Following the link at Beautiful Rising took me here: http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/Jailsolid.html

For jail solidarity to be most effective, the issues surrounding it must be addressed and resolved to the greatest extent possible before reaching jail. Jail authorities are not going to patiently wait for us to reach consensus on solidarity agreements before they start employing "divide and conquer" tactics to weaken our bargaining power.

One divisive tactic used by the prison/legal system is different treatment for certain individuals or groups. These people risking harsher teatment usually include noncooperators, repeat offenders, known organizers, people of color, lesbians and gay men. Discussions of solidarity should always include the issue of how to give these people the extra protection they need.

Very astute. This analysis of prison/jail conflicts that promote the divide and conquer tactics of prison authorities is spot on:

Often people refuse to cooperate with the authorities at all. Some ways they do this are by going limp during arrest, not abiding by prison regulations, and refusing to participate in arraignment. Some of these acts serve personal moral goals; others are initiated as levers to make the legal system mete out equal and fair sentences to all.

The other approach seeks mutual humanization:

Often these people will stress more of the need to communicate with the human beings behind the helmets, uniforms and roles. They will talk to the police, perhaps befriend the prison guards, and try to use persuasion and dialogue to raise questions about these roles.

Conflict resolution is difficult:

Often it is not possible for everyone to agree to stay in jail for solidarity purposes. Sometimes there are people who question the need to struggle inside the jails when the action's primary goal is something else. Some people, because of out.. side responsibilities, cannot afford the time jail solidarity may demand. Others find jail conditions physical. ly or emotionally intolerable. And still others take the political stand that we're more effective back on the streets encouraging other people to take a stand. Whatever the reason for not participating in jail solidarityi individuals should make this information known beforehand since it may affect decisions of the group.

Let me focus on decisions of "the group". I've never watched Orange Is The New Black so I'm operating under serious cultural deprivation here.

In prison/jail the "group" is an ethnic identity clique commonly known as a "Car". The most prevalent "Cars" are (1) Southsiders (2) Pisos (3) Whites (4) Blacks (5) Asians, Samoans and all others. In California LGBTQ people are housed separately and there is also the Old Guy Dorm".

Disagreements are frequently settled with violence. When two "Cars" cannot resolve a dispute shit "pops off" and people go to the infirmary with multiple abrasions, lacerations and broken bones.

The reasons violence "pops off" are irrational and governed by strict rules of discipline that have deep historical roots.

"Cars" have a hierarchy dominated by "the shot caller" and "the Torpedo" who enforces the Shot Callers decisions. There are other minor positions.

The most important thing you need to know about Cars is that they are as racist and sexist as it is humanly possible to be. And did I I l mention that they were violent? The old "ultra violence" might be more accurate: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Clockwork_Orange_(film)