Dear Friends, Please see the letter below from Ramona Africa regarding Phil Africas medical crisis, and his subsequent lack of access to any MOVE member, his wife (Janine Africa, also incarcerated), or anyone else either in person or by phone. It is urgent that we all call both the prison where Phil was prior to getting ill, SCI Dallas in Pennsylvania, 570-675-1101, and the hospital where he is supposedly being treated for his medical crisis, Wilkes Barre General Hospital, 570-829-8111, and demand that: 1. Phil be allowed to make phone calls, and 2. That a full medical report be given to his wife, Janine Africa. When I called the prison this morning they insisted they could only give a medical report to family members. Yet they have refused to provide Janine with that information. When those at the prison or the medical facility repeat, as they did with me, that only his family can get a medical report, point out that we know they are withholding the information from Janine, Phils wife, as well and that they are violating Phils rights and his familys rights by not providing Janine with that information. In the struggle and Ona Move! Suzanne Ross, for the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition LETTER FROM RAMONA AFRICA LONG LIVE JOHN AFRICA ONA MOVE! We, the MOVE family want to inform you about a serious situation concerning our brother, Phil Africa (William Phillips Africa #AM 4974). He is being held incommunicado at a hospital near the prison where he is incarcerated. We have heard nothing from or about Phil since our brother Delbert Africa called us Sunday Afternoon (1/4) saying that Phil had been sent to an outside hospital. We discovered that he is at the Wilks Barre General Hospital (570 829-8111) but can get no information from the hospital. Hospital officials are saying that Phil can have no visits and that he can’t make any phone calls. Prison officials say there is no phone in his room. A spokesperson at the prison (SCI-Dallas in PA. 570 675-1101)), a major, told us on Monday morning that they would keep Phil’s wife, Janine Africa, informed about him. Janine is an inmate at SCI-Cambridge Springs (in PA.). She called home and said that she has heard nothing. I called the prison this morning (1/6) and was told that I could not be connected to the superintendent and that I had to write a letter. Bret Grote, an attorney, also contacted the prison and spoke with the superintendent’s assistant. Mr. Grote was told that we were informed that the prison would be in contact with us concerning Phil. This is a lie. Nobody has responded to our calls. Nobody has been in contact with us or Phil’s wife. We are informing people about this problem because we all know that prison officials or hospital officials can’t be trusted. The prison and the hospital need to feel some pressure to inform Phil’s wife about his condition or allow him a phone call. Thanks for your support in this matter. ONA MOVE Ramona Africa for The MOVE Organization
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 01:24:12 +0000
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