Hello to all,

Scott called me tonight in a panic. He was informed that his name is on a

list to be transferred to a unit where sex offenders are being rounded up and
placed, where they have been threatened and beaten because of what they were
convicted of. We feel the prison is doing this to be sadistic. They make a
practice of purposefully putting sex offenders in with bullys and "maximum
security" inmates, I am sure, for sadistic purposes. It is a regular
occurrance.
I am asking for your prayers on his behalf.
Please read the letter below that I wrote to the warden to see what our
concerns are.
I thank each and every one of you for not only your prayers but for your
support.
Connie

(see below)

molens1@netscape.com wrote:
From: <molens1@netscape.com>
To: "Jeff Kirkman" <jkirkman@idoc.idaho.gov>
Cc: "Randy Blades" <RBLADES@idoc.idaho.gov>
Subject: EXTREMELY URGENT we need your help and advice
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:16:02 -0700
Dear Mr. Kirkman and Mr. Blades,
I am writing in regards to my husband, Michael Scott Molen's. We are desperate
for your attention to what may be happening to him soon.
He just got word today that he was on a list to move him from unit H, a
workers unit in ICC, over to the west wing. It is common knowledge that sex
offenders are being moved to the west wing (a dormatory) where they are lumped
together. In essence, the prison population is being made aware that those who
are in the west wing units Q and R have been convicted of a sex offense. This
places their lives in jeopardy. These men are being segregated and again, in
essence, may just as well have a big bullseye painted on their foreheads. They
are not safe there and just the fact that they are in Q and R targets them for
violence from other inmates.
I have heard from a man who was transferred over there recently and has been
threated with his life. He stated to his family that he doesn't dare close
his eyes at night for fear of being beaten or killed.
Scott has been working diligently and faithfully in "intake". He values his
job, is a very hard worker and is in a workers unit with other workers. He

has been treated fairly and respectfully by his bosses and the other inmates.
Most, of course, do not know what he was convicted of and have not asked. He
knows that if he is transferred they would more than likely find out and,
again, would be in danger.
We suspect that this move may be a retaliation or that IDOC feels he may be
getting too comfortable. We have heard that this happens on a regular basis
to keep the inmates in turmoil. I pray this is not the case but it appears to
be.
Scott was falsely accused and wrongly convicted of a crime he did not commit.
I know you probably hear that all the time but everyone who has read his story
sees clearly that he is innocent. In a nutshell, we as grandparents tried to
get custody of a grandchild who was being exposed to horrible sexual
situations by her mother and her mothers boyfriends. Shortly after we
expressed our desire to gain custody of the grandchild charges were brought
against him. Journalists and the Innocence Project, amongst others have taken
an interest in what happened to him and are trying to get his story out.
You can read about it on Pro Libertate: Crime of Cowardice: The Unjust
Imprisonment of Scott Molen. The reason I mention this arcile again is that
it gives his story in a nutshell. The importance of the prison knowing his
story is that they need to realize that he is being punished for a crime he
did not commit by being sentenced to 20 years. We don't feel like it is the
prison systems duty to punish him further and by putting his life and his job
in jeopardy.
He was sentenced to 20 years and while we are fighting for his freedom he just
wants to do his time in peace, work hard at his job and stay out of trouble.
The purpose of this plea is to ask that whomever is in charge of making
decisions as far as transfers of this kind reconsider and think about the
horrible consequences of lumping the sex offenders together in one unit where
everyone knows what their charges are. I feel it opens the door for violence
against them. It is extremely unfair as Scott has worked so very hard at
making the best of a terrible situation, working hard at earning respect from
other inmates and his employers.
I ask that you, Mr. Kirkman and Mr. Blades, speak with the persons in ICC or
IDOC and hopefully work it out so my husband will not have to be transferred,
that he can keep his job and stay in his current unit and feel safe.
I thank you so much for your consideration of this matter.
Very Sincerely,

Connie Molen