Stephen Wilson, prolific writer and abolitionist educator locked up in Pennsylvania— who is a dear comrade of Critical Resistance and a columnist of our newspaper, The Abolitionist— has been getting harassed by guards after getting transferred these past few weeks. The guards at SCI Dallas have now fabricated evidence of misconduct against him, saying he threatened one of the guards. Not only did Stevie not threaten a guard, but this accusation could be further used against him— a conviction of misconduct could prevent him from receiving parole.
As so many prisoners have told us, prisons do their worst under the assumption, based on years of practice, that no one outside finds out, or no one outside cares what happens inside.
We need as many people as possible to make calls and emails demanding the charge of misconduct be reversed immediately!
Let’s shut down their phones so they know that we see them. We need Stevie in the movement for prison industrial complex abolition. We need Stevie home.
📲 tinyurl.com/steviezap23 ⚡️
Background
Stevie Wilson, an imprisoned writer, organizer and educator at SCI Dallas, has been asking for
weeks to be moved off his block because the first shift COs have been harassing him since he arrived at SCI Dallas recently. Stevie has made all of his outside comrades aware of this for some time. On 3/21/23, one of the COs that has been harassing Stevie escalated his harassment of Stevie by falsely accusing him of “threatening a CO.” The misconduct was initially supposed to be informal, not affecting Stevie’s parole. But Stevie was never placed on the call out list by the Unit Manager, and as a result, was never notified of his chance to attend an informal hearing. At this point, it turned into an official misconduct, which if convicted, would prevent Stevie from receiving parole.
Another CO attended the hearing and testified on Stevie’s behalf (which is virtually unheard of), confirming that Stevie was not on the call out that day. But the fix was already in. After realizing that she made the mistake of not putting Stevie on the call out, the Unit Manager actually went into the computer and ALTERED the records to make it look like Stevie had been on the call out list. Yet, even with the CO testifying on Stevie’s behalf that the Unit Manager had not put him on the call out that day, it was not enough to find Stevie not guilty. Using the fabricated call out from the Unit Manager as evidence, the Hearing Examiner found Stevie’ guilty of the misconduct.
As so many prisoners have told us, prisons do their worst under the assumption, based on years of practice, that no one outside finds out, or no one outside cares what happens inside. Make these calls and emails and shut down their phones so they know that we see them.
Please share this information with anyone you think might take 5 mins to make a call or email today (3/31/23), this weekend, or this next week. We want as many calls and emails as we can get.
Phone Zap for Stevie!
SCI-Dallas: 570-675-1101, ask for superintendent Kevin Ransom… if they won’t transfer, talk to the person who picks up
SCRIPT: “I am calling to ask why Stephen Wilson (LB8480) was found guilty of a class 1 misconduct [they will deflect or say they have heard this before or haven’t heard of it]. The misconduct is completely unfounded and I demand Stevie be found not guilty immediately and on appeal. The CO who falsely accused Stevie of the misconduct is someone who has been harassing Stevie ever since he arrived at SCI Dallas, and that CO made up the allegation against Stevie to escalate his harassment of Stevie. [that we know another CO testified at his hearing on his behalf, go for it!]. I also demand that Mr. Wilson be moved from the Veteran’s Unit and to another block.”
Email Zap for Stevie!
PA-DOC Main Office: ra-contactdoc@pa.gov, kransom@pa.gov
TEMPLATE:
To PA-DOC re: SCI Dallas,
I am writing to demand that Stephen Wilson (LB8480)’s misconduct from 3/22/23 be overturned immediately. The misconduct is completely unfounded. The CO who charged Mr Wilson with the misconduct has been harassing Mr. Wilson since he arrived at SCI Dallas, and made up the allegations against Mr. Wilson as a way to continue harassing him.
What’s more, the Unit Manager on Mr. Wilson’s block fabricated evidence against Mr. Wilson that led to the misconduct. Among other things, the Unit Manager did not place Mr. Wilson on the call out list for March 22, 2023, but she then went back into the computer and entered the call out retroactively. This is unacceptable, and is easily proved.
At Mr. Wilson’s hearing on March 29th, 2023, a CO testified that the Unit Manager had fabricated that evidence, yet the hearing examiner still found Mr. Wilson guilty based on the fabricated call out slip from the Unit Manager. This is unacceptable. I demand that you rectify this horrible injustice immediately by reversing the finding against Mr. Wilson and on appeal, and moving Mr. Wilson from the Veteran’s Unit (he is not a veteran) and to another block.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]