The following is an excerpt reprinted from the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper (November 2004)

 

“Political Prisoners Need You Now: Support George BaBa Eng”

by Herman Ferguson (The Jericho Movement)

 

            For the last 27 years, George Baba Eng has been in prison in upstate New York. In all those years, Baba has taken an uncompromising position against the inhumane treatment of inmates by prison administrators and individual guards. He has filed numerous lawsuits in the courts challenging this illegal state of affairs.

 

            He is a father and grandfather, and since his incarceration he has earned three college degrees. He comes up before the parole board for the third time in December 2005.

 

            Because of his “take no nonsense” approach, the prison administrators have released their Ku Klux Klan guards on BaBa. He has spent almost nine years of his sentence in the boxes/special housing units/isolation units of the New York State prison system because of his activities.

 

            Now he has again been trapped off by a crazed guard and charged with an infraction that is clearly another set-up.  We are calling on all supporters of humane treatment for inmates to join the campaign to get these people off his back so he can finish his remaining time without interference before he goes before the parole board.

 

 

Note: Baba was punished by being placed in a special housing unit for 30 days. As a result, he lost his position in “honor block” where the best-behaved prisoners are kept, and he lost his law clerk job for 60 days. Upon his release from the SHU, he took legal action against the administration and successfully appealed the negative decision against him.

 

In spite of this successful appeal, Baba needs our help. Because he is in a constant fight for liberation, that of himself and other prisoners, he has been targeted by the prison administration and must constantly deal with harassment, humiliation, and trumped up charges.

 

Please write to Baba to express your solidarity. Write to the Senior Parole Officer demanding George Baba Eng’s release.

 

Senior Parole Officer, Robert Butera

For Support Of: George Baba Eng                                                

77A4777

Auburn Correctional Facility

P. O. Box 618

Auburn, NY 13021

 

Or to

 

George Baba Eng                                                   

77A4777

Auburn Correctional Facility

P. O. Box 618

Auburn, NY 13021