From The Partisan Defense Committee- June Is Class-War Prisoners Month- Free All Class-War Prisoners- A Special Note On Russell Maroon Shoatz

Efforts have recently refocused on the onerous prison conditions of former Black Panther Russell Maroon Shoatz. He is now 70 years old and has survived 40 years of incarceration in various penitentiaries across the United States. Shoatz has been in solitary confinement for three decades, currently locked down in SCI Greene in Pennsylvania. On May 22, we wrote to the Secretary of the PA Department of Corrections noting that Shoatz has had no disciplinary reports for over 20 years. We said his conditions haven't changed since the protest letter we wrote 15 years ago and described as "modern-day torture." The letter concluded, "By any measure , this is cruel and inhumane. His continued incarceration is criminal. We call for the release of Russell Maroon Shoatz."