Inmates have a right to protest at Solano?

Inmates exercising rights
Strike follows change in CSP, Solano yard scheduling
By Kimberly K. Fu/The Reporter

An estimated 2,200 inmates at California State Prison, Solano are exercising their right to peaceful protest and sitting out work-related and other duties...The strike, initiated Monday...reportedly is linked to a recent change in yard scheduling.

"They're not happy about it, but at least they're doing something nonviolent in protest," said Lt. Tim Wamble, prison spokesman. "We're hoping and trying to get it to end any minute."

At issue is inmate access to the outdoors. At present, anywhere from 800 to 1,000 inmates can be on the yard at one time. The numbers pose a safety risk for both inmates and staff...prison officials implemented a plan which has no more than 600 inmates on the yard at one time...Inmates, however, apparently disagree and, since Monday, have refused to attend scheduled classes and programs or go to work.(TheReporter. com)


Gee. Paco could have sworn inmates are prohibited from demonstrations, strikes and protests. Now, according to the idiots at CSP Solano, inmates have a right to disrupt operations?

"They're not happy...at least they are doing something non-violent. ..we're hoping and trying to get it to end?"

Now, THERE'S some 'public information' that should REALLY inspire confidence among the populace. The casual, almost whimsical statement conjures up the image of Lt. Wamble, sitting barefooted on a porch swing with a straw protruding from his tobacco-juice moistened lips.

Insofar as Solano officials have decided to let the population strike, Paco wonders how their time cards will be documented. Under the law, each and every one of those 'stikers' must be assessed an unexcused absence and be docked 1 day (not to mention the disciplinary assessments they SHOULD receive for conducting an illegal strike). And yet, it is a forgone conclusion NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

Paco recommends the immediate termination of Solano's warden for GROSS INCOMPETENCE. Lt. Wamble (see also Wamble), who apparently lateraled from CalTrans a hot second ago, should be reassigned to a position where he may benefit from some actual custody experience.
Posted by pacovilla at 04:59
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