(SFBayReview.com) – A little over a month after the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released its “Security Threat Group Prevention, Identification and Management Strategy,” which proposes new gang validation and Security Housing Unit (SHU) step down procedures, the department has called a meeting with members of the mediation team advocating on behalf of SHU and Administrative Segregation (Ad-Seg or ASU) prisoners around the state as well as legislative aides in Sacramento.

...“Who are the real stakeholders? Prisoners and family members are the people most directly affected by the torture that is solitary confinement,” said Laura Magnani, a member of the mediation team. “Yet they are not being consulted in this process. The mediation team has done its best to respond to the proposal, but meaningful change will require real open participation.”

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