Paul Redd

  Published first in CA Prison Focus, issue 60 (30 May 2020) I am Paul Redd/Abbas, one of the original hunger strike representatives and signees of the historical document “ The Agreement to End Hostilities .” I find it an honor to be amongst this class of solid members who continue to refuse to compromise or/and debrief under any circumstances nor allow our minds to play tricks on us. It has been a continuous struggle fighting against the obstacles CDCR officials, IGI, ISU, SSU alike with their SNY’s now referred as designated program yard in attempt to derail positive progress. Now we are up against an even more deadly beast called COVID-19 that data showing it is largely attacking and killing the Afrikan American and minority population that’s at a higher risk who suffering from hypertension, diabetes, cancer, sleep apnea, etc. Many of us like myself suffer from all these diseases listed as a high risk under COVID-19. A lot of prisoners here including myself recentl

We are so pleased to tell you that, finally, after 44 years, of which 30 years in solitary confinement, Paul Redd was released from prison! In his letter of May 17th, 2020, Paul wrote: "On May 15th the Court recalled my sentence. Vacated my first degree murder conviction and ordered I be immediately released." Read the article in the SF Chronicle of May 29th, 2020: https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/amp/SF-public-defender-unit-helps-Oakland-man-go-free-15301831.php See also: SF Chronicle: The Power of Redemption (29 May 2020)  And: Paul Redd, Jr. and the Trauma of Systemic Racism by Cherlyne Majors (June 30, 2020) And: 44 Years Later, Redd Comes Home – An Inside Account (The Davis Vanguard, July 8, 2020) Welcome home Paul! 

Since some months, Paul has been housed in the California Medical Facility (CMF). His latest address is (without the cellnr which we do not know right now): Paul A. Redd Jr B-72683 California Medical Facility (CMF) P.O. Box 2000 Vacaville, CA 95696-2000

Paul is in hospital right now, please send him a card and let him know people are wishing him well: Paul A. Redd Jr B-72683 SATF / CTC Hospital Rm 39 P.O. Box 5248 Corcoran, CA 93212 Thank you!

Paul wrote to say he was being transferred out of Pelican Bay SHU finally! Paul A. Redd Jr B-72683 CSATF P.O. Box 5248 Corcoran, CA 93212

This article was written by Andrew Purcell for the Sydney Morning Herald , and contains information from Paul: Feb. 19th, 2014 Victorian courts have been told of young offenders being held in 22-hour lockdown. What's it really like in isolation? Andrew Purcell looks at the situation in California where prisoners are kept in solitary for years at a time. ''Listen to me. Put away your preconceptions.'' Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, is explaining that reporters often make the same basic mistake. ''We don't have solitary confinement in California state prisons.'' She then describes a penal system in which almost 4000 men are locked up indefinitely in cells the size of a city bathroom. ''There's no sensory deprivation. They go to the yard every day.'' This is for 1½ hours, alone, in a lot with no view. ''There are skylights in all of the Security Hou