Submitted to It’s Going Down By Phillip A. Ruiz At the beginning of 2005 in Corcoran, California, I started my ten year prison sentence for a non-violent drug offence. A year and a half later, I was placed in the SHU, (Security Housing Unit or also known as solitary confinement), for the remainder of my prison … Continue reading Why Prisons Strikes are Necessary: An Ex-Prisoner’s Experience