Hugo Pinell denied parole

Last month, political prisoner Hugo "Yogi Bear" Pinell was denied parole again. From a statement by his lawyer and Kiilu Nyasha:

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Board of Parole Hearing, for the 8th time, denied Hugo L,A. Pinell parole at a hearing held Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at supermax Pelican Bay State Prison, Crescent City.

Apparently, 42 years in California prisons, the last 36 in solitary confinement, including 16 in the windowless, hi-tech SHU (Security Housing Unit) with sensory deprivation in the extreme, was not enough retribution against Hugo Pinell, nicknamed Yogi Bear. They gave him two more.

Since Hugo has had a clean record, no 115s, (rule infractions) for 24 years and his last crime was committed 35 years ago, it was a almost purely a political decision.

Comments

[Blane Lyon]

Thanks for bringing out information on Hugo. He needs to be released.