Harassment of longhairs in prison

Harassment of longhairs in prison

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Shortly before leaving office, draconian California governor Pete Wilson implemented a policy in California prisons denying most privileges to encarcerated longhairs. This has fallen particularly hard on American Indian, Sikh, and identity longhairs, men for whom cutting their hair is not a sane option. Prison is not supposed to be a picnic, but formulating rules which impinge heavily on one segment of the population while hardly affecting others at all is grossly unfair. If men are to successfully return to society, they must do so with their self-esteem intact, and for these men, to do so they must return with their hair.
As is often typical, this affront has only been directed toward incarcerated men. Women are not being confronted with this indignity.
In November's elections, Wilson was tossed out of office, to be replaced by Gray Davis. In Governor Davis's January inaugural speech, he spoke heavily of bringing compassion back to government in California. To date, however, he has done nothing to alleviate the plight of longhaired men in his prisons, and correspondence to him on the issue has been doled out to Department of Corrections officials, who do nothing but send out form letters long on what is legal and not addressing at all what is fair or compassionate.
Below is a link to a site where a petition concerning the Indian men is being assembled. I urge those of you who feel these brethren of ours should be treated fairly, to sign it.
Petition to Governor Davis

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- Re: Harassment of longhairs in prison
  
  Happy Hippy
  
  Shortly before leaving office, draconian California governor Pete Wilson implemented a policy in California prisons denying most privileges to encarcerated longhairs. This has fallen particularly hard on American Indian, Sikh, and identity longhairs, men for whom cutting their hair is not a sane option. Prison is not supposed to be a picnic, but formulating rules which impinge heavily on one segment of the population while hardly affecting others at all is grossly unfair. If men are to successfully return to society, they must do so with their self-esteem intact, and for these men, to do so they must return with their hair.
  As is often typical, this affront has only been directed toward incarcerated men. Women are not being confronted with this indignity.
  In November's elections, Wilson was tossed out of office, to be replaced by Gray Davis. In Governor Davis's January inaugural speech, he spoke heavily of bringing compassion back to government in California. To date, however, he has done nothing to alleviate the plight of longhaired men in his prisons, and correspondence to him on the issue has been doled out to Department of Corrections officials, who do nothing but send out form letters long on what is legal and not addressing at all what is fair or compassionate.
  Then you should look at Senate Bill 38.
  
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  - Pete Wilson retired, he was not tossed out! If he wanted he probably would have been reelected n/t
    
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    Shortly before leaving office, draconian California governor Pete Wilson implemented a policy in California prisons denying most privileges to encarcerated longhairs. This has fallen particularly hard on American Indian, Sikh, and identity longhairs, men for whom cutting their hair is not a sane option. Prison is not supposed to be a picnic, but formulating rules which impinge heavily on one segment of the population while hardly affecting others at all is grossly unfair. If men are to successfully return to society, they must do so with their self-esteem intact, and for these men, to do so they must return with their hair.
    As is often typical, this affront has only been directed toward incarcerated men. Women are not being confronted with this indignity.
    In November's elections, Wilson was tossed out of office, to be replaced by Gray Davis. In Governor Davis's January inaugural speech, he spoke heavily of bringing compassion back to government in California. To date, however, he has done nothing to alleviate the plight of longhaired men in his prisons, and correspondence to him on the issue has been doled out to Department of Corrections officials, who do nothing but send out form letters long on what is legal and not addressing at all what is fair or compassionate.
    
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