Clement Brown at San Quention - the USOS

It is a shame that 1% of our general population in the Nation is incarcerated. This fact alone speaks about the sad state of affairs prevailing in our Nation. We have our priorities all screwed up.

When we learn to define "Justice" and when we learn to be play fair - then perhaps we can say we are a Nation that is Free.

Incarcerating people and mostly people of color is a trillion dollar business in this Nation.

Go visit any SPCA where animals are cared for.

Now, go visit the prison system where humans are incarcerated - many of them innocent. Others there because they cannot hire a lying lawyer or do not have the money to defend themselves. Many set up and others trapped in this so called " free " country.

They did it to the Native Americans. Imagine folks that once owned the land living on Reservations. We have blood on our hands as long as one Native American is harmed and injustice meted out to them - today but more yesterday.

It is fine for some to steal the land, destroy the culture - all that they may do as they please.
It is fine to kill the Buffalo and polute the land. It is fine they think to destroy in the name of Greed and pay NOT the consequences.

We have the living dead - because many that steal and destroy are spiritually bankrupt. the Hopis and others have spoken about the race that would bring harm more to themselves then those they harmed. Today, we see it in the White House.

There are millions lingering in prisons - not all of them have committed major crimes.

It is now becomming fashionable to send folks to prison and think that they will become better human beings. The truth is that once folks go to prision they come out worse.

You cannot harm the mind, the soul, and the body - day in and day out and think all will be well.
You cannot hate your fellow man and women in the prisons and exploit and think all will be well - no way?

In a climate such as we have in prison there is one MAN making a difference and his name is Clement Brown known to those at San Quentin as Meke. He started by requesting folks to call one another brother. Call one another USO.

He gathered the Polynesians and set up a model system where each one respects every one. There is a discipline in the model that the crowded and dysfunctional prison system could not bring about.

Clement Brown has done what the prison system could not do in ages:

http://www.franciscodacosta.com/articles/blossoms057.html

For those of you that would like to see some more photographs from San Quention. Please visit Robert Greenleaf's site:

http://www.robgreenleaf.com and scroll to San Quentin.

Rudy Corpuz has been leading groups of youth to San Quentin so that the youth can see for themselves and make choices. The prison system today is caught up in the worst politics.

Correction Officers making millions have a Treasure Chest to propagate corrupt. They bought Governor Davis and now want to corrupt the present candidates running for Governor.

Billions of dollars are spent all over the Nation to incarcerate. The same could be spent on Health and Safety. On Education and caring for our Senior Citizens. On Technology and Energy and on many other projects to improve Quality of Life Issues.


Francisco Da Costa
Director
Environmental Justice Advocacy