| MOVE 9 prisoner Janet Africa threatened |
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| by Ramona Africa | |
| Wednesday, 18 July 2007 | |
 Despite extraordinary oppression, MOVE continues to thrive. MOVE youth, known as the Seeds of Wisdom, spoke outside the 3rd Circuit courthouse May 17 as judges heard arguments to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Our sister, Janet Africa, was stopped by a male guard who said he wanted to pat search her. Janet informed him that it’s against our belief to have a man feeling on her body and that she wanted the option of having a female guard search her as provided by prison policy. She was taken to a female prison guard named Dover who became belligerent and told Janet that she wasn’t special and wasn’t getting any special treatment. Dover then told the male guard to take Janet back where he got her from and go ahead and search her. Janet started putting some information on the guards when another guard came to see what all the commotion was about.  Janet Africa What Dover said about “special treatment” makes no sense either because MOVE didn’t make the prison policy that allows for a woman to refuse to be searched by a male guard and to have a female guard do the search. It is prison policy, so where is the “special treatment”? Officials are aware that The MOVE 9 are coming up for parole and these officials are trying to provoke a situation that would be used as an excuse to deny them parole. That’s the bottom line to what’s going on here and it’s just the beginning. We’re asking people to call the prison and talk to the superintendent or leave a message for her if you can’t get her on the phone. The number is (814) 398-5400. Thanks for your support. To learn more, go to www.onamove.com. Ramona African can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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