Kijana Tashiri Askari

AKA: Marcus Harrison; Marcus L. Harrison; Kijani Tashiri Askari
Released
Date of birth:1972
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1990s
Inmate Number:#H54077
State:California
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Biography

Kijana Tashiri Askari, also known as Marcus L. Harrison, is a New Afrikan prison organizer and writer who chaired the W.L. Nolen Mentorship Program. He challenged censorship of Black August and other political correspondence at Pelican Bay. He attributes his prolonged solitary confinement to political commemoration; prison officials relied on gang validation. He later joined the Ashker class action and reported transfer to general population in 2015. Supporters still sought parole assistance in 2021. His present custody status and vital dates remain unverified.

Birth-year source

  • Omnia TV profile, 2013 — identifies Kijana Tashiri Askari, also known as Marcus Harrison, as 41, supporting 1972 as his birth year.

Case

Pelican Bay State Prison
Charges: Indefinite security-housing placement and restrictions on Black August political correspondence
Sentence: Administrative confinement, not a new criminal sentence. Askari dates his solitary confinement from August 12, 1994 to November 4, 2015, when he entered Kern Valley general population. He connects it to Black August observance. The 2010 federal order confirms indefinite Pelican Bay SHU placement following gang validation and use of political correspondence as gang evidence. It denied officials summary judgment on censorship claims; it did not invalidate his entire confinement. Transfer from solitary was not release from prison. Original criminal convictions are outside this activism case.
Institution State: California

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