”“TOOOWOE-h) once again ’ the oldest . college 2 newspaper 2 west or g the , Mississippi X ”‘09.”0990“ Vol. LXXV Grinnell. Iowa, Friday, February I6, [968 Shh QilEtlTlTl GONVICTS TlihEATEN STRIKE TG M Convicts at San Quentin said they will refuse to repon to work at the prison industries on February 16, 1933 —— today. By JAMES SCHREIBER LIBERATION News Service BERKELEY, Calit,, February 16 (LNS) a Only the real under- ground of imprisoned men can tell you the trutll about San Quentin prlsall. Freedom of the Press, including all mass me— dia, stops at the well. Bill under the noses of their guards, a group ol San Quen- till convicts has published an underground newspaper. illegal- ly, every week since June, 1567. “The Outlaw,” printed by mim- eo or ditto process, continues to appear on schedule through- out the prison despite the fact that all duplicating machines are now kept locked except in the presence at an official. The “Goon Squadua spe- cial group oi security oiiicers ——Iias been relentlessly shaking down Cells and inmates sus- pected oi working on the tor- hidden paper. So tar they’ve failed. “The Outlaw" continues to appear weekly on the war- den's desk. Similar illegal papers have begun at Folsom and Soledad: “The Outlaw II” and “The Rebel." CONS AND CENSORS If they catch an inmate read- ing “The Outlaw,“ they put him in the hole tor 29 days, The hole—ally of the isolation Cells in B sectioniis stripped bare. Outstretched hands can touch the sltle walls. Five bleak, llat luriaces, a door of steel bars, and a hole in the floor to empty your bowels into. [or a month. While the Com is in the hole, the Warden will be smiling at the press cameras, posing with a copy of “The Outlaw" in his hands—as it it's just a harm- less prank no one really cares about. The press is not allowed in side the wall, past the ilowered green area at the administra- tion building just inside the iragiic fence, When word or trouble at San Quentin leaks out, you hear only what the prison authorities want you to hear. You never hear the in- niates' story. You never read what “The Outlaw" says Now a collection at “The Outlaw" has reached the Berle eley BARB, The “underground" press with an open otiice, phones, and street sales, reprints the news published within the conlines ol a miniature totall- tan'an state where the Consti- tution is void and the whim of the meaty guard is law. BUREAUCRACY BUILT 0N LIES “The Outlaw" states that pri- son oilicials are accomplished liars, propitiating their own bureaucracy. “The Outlaw” says it has a hidden the ot docua ments liited iroin otiiciai pris- on records to prove all its statements, "The Outlaw" says the San Quentin urace riot” at January 13. 1967, was actually a turkey- shoot staged by custodial per- sonnel to head air a Reagan budget cut. “The Outlaw" says it can prove that labric mentioned at San Quentin was illegally sold to a company in Japan, using convict labor to undersell pri- vate industry. That millions of dollars from the Inmate Welfare Fund was misappropriated to build more prison iaciliiies while actual inmate weliare items were de- nied for “lack 0i funds.” That much oi the rehabilita- tion program is a farce, a hypn- Critical pretense used to hide the {acts about the California Department or Corrections, but not designed to help an inmate earn a legal income after his release. Now, having established con- tact with the outside, the coir victs at San Quentin are ready to hold a new protest, scheduled ior today, Febl‘uaiy ls. Today. they will go quietly to their Cells instead of to [hair jobs, except those necessary to maintalll the prison. For the first time, the out- side world of free men—that's What the Elms call us-—Will know in advance what the ”trouble” at San Quentin is really about. No matter what tlle prison officials tell the mass media next month, you know exactly what the inmates were planning and why they were doing it. MANIPULATION INTO VIOLENCE One problem iace d by the cons is to avoid being manipu- lated into a position where the custody stall can create a vio- lent situation. You will see from the first item printed here from “The Outlaw" that their de- mands are not the ravtngs ot madnien, and that their n0- worlr protest technique is de- signed to avold physical con- flict. The cons know that via- Ience can only mean more guards and tighter rules. Their only weapon is to make their story known, hoping that public opinion will pressure honest state legislators to make a thorough investigation of the Calilornia prison system, with- out iavoritism to the entrenched bureaucracy. What the con- victs ask (or, in essence, is a Department oi Corrections which actually does what it claims to be doingvhelping convicted men find a legitimate role in the workings oi the tree society when they leave prison. Here is what a recent Jan- uary issue ot “The Outlaw" says about the forthcoming San Quentin convicts’ demonstra— tion: On February 16, 1968, those areas which will be exempt (tom the movement will be as follows: These areas are es- sential and should continue to operate. 1) hospital; 2) mess hall; 3) boiler room; 4) block Worker. Let us take the opportunity to assure each other and every- one else that we can be suc- cessiul ii, and only it, we re- main united. The ellorts at each man will be vital to the ulti- mate outcome. On February is, 1968, the eyes PROTEST “WHITMAN" TREATMENT BY WARDENS lain pressures upon this Ad- ministration in order to compel them to make the necessary changes that will enable us to maintain a freedom of our own thoughts and expres one, to ac< cept the responsi ies which are necessary it we are to function as independent il‘ileL duals once we are returned to society. We must not let ourselves come to rely upon this Admin- istration to do our thinking ior us, mainly because their think- ing has. tor the most part, proven to be wrong as is evi. dencerl by the return, in large numbers, ol prisoners who have been paroled, time and again, only to return and have their I K DID YOU EVER HAVE TO MAKE UP fl 2‘ YOUR MIND? For the Scarlet & Black’s SGA Candidate See Page 2. of many people will focus upon you. convicts and tree people alike, anxious, awaiting to see it we have the ability and courage to stand up for some- thing Worthwhile. Let's not dis- appoint them. Above all, let us not disappoint ourselves, Unity, that’s what we need, PRESSURE FOR FREEDOM We are convicts who have grown tired ot the present do- nothing policy oi this AdminisA nation, and who have joined with certain members of the staff, as well as people on the outside, in order to apply cer- term reiixed by the adult Au. thority in accordance with Res. Olutinn 171 which is nothing more than an Administration rule, established by the Adult Authority itseli in order to give it the power to violate the United States Constitution. Violence is not necessary. We must not resort to any type at violence, otherwise we will tie- stroy what we have worked so hard to gain. We of the “Outlaw" have OUTLAW— (Coiitlnued on Page 1) XWWWWWWWWWVWWWW§ A gentleman representlng at Chicago area drait reslslanm agency known as CADRE talked a little about prison life as an alternative to the Selective Service the other dav hi the South Lounge. “From what we can find out train the inside," lie told a small group, “It really isn‘t as horrible as we’ve been told. You have the same pmb- leni you have anywhere — what to do with your time," Certainly the group or convicts who edit the illicit underground newspaper “The Outlaw" at San Quentin would disagree with the CADRE representative. For the first time in the history or California penitentiaries, the prisoners have been able to get their own descriptions or penal llle to the outside world. The description contained in this extra copy from Liberation News Services Student Communication Network isn't very pleasant This is the lrlnd oi news you can‘t ilnd in the Des Moines Register or even News. weelr or the New York Times; it’s simply too controversial, You won‘t had it in most college or underground newspapers, because it’s frankly too long In run. The strike at San Quentin scheduled for today is on event that win pmbably I» played down in general news media, But it’s ixilerestiiig to hear what it’s really like from the inside. . . . hammmmmmmmmammm