¡Acción urgente! Mumia destaca crisis de agua en prisión

¡Acción urgente! Mumia destaca crisis de agua en prisión

Departamento de Correcciones viola dictamen judicial a favor de Mumia

Desde Flint, Michigan, y Standing Rock hasta la prisión SCI Mahanoy y prisiones en todas partes de Estados Unidos, hay gente que defiende el derecho al agua limpia, una medida para salvar vidas.

En SCI Mahanoy, la prisión en el estado de Pensilvania donde Mumia Abu-Jamal está encerrado, el agua está demasiada contaminada para que los presos puedan bañarse en ella o tomarla.  Es “agua sucia, semisalada, turbia, hasta negra”. Así describe Mumia la situación drástica que en una queja formal él presentó la semana pasada.  Su queja incluye seis demandas, dos de las cuales son  1) el inmediato suministro de una fuente alternativa de “agua limpia, fresa, segura e impoluta” para bañar en ella y tomarla,  y 2) “un análisis del agua que llega por tuberías a la tina y las regaderas de la enfermaría”.

Ayuden, por favor a amplificar las voces de todos los presos y presas. Actuen. Llamen a la prisión y difundan  ampliamente las denuncias de Mumia.

Como han de saber ustedes, Mumia tiene una grave enfermedad de la piel, que es un síntoma de su Hepatitis C no curada.  Por lo tanto, la contaminación del agua en la prisión presenta una grave amenaza contra su vida a través de la infección. Ante esta situación, Mumia se ha negado a bañarse tres veces a la semana, una receta de los doctores en la prisión para aliviar sus síntomas.

Además de violar el dictamen de un juez federal emitido en enero de 2017, que ordenó que Mumia recibiera tratamiento inmediato con los medicamentos que pueden curar la HEP C (la causa principal de su afectación de la piel), el Departamento de Correcciones (DOC)  está en violación de su deplorablemente insuficiente “receta de bañarse” para su condición de piel y para la  HEP C.

ACTUEN. Llamen a la prisión Mahanoy, el Departamento de Correeciones (DOC) y el gobernador de Pensilvania.

PUEDEN USAR LENGUAGE SENCILLA PARA HACER LAS SIGUIENTES DEMANDAS:

Hello, I am calling from Mexico to demand that the Mahanoy prison administration:

Immediately provide all prisoners clean water for bathing, showering and drinking.

I am also demanding that the institution comply with Judge Robert Mariani’s court ruling of January 3, 2017, which ordered the immediate treatment of Mumia Abu Jamal with the Hep C cure by the DOC. Give Mumia the cure he needs. 

Llamen a las siguientes autoridades:

1. Theresa Del Balso, Superintendent SCI Mahanoy: 001-570-773-2158 x8102 | 001-570-783-2008 Fax | 301 Morea Road, Frackville PA 1793

2. John Wetzel, PA DOC: 001-717-728-4109 | 001-717-728-4178 Fax | ra-contactdoc@poc.gov | 1920 Technology Pkwy, Mechanicsburg PA 17050

3. Tom Wolf, PA Gvrnr: 001-717-787-2500 | governor@PA.gov | 508 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg PA 17120

ACTUEN EN LAS CALLES.

ASISTAN A UN MITIN en Filadelfia afuera de la Oficina del Gobernador Wolf

Cuando: Jueves, 9 de febrero, 2017 — 4-6PM
Donde: 200 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia

Transcript of Mumia’s Grievance (in English). 

OFFICIAL INMATE GRIEVANCE
TO: FACILITY GRIEVANCE COORDINATOR
Jane Hinman, Asst. to Supt.
FROM: (INMATE NAME & NUMBER)
M. A. Jamal #AM8335
DATE: 1/25/17
A.     Provide a brief, clear statement of your grievance. Additional paper may be used, maximum two pages …. State all relief that you are seeking.

Over the last several months, I have repeatedly complained of dirty, brackish, turbid, even black water in the infirmary’s tub. In my discussions with c/o Easterday, I’ve confirmed this situation several times. I’ve received several responses from my prior grievances, which I believe are misleading, incorrect and untrue.

Several weeks ago, c/o Easterday informed me that he was told by someone looking into this issue that the water’s discoloration stems from the water pooling in the pipes (or words to that effect), and if one simply let the water run for 5 minutes, it would clear up.

When I reported for my medically-prescribed bath today (around 8:30 due to waiting some 20-25 minutes in the pill line(!) because of the length of the line), I found the water, upon running, dark, turbid, and quite discolored. I again showed it to c/o Easterday, who repeated what he told me several weeks earlier.
I let the water run; for 5 minutes; for 10 minutes; for 15 minutes; for 20 minutes—and not only didn’t it clear up—it got worse! While the water appeared like tea in the beginning, it looked more like coffee after a 20-minute run. I left the stopper in after the last run, and showed it to the c/o, who replied he ‘understood,’ when I informed him there was no way I could/would get into a tub in that condition.

He made a call (to whom, I don’t know) and he explained (as I was then outside the room), he explained that the water in the shower room also was running dark, discolored, coffee-colored, and dirty, despite the fact that a man in a wheelchair had just showered in this stuff! This was clearly a situation that went beyond ‘a dirty pipe.’ How am I supposed to clean myself in dirty water? I left the water in the tub, and thereby left it ripe for testing by the person contacted by c/o Easterday.

If this was not done (why wouldn’t it be?), I hereby request the following:

B.     List actions taken and staff you have contacted, before submitting this grievance.

(As shown in the text, I showed this matter to c/o Easterday, several times this morning.)

  1.  Immediate testing of the water piped into the tub and shower rooms;
  2.  A clear determination of what substance (or substances) turned the water such a dork, turbid color;
  3.  Immediate correction of this situation so that people won’t be further harmed by whatever is in this water.
  4.  Please explain how, and when this matter will be corrected.
  5.  Please provide an alternative, which timely provides clean, fresh, safe, untainted water, not just for bathing, but for drinking.

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