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Federal Correctional Institution Manchester - Federal

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www.prisoncensorship.info is a media institution run by the Maoist Internationalist Ministry of Prisons. Here we collect and publicize reports of conditions behind the bars in U.$. prisons. Information about these incidents rarely makes it out of the prison, and when it does it is extremely rare that the reports are taken seriously and published. This historical record is important for documenting patterns of abuse, and also for informing people on the streets about what goes on behind the bars.

We hope this information will inspire people to take action and join the fight against the criminal injustice system. While we may not be able to immediately impact this particular instance of abuse, we can work to fundamentally change the system that permits and perpetuates it. The criminal injustice system is intimately tied up with imperialism, and serves as a tool of social control on the homeland, particularly targeting oppressed nations.

[Censorship] [Federal Correctional Institution Manchester] [Federal] [ULK Issue 72]
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FCI Manchester Continues with Rogue Censorship Rules

by a Federal prisoner January 2021

I have enclosed a bulletin that has been enforced on us here at Federal Correctional Institution - Manchester. I don’t think it’s legal but have no way to find out either way. So I’m reaching out for any help in this matter. This is not Federal Bureau of Prisons policy, only here and by this warden.

The bulletin reads in part:

“Effective February 8, 2021, the following procedures will be implemented for ordering any book. There will be a book”catalog”, placed in Education. The catalog will be the only vendor authorized… any books ordered through any other vendor or purchased by family members will not be accepted into the facility.”

MIM(Prisons) responds: The Human Rights Defense Center (Prison Legal News) already fought them on this and won 2 years ago. They will be contacting the counsel representing the prison to put a stop to this again.

The oppressor continues to break their own laws to prevent the oppressed from accessing information. The other issue we are having at this same facility is a restriction to only 5 one-sided pieces of paper per envelope. This prevents comrades there from receiving any of our resource guides or study assignments. If you have any information to provide on either of these issues please get in touch so we can hold them accountable.

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[COVID-19] [Federal Correctional Institution Manchester] [Federal]
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Lockdown Exempts UNICOR, Doctor Spreads COVID-19

by a Federal prisoner August 2020

We’re on a newer COVID-19 lockdown here at FCI Manchester. We only get 2 10 minute showers a week. No phone calls or emails. They refused to shut down UNICOR so a UNICOR unit has 42 plus cases of COVID-19 now. They started to ship people/prisoners in from other places, which brought in more COVID-19. The main doctor, Perkins, walked from unit to unit with COVID-19 for a week. We believe he knew he was sick. We all thought so looking at him sweating etc.

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