speaks of prisons, they must As of May consider 1974 some authorities of. this country. ~The United States has somewhat of a great gap between the wealthy and the poor, which will not be shortened as long as capitalism exists. The capitalists main goal is to stay in power. In doing so, he _ must keep the working class there are four states in the improvements in the It is very hard to institutionalize a Black man in prison, for he always has something else on his mind, besides the fact that he’s behind prison walls. He might be thinking about his woman, clothes ‘MONTANA “NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA UTAH TOTAL his car. solitary confinement, one of the most memorable aspects of the prison experience, better known as the “‘hole.” are All solitary confinements built the same, and yet they are totally different from one another once _ inside. When you’re present in the hole, they are turned away at to live. We're still seeking answers to many unsolved problems. Why aren’t prisoners accepted once they are released? Is he looked down upon because of his classification of a prisoner, and how do the prisoners feel about the society in which they have to live? ‘All society shows the convict its ass and expects him to kiss it.” Many prisoners have lost the love of their wives and children. These are the people with whom he _ has shared his tenderest moments and most some delicate relations. For prisoners, Visits from friends and family can be a new ray of hope and light, into their dark and undetermined lives. Or visitors can make prisoners’ very depressed if they don’t relate to them in a Many families certain way. have lost all faith in the inmate and the _ prisoner begins to wonder if there is any reason to keep- the faith in his people. “In the case of the human, we are not dealing only with the single individual, we are also dealing with the ideas beliefs which have motivated him and which the gate, if visitors come to and see you. You'll never know -when you'll have a shower, and the food is reduced to the level of subsistence. The hole is usually located sustain him, even when his body is confined.” The ideas of the people cannot below the first floor of the institution. It’s nothing but a be dark, cold, four walled develop a strong movement for total freedom and dignity room which is unfit for any form of life, for any man human could easily lose his sense of being over a short period of time. When the Black inmate goes to the hole, the guards make it very clear that he has imprisoned, people their of the must ideas therefore unite and all put together to people. Everyone operates under their own ideas; therefore the ideas of the people must be within the people. as a whole in order to be effective. living conditions for the nationally oppressed, there been had, for the night. The People are constantly could be a decrease in crime. inmate-is constantly teased being imprisoned, | supThis megns capitalism must and picked at by the grards, posedly to be rehabilitated, come to an end, for this is a. but the prisoner makes no so that they could live a new op- attempt to get back at him, country of equal life once they are released. for he know the guards will But are the prisoners being portunities. ap““One’s prison term is more take a media-direct rehabilitated or are they or less rationally predictable. proach towards him. merely experiencing the Most prisoners will demoralized forms of life, The function of racism in the. judicial-penal complex is to sacrifice. a great deal to liberty, and happiness which avoid going to the “hole.” some may have experienced shatter that predictability.’ It is very hard to get a many times before during The Black burglar, anticipating a two-to-four year Black man’s mind off of his their lifetime? The prisons may may end up doing ten to belongings, so to avoid this are supposedly institutions fifteen, while the white kind of cruel punishments of rehabilitation, but burglar leaves after two often, he plays the game of rehabilitation has-- never years. This is a good example the system for a while to existed in prisons, and it of maintaining one’s being as relieve the pressure. The never will exist for there are long as possible. George Black inmate is always given too many - social, Jackson , spent eleven years the priority to in- psychological and comin prison, for stealing $70.00, stitutionalization. . municating problems among seven of these years he A main problem for the every individual present in spent in solitary con- prisoners is the acceptance the institutions. finement, simply because he of the society in which they Union of the United States of America - STATE or There is always something on his mind which provides a powerful detriment to institutionalism. (Therefore the Black man must be forced into “adjustment,” which means being confronted by the officials. Once a brother is confronted by the authorities, it may be very definite.) For example, PAGE 4 have POPULATION 694,409 617,761 665,507 1, 059,273 NUMBER OF BLACKS 1,995 2,494 1,627 6,617 without Black elected officials. yh 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 |
