There is a new generation of Inner City Youth now being housed on California Death Row.

We want to alert society that a portion of us are assigned to participate in yard time in an area at Unit East Block, located inside the walls of San Quentin State Prison in what is commonly known as "The Grade A Walk Alone Cage Area".

This area is totally covered by a metal cover that was originally built during World War II when inmates was making ropes for the U.S. Military when the ropes and working inmates got wet from the rain, the large structure was built.

It is now the year 2014, Hitler has been dead for quite sometime now and nobody is making rope anymore, in fact, now there is a total of 32 cages, single man cages that ironically resemble the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele design. Fixed into doggy kennel style rows under the large rusting, rotting and deteriorating metal structure, and you wont believe the amount of bird poop & feathers in this area.

A fluctuating number of condemned inmates are now forced to participate in recreation times inside of these single man cages under The Metal Structure; and in combination of The dark golf course like screen that now totally wraps around this area, These men are deprived access to direct sunlight.

I am one of these men, I have not had direct access to sunlight in 3 years, some of the fellas have been without The Sun, real dirt and grass for 6 years.

Our skin is now pale, some of us are Vitamin D deficient, most are depressed, have muscle and joint pain, excessive daytime sleeping etc... (my photo 4.30.2014) enclosed.

We are only allowed to go to these cages for 3 days a week, for the remaining 4 days of the week we are confined to cells, constituting ZERO access to direct sunlight for months and years at a time. This is torture and inhumane treatment.

The prison has noted a rise in suicides in the condemned population in a recent San Quentin news paper, google it.

What the article fails to address was the rise in unsuccessful suicide attempts by death row inmates, specifically those of us who are assigned to the dark yard caged area and 24 hour a day cell confinement.

Some of us have been moved to the prisons Mental Health Wing of the prison hospital, others like myself, still are assigned to the dark cages, and others just started not coming out at all due to the unconstitutional conditions of their area.

Your voice, resources and attention is now required to please call San Quentin State Prison Warden Mr. K. Chappell, and the Director if CDCR Mr. Heard and demand that we are allowed direct access to sunlight during exercise yard times in areas of the prison where sunlight is accessible to others condemned prisoners who are similarly situated and are also assigned to the same privilege group.

NONE if us are under any disciplinary detention, so please lend your voice to this New Movement that we are calling "Sun 2 Sons"!!
Thank you for your attention.

XZYZST (exist)
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