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NEWS FROM THE D.R.I.V.E.
Movement
The D.R.I.V.E. Movement has recently
seen a great deal support or recognition
from friends and families of inmates to
various media outlets such as; NYTimes,
Blackout News Radio, KPFT Radio with
three recent interviews with Charles
Perroud and Bryan McCann from the
D.R.I.V.E Movement. This organization is
rapidly growing with supporters who
show their support to improve conditions
on death row and bring awareness to
issues with the death penalty. Inmates on
Death Row have also become active
comrades to bring public knowledge of
what it is like for them inside the walls of
these units. I would like to congratulate
everyone who is involved on their success
with raising awareness not only to the
public, but with officials as well.
Texas Death Row Comrades:
Reginald Blanton, Steve Woods,
Kenneth Foster, Gabriel Gonzalez, Rob
Will, Da'mon Simpson, Randy Greer,
Randy Halprin and Carroll Par.
Outside of Texas Comrades:
Carolyn King PA.
To learn more about the organization or
how to get involved got to:
http://drivemovement.org/ OR write to
us at the Broken Bridge Brigade.
A Featured Article by the newest
D..R.I.V.E Comrade, Steve Woods
"The walls, the bars, the cons, and the
guards can never encircle or hold down
the idea of the people. And the people
must always carry forward the idea,
which is their dignity and their beauty."
Huey P. Newton
Revolutionary Greetings! As you can
see, I've titled "my" section of this site as
"Anarchy In Chains". I use that word,
ANARCHY, not for 'flavor', but in the
spirit of the Anarchist ideal: The
negation of authority over anyone by
anyone. What better place to apply this
ideal than in an environment designed
specifically for the purpose of
controlling an individual and all aspects
of their existence? And holding the one
thing in their hands that no man should
ever have the right to determine: the life
and death of a human being.
There are thousands of people in the
United States who all face death at the
hands of a ruthless and unjust system,
and all are placed in such an
environment. Each of those people
exists in a frustrating struggle to both
save their lives and retain their
humanity. I am among those people and
I am grateful for this opportunity to raise
my voice with my comrades and be
heard by all who read these words. I
have been fighting this fight, alone for
the most part, for most of the last 4
years. I was incredibly naive about
prison when I first rolled up. Hell, this
is my first experience at all with this
type of environment.
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News and Updates
Law Enforcement: Woman
Arrested Over Flour-Filled
Condom Wins $180,000 in Suit
Settlement
from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #468,
1/12/07
A Bryn Mawr college student who was
arrested and jailed for three weeks on
drug trafficking charges for carrying
condoms filled with flour will be paid
$180,000 by the city of Philadelphia in a
settlement announced this week. Janet
Lee was carrying the condoms, which
women at the college used as toys to
squeeze when they were stressed out, in
her carry-on baggage as she boarded a
Christmas season flight home to Los
Angeles. Airport screeners found the
condoms, and Philadelphia police said
preliminary drug tests indicated the
condoms contained opium and heroin.
Lee spent the next three weeks in the
Philadelphia jail as authorities ignored
her protestations of innocence. It was
only when later drug tests failed to
confirm the presence of drugs that she
was released.
After her release from jail and the
dropping of the charges, Lee filed a civil
rights lawsuit against the city. It was
scheduled to go to trial Thursday, but
city officials announced Wednesday that
they had agreed to pay Lee $180,000 to
settle the suit.
"Under the circumstances, something
went terribly wrong," Lee's lawyer,
Jeffrey Ibrahim, told the Philadelphia
Inquirer. "We're trying to ensure that
nothing like that ever happens again."
Lee, a freshman at the time of her arrest,
said she had no idea drug traffickers
used condoms to carry drugs. "I was
naive, really stupid," she said.
[Editor's Note: Condoms are used by
"mules" who swallow them filled with
drugs and have them in their stomachs
when flying into the country; they are
not a preferred packaging for drugs
carried outside the body, say in one's
carry-on baggage.]
Naivete, however, is not yet a criminal
offense in this country, and neither is
carrying flour in a condom. Now, the
city of Philadelphia is paying for its
drug war zealotry, although it refuses to
admit to wrongdoing or liability.
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TEENAGERS LIFE SENTENCE
REVERSED, GRANTED A NEW
TRIAL!
Tyler Edmonds, a Mississippi teen who
was charged with the murder of his
brother in-law Joey Fulgham at the age of
13 has been given a 2nd chance. At the
age of 15 Tyler was sentenced to life in
prison without the possibility of parole.
Friends of Tyler created a website and
myspace page to bring public awareness
to his case. Tylers half sister, Kristi
Fulgham, was also tried for the murder.
In December she was convicted of capital
murder and sentenced to death.
Thanks to Andrea and Madame Boohiss
for creating Tylers page, his page now
has over a thousand readers. Tyler has
maintained such a positive outlook while
incarcerated and has worked diligently to
get his high school diploma and is now
working on college courses. Victory for
Tyler and a special thanks to everyone
who has worked to bring awareness of his
case and who have worked hard on his
case!
LIFE IN PRISON FOR
SMOKING POT
At the age of 17, Tyrone Brown was
arrested for a two dollar stick, the
victim was unharmed. For this Mr.
Brown received 10 years probation.
While Mr. Brown was on probation he
was caught smoking pot, the sentence
was then reversed to life in prison.
Judge Keith Dean, said at the
sentencing, "Good Luck Mr. Brown".
Tyrone has now served 16 years in
prison and was recently featured on
20/20 and on the Dallas Morning
News. D.A Bill Hill has asked Gov
Rick Perry to release Mr. Brown. A
decision will be made soon. A website
has also been set up:
http://www.savemrbrown.com/
"We create our lives a thought at a time. And
sometimes, it comes down to changing a
thought such as 'Why did this happen to me?'
into 'There is a divine plan and there is a
reason for this, and my choice is to create the
most positive reaction I can.'"
~Dee Wallace Stone American Actress
(She played the mom in "ET")
NY GOV. CUTS THE COST OF
PRISON PHONE CALLS
Newly elected, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer,
has ordered that the NY Department of
Correctional Services stop charging a
commission on collect calls made by state
inmates to their families.
Spitzer said the decision would cut the costs of
the calls by at least 50 percent without cutting
prison programs that the commission
previously funded such as; AIDS medications
and family reunion programs, these will now
be funded from the general revenues. It will
go into effect April 1, 2007. Spitzer's action
comes the day before the state's highest court,
the Court of Appeals, hears oral argument
challenging the legality of the high phone
charges. Spitzer's' office called the phone
charges "excessive" and said they were
hindering the ability of some families to keep
in touch with their loved ones in prison.
In 1996, former Gov. George Pataki's
administration reached an agreement with
MCI Worldcom Communications for MCI be
the exclusive provider of collect call service
from New York state prisons. Between 1996
and 2001, the Department of Correctional
Services imposed a 60 percent surcharge on
the calls. When the contract was renewed in
2001, the surcharge was reduced to 57.5
percent. When the commissions were
challenged by advocates for inmates, Pataki's
Department of Correctional Services said the
surcharges went to maintain the state's system
of being able to monitor the outgoing calls
inmates were placing. At the time, the state
said it had to make sure that inmates were not
conducting illegal activities on the phone or
placing harassing phone calls to people
outside prison. “This is a victory for all New
Yorkers because increased contact with family
members is proven to reduce recidivism rates
after release,” said Annette Dickerson,
coordinator of the New York Campaign for
Telephone Justice, which pushed for the
change. Ms. Dickerson is also the director of
education at the Center for Constitutional
Rights, which filed suit two years ago on
behalf of prisoners’ families to end the
charges.This victory proves that the efforts
of activists and advocates for inmates and
their families should push forward. Start a
petition in your state to end the commission
of inmate collect calls. Thanks to Eliot
Spitzer NY will soon a cut in collect rates,
from $6.20 a phone call down to around
$3.00 Speak up about this issue. If NY can
stop this, other states can do the same.
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Resources
The Abolishment Movement
The Abolishment Movement is an educational website and
free member forum, concerned with Capital Punishment, and
long natural life sentences. We have a section for inmate
members on death row, and have opened a section for
inmates not on death row, but supporting our cause.
If you would like to be listed with The Abolishment
Movement, send your contact info, photo, writings, pen-pal
requests, etc., to:
Dee Martin
PO Box 63095
New Bedford Ma. 02746
your property will be returned if you like
http://www.theabolishmentmovement.org/
Big House Art
Big House Art is a non-profit organization structured to help
provide exposure to artwork, but not just any type of art.
Every piece that I own is very special as each was done for
me by one of my good friends who is doing some hard time
in prison. Most of them are sitting on the row in the state of
Texas. Recently, I had the opportunity to spend some quality
time sitting on Oklahoma's death row, just shooting the
breeze with a buddy who lives there. Now I don't mean
sitting in the visiting room; but literally in a cell locked down
on death row of the H Unit in McAlester, OK. There is not a
stranger feeling in the world than looking at the faces around
you and knowing that most of them will be dead in the next
few years. Weird feeling for real. So if you are not afraid to
ride the blade then welcome to my world. My world is a
world where dead men walk, talk and express themselves
through their artwork. It is a place where those called the
‘worst of the worst’ are often better people than those in the
world. Many of these dead men have more life than those
who are still alive and in the world. By clicking on the
website link below, you can meet some of these special
people and even purchase items directly inspired by their
artwork. Profits are used to support the artist that created the
original drawing or painting from which each item was
created.
http://www.bighouseart.com/
Paid In Full Ministry
Post Office Box 285
Millbury MA 01527
Accepts used stamps from your mail to send U.S. stamp
collections to children in orphanages in Nepal, India, the
Philippines and some African countries. The children learn
about famous Americans, American institutions and other
American cultural images through the images on the postage
stamps.
We hope to accept used stamps from prisoners and
others around the world and to make the stamp
collection a truly international event! Write us for
more information or send us your used stamps to help
do your part.
Remember, when removing the stamps from your
mail, just tear the corner of the envelope off making
sure the stamp is whole and intact. Trying to remove
the stamp from the envelope will tear and ruin the
stamp- tearing the whole corner, envelope and all is
the best way! Thank you very much for your help.
ADVOCARE, INC.
P.O. Box 133
Hancock, MD 21750
www.advocareflash.or
director@advocareflash.org
Provide assistance to prisoners and ex-offenders in
the form of education and employment referrals; and,
to provide prisoners and their families with updates
on legal issues re prison conditions and criminal
legislation.
Voice For Inmates
1003 N. Shelby St.
Shelby, NC 28150
www.voiceforinmates.com
Advocates for Fair, Humane &
Equal treatment of inmates
Provides penpal and email services for inmates
FREE and fee based services. ALL applicants
approved. Write to the above address for an
application or have a family member got to website
for more info.
LostVault www.lostvault.com
PO Box 261 penpals@lostvault.com
Washburn, TN 37888
dedicated to creating and maintaining a free place for
inmates to find pen pals, and for you to find them.
Unlike many of the other prison pen pal sites, we do
not charge the inmate OR you for this service as long
as the ad is posted via the internet by a loved one. For
ads posted by our staff, there is a nominal $5 fee for
all inmates other than death row, who receive free
ads. Our services are free for everyone, unless an
inmate wishes for our staff to post the ad for them
We do not accept free pen pal ads via snail mail
except for death row inmates inmates (they will be
verified).

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Voices from the Outside
Submitted article from: Mindie confused7873@yahoo.com
On March 22, 2003, a tragedy caused the life of two innocent
people. A young lady was shot and killed and an innocent
young man was accused of the terrible crime and sentenced to
spend the rest of his life in prison. Rodney Burton of Pittsburgh
Pa. was accused for the tragic shooting death of a Ms. Dana
Palaski of Murraysville PA., early Sunday morning on March
22 2003. Mr. Burton was found guilty on all circumstantial
evidence and was sentenced to a life sentence in prison. The
district Attorney asked for the death penalty, but the jury spared
his life because of lingering doubt in the case and who shot the
young lady. Mr. Burton’s trial attorney, Mr. William Brennan,
refused to help Mr. Burton and did little to no work on the case.
Mr. Brennan showed his ineffectiveness in the courtroom by
not bringing up pertinent evidence to prove Mr. Burtons
innocence. Because this trial took place during election year,
Mr. Burton’s attorney explained to him, as he was picking his
jury, that it was very important for the DA to win the case, for it
would be the DA’s very last case as a DA. Here it is three years
later and no word from his attorney, nor has Mr. Burton
received his transcripts. Mr. Brennan also made it a point to
mention information in Mr. Burtons briefing that was never
brought up in court, which the appeals court will only hear
evidence that was presented during trial. The biggest piece of
evidence that was not presented and should have been was the
DNA. Swabs were taken from the young lady that showed
semen inside and outside of her body and none of the DNA
matched Mr. Burton. During court, Mr. Burton asked his
attorney to bring up the DNA issue and his attorney did go to
the side bar with the DA and asked to use it, but when the DA
said that if Mr. Brennan brings up the DNA that the DA would
only say that Mr. Burton raped the young lady. Mr. Brennan
had documentation to up-hold and proves that Mr. Burton’s
DNA did not match.
In fact the man who’s DNA did match gave the police three
different names and three different birth dates and told police
that he was homeless and had no phone. The police let the man
go before the DNA results came back, and because he gave no
information, he was not able to be located. Mr. Brennan never
retrieved any experts to support Mr. Burton’s innocence, no
ballistic expert or a handwriting expert was available. Every
witness that testified against Mr. Burton gave a different story
all the way from the police report, questioning, the co-
defendant’s trial and Mr. Burton’s trial and none of that was
ever brought up in court. There was even a tape available from
a conversation that the co-defendant confessed on that she had
lied on Mr. Burton. When Mr. Burton asked his attorney about
using the tape in court his attorney told him that the DA had the
tape and that Mr. Burton had confessed on the tape. Mr. Burton
was shocked at the attorney’s comment and asked him once
again to please have the DA use the tape. That tape was never
mention in court. During court the young lady’s mother walked
up to the DA’s table and TOLD the detective “ he didn’t do it
“, and the assistant DA walked to the back of the courtroom and
told another woman the same thing. The funny thing is during
Mr. Burton’s sentencing both the mother and the DA changed
their tune.
As an honest citizen, you would think that both women would want
the person who killed the young lady to be brought to justice, but I
guess since the justice system refuse to follow the evidence that was
put in their faces the young lady’s mother will settle for anybody to
take the blame. We are now trying to start the Rodney Burton
Foundation to help free the innocent in prison. As of January 23
2007 the court, appointed attorneys and judges were under
investigation for corruption and fraud.
A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE Cont.
Amador remains very positive, even humble, admitting to many
serious mistakes while still maintaining his innocence of the crime
that put him on death row. “It’s not what he wants; it’s what he has
to accept. But the bitterness and the anger are not there, and that’s
something I’ve worked on with him. But he’s come to discover a lot
on his own. He’s a very reflective person, and I admire that in him,”
Father Mallinson said. When Father Mallinson learned about this
setback, he remembered his promise of years ago, the promise
to be with Amador at his execution. Now, the man facing death at
the hands of the state is not just an inmate he was visiting, but a
beloved friend. “I’ve watched this man change,” he said, and in 10
years Father Mallinson has grown through this relationship with
someone he would not have chosen as a friend, by understanding in
his heart that you cannot demonize or dismiss someone you have
come to know. “An innocent life or a guilty life it’s all sacred. It can
be an ugly life, but it’s still life, it’s still of God. I don’t want to be
there to see this man die, but I will be there for a man who calls me
his friend.” (Maryann Clarke is a free-lance writer who lives in
Richardson). Original article from Texas Catholic
http://www.bighouseart.com/Stories/TX_Catholic.pdf
DONATE YOUR
USED STAMPS
Paid in Full Ministry accepts used stamps from your
mail to send U.S. stamp collections to children in
orphanages in Nepal, India, the Philippines and some
African countries. The children learn about famous
Americans, American institutions and other American
cultural images through the images on the postage
stamps. We hope to accept used stamps from
prisoners and others around the world and to make
the stamp collection a truly international event! Write
us for more information or send us your used stamps
to help do your part.
Remember, when removing the stamps from your
mail, just tear the corner of the envelope off making
sure the stamp is whole and intact. Trying to remove
the stamp from the envelope will tear and ruin the
stamp- tearing the whole corner, envelope and all is
the best way! Thank you very much for your help.
See Resources page for address.
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A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE
Friendship with death row inmate transforms priest
By MARYANN CLARKE
LANCASTER. Father Arthur Mallinson, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi
Parish in Lancaster, has never witnessed an execution. But because of a
promise he made to a death-row inmate 10 years ago, he anticipates
doing so at a date soon to be decided. In the years since Father Mallinson
began writing and then visiting this inmate, John Joe Amador, known as
Ash to most people, he has participated in a transformation not only of
Ash, but of himself. Years ago, Father Mallinson found himself touched
by “Dead Man Walking,” the book by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ,
describing her relationship with Matthew Poncelet, a death-row inmate in
Louisiana. He was influenced, too, by the late Cardinal Joseph
Bernardin’s teaching on the sacredness of all life, his “seamless garment
of life” philosophy of a consistent pro-life ethic. But he admits to being
uncomfortable with this aspect of right to life. “I could understand
emotionally why right to life of the innocent unborn is a very significant
emotional issue, but then when it’s someone who’s guilty, who’s done
horrible things, you know, we’d rather just push them aside,” he said. But
the verse in St. Matthew’s Gospel, “When I was in prison, you visited
me” spoke to him, too. “There wasn’t any kind of distinction being made
where you visited me when I was in prison falsely accused, or you visited
me in prison when I was innocent,” Father Mallinson said. So when he
read an article in the National Catholic Reporter about forming pen-pal
relationships with inmates, he felt called to do this. “I wondered what it
would be like to visit Jesus in prison. I thought I needed to do that,” he
said. He emailed the contact named in the article and the match with then
20- year-old Amador, who was then in prison in Huntsville, was
completely random. So began 10 years of letter writing and eventually
visits, and the formation of a strong bond. “I watched Ash change over
the years,” Father Mallinson said about the inmate who, convicted of
killing a taxi driver in Poteet, Texas, in January 1994 at the age of 18,
was soon moved to the maximum security prison in Livingston. It was a
slow change at first. Ash was full of rage and hatred, especially of the
people in the justice system who he felt had failed him. “He was a very
difficult person to be with,” Father Mallinson said. “I came out of a sense
of obligation, because I was trying to be a positive influence in his life.”
Nor would Father Mallinson have called Amador his friend in those early
days, an admission he finds a little embarrassing. “I was visiting a guy
who was in prison. I would never say he was a friend.” Amador and
Father Mallinson talked about many things in their letters and in their
periodic visits (Father Mallinson visits him about three times a year): his
violent childhood, the circumstances of his conviction and insistence on
his innocence, their shared love of art. “He sent me many of his
works over the years, and I watched as his art evolved,” Father Mallinson
said. He began with paños, drawings on handkerchiefs, a popular art
form in prison.Eventually, he graduated to working on art board. “He did
a stunning black-and white leopard on art board that I gave as a Father’s
Day gift.” Influenced by work the other inmates were doing, he moved
on to color, using paints he made from grinding colored pencils and
mixing with
baby oil. “He
made brushes
from his own
hair.
His progress and imagination were amazing,” Father
Mallinson said. His subjects included the fiercest animals and
birds, but also dreamlike images of women and paintings with
spiritual themes. Father Mallinson believes he influenced one of
these paintings. “His most powerful is one of Jesus fallen under
the cross. Three ends of the cross are out of sight, giving the
impression that this burden might be not just a cross, which we
expect, but part of the framing of a building
under construction, and he is either lifting it with the strength of
his back or has fallen under the weight of it.” Over the years,
Father Mallinson has received, raffled, displayed, and given
away numerous art works from Amador. “I raffled one of his
paintings at church,” he said. “He sent a thank-you note to
everyone who bought a ticket, not just the winner, although he
wanted to send them to everyone.” And so, the community
at St. Francis has also become part of Amador’s spiritual
network. The inmate’s love of art was not his only salvation. He
always had his own eclectic brand of spirituality, heavily
focused on his dreams, which tend to be very vivid and which
he would share with great excitement with Father Mallinson. He
fully believes God speaks to him through his dreams.
Eventually, Amador was reunited through a friend with Linda, a
generous, loving woman he had known before his incarceration.
They fell in love and were married, and this is when Amador
truly began to change. “One love led to another,” Father
Mallinson said. “He now had joy, and he felt that he had a
purpose in life. He wanted Linda to sell his art and donate the
proceeds to fund projects that would help children stay away
from gangs and crime. “Our visits became times of shared ideas
and insights and, often, laughter. He spoke more of God and
how he was sure of God’s love and mercy.” Amador was
inspired to write a book, also intended to help others avoid the
mistakes he made with drugs, gangs, and violence. It is almost
finished and it won’t be exactly autobiographical. It’s “more of
a fantasy, sort of in the style of The Alchemist” (by Paulo
Coelho), which has strongly influenced Amador’s spirituality.
Amador wants it to be a parable, with the characters being
symbols rather than representations of actual people. He claims
that Father Mallinson (who apparently is a character in his
book) has contributed to the change in him. “I would be
constant,” Father Mallinson said. “Ash knew he could rely on
me to write and visit and to do as much as I could to encourage
him. He could not rely on members of his family, and this hurt
him very much.” Over the years, they exchanged dozens and
dozens of letters, all of which Father Mallinson has kept. When
Linda re-entered his life, she became another anchor for him,
visiting about once a week.In August Amador learned that he
has one appeal left, scheduled for November, and this will
probably be his last, with the likelihood of a Supreme Court
appeal slim to none. Despite this turn of events, Father
Mallinson said Amador remains very positive, even humble,
admitting to many serious mistakes while still maintaining his
innocence of the crime that put him on death row. “It’s not what
he wants; it’s what he has to accept. But the bitterness and the
anger are not there, and that’s something I’ve worked on with
him. But he’s come to discover a lot on his own. He’s a very
reflectiveperson, and I admire that in him,” Father Mallinson
said. .... Continued in "Voices from the Outside" section
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AdvocacyforInmates2005
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AdvoCareInc
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericaPositivePrisonReform
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/criminaldefenselawforum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/criminalmentalhealthcourts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DoNotGiveUpHopeUSA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Families-of-Inmates
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FedCURE-org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Florida_Prison_Movement
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/innocentinprison
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Intl-Network-of-Prison-
Ministries
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Loving_An_Inmate
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mental-illness-and-dp
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mothers-of-Prisoners
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewYorkStatePrisons
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NoInmateLeftBehind
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrisonerEducation
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prisonerlife
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrisonerActivists
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrisonMovement
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Prison_News_Stories
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PRUP
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RehabilitationRevolution2006
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TexansAgainstPrisonAbuse
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFloridaLOLITS
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UNA-News
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USAFamiliesInPrison2006
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VirginiaCentralTriCityIncarce
ratedPeople
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VirginiaFamiliesandFriendsof
Prisoners
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/voice_ofthevoicelessinstatepri
sons
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peopleagainstprisonabuse
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wisepeople
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wrongfulconvictions
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wrongfully_Convicted
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/patrickcrusade
JUSTICE 4 INMATES
http:www.myspace.com/justice4inmates
Death Row Inner-communalist Vanguard Engagement
“D.R.I.V.E Movement”
http://Drivemovement.org
www.stopthedrugwar.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pennsylvaniaamericanfamilyri
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeopleHelpingPeopleinPrison
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PLEAFORHELP
Christian Ministry/ Penpal network and Shout Out Radio
Show KDOL 96.1FM
http://www.myspace.com/alllifeisprecious2006
LostVault
http://www.myspace.com/lostvault
Penpal Service and free newsletter
http://www.bondsbehindbars.com
http://www.myspace.com/bbbbondsbehindbars
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
The DARE Generation Fights Back: No More Drug War
http://www.myspace.com/ssdp
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
www.leap.cc
http://www.myspace.com/copssaylegalizedrugs
“cops say legalize drugs”
Our speakers entered into a career of law enforcement, they
pledged to protect and serve. Realizing that their participation
in the War on Drugs undermined the fulfillment of that
pledge, the men and women of LEAP have joined forces to
take action. It requires integrity, passion and bravery for our
speakers to rise above the status quo. The mission of LEAP is
to reduce the multitude of harms resulting from fighting the
War on Drugs and to lessen the rates of death, disease, crime,
and addiction by ultimately ending drug prohibition. LEAP's
goals are: (1) To educate the public, the media and
policymakers about the failure of current drug policy by
presenting a true picture of the history, causes and effects of
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drug use and the elevated crime rates more properly related to drug
prohibition than to drug pharmacology and (2) To restore the public's
respect for law enforcement, which has been greatly diminished by
its involvement in imposing drug prohibition.
Incorporated on March 16, 2002, Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition has grown from five founding police officers to a
membership of over 4,500 including over 125 speakers, living in 38
of the United States and in 8 other countries.
All LEAP speakers are former drug-warriors; police, parole,
probation, and corrections officers, judges, prosecutors, prison
wardens, FBI, and DEA agents. LEAP has members and supporters
across the United States and in fifty-six other countries.
ORIGIN OF SPEAKERS BUREAU LEAP is a tax exempt,
international, nonprofit, educational entity based in the United States
that was modeled after Vietnam Veterans Against the War. These
Veterans had an unassailable credibility when speaking out to end
that terrible war and LEAP has the same credibility when its former
drug-warriors speak out against the horrors of the War on Drugs.
LEAP's message demands the attention of the media and resonates
with members of law enforcement who question current U.S. drug
policies.
TOGETHER WE CAN! End the prohibition of currently illicit
substances, raise awareness of the harm wrought by the U.S. led
"War on Drugs"and educate the public about legalization as a safer
more effective measure for dealing with drug use, abuse and
addiction.
Prison Support Services for Families, Legal Document Prep.,
Professional Letter Writing & prisoner support newsletter
Justice 4 Inmates
P.O Box 660
Binghamton, NY 13905
email: Justice4inmates@hotmail.com
Webpage: www.myspace.com/justice4inmates
For more info about any of these groups write to us. Submit your
stories, ideas, artwork for future issues.
Steve Woods Cont ...
I've spent some time as an adolescent and teenager in
various psychiatric centers but that's not a comparable
experience. I've been an anarchist the majority of my
life, which makes accepting this situation so much
harder, yet makes living here so much easier. I was
able, after a short period of confusion and depression, to
throw the foot of the oppressors off my neck (or at least -
reduce its effect). It's my ideals, shaped from years of
anarchist literature and thought that have given me the
ammunition I needed to fight this place and this "justice"
system. It's the struggle that helps keep me alive.
One of our main goals here is to chronicle our struggle
to give you a good look inside these walls. One rarely
gets to see beyond the facade the system presents to the
world. As stated by one of this century's most prolific
writers, Paulo Coelho: "What the eyes don't see, the
heart doesn't grieve over." We hope that if we can help
you see we can move you to act. We also hope to
somehow foster the attitude throughout the world that
we on Death Row are fellow human beings. I will try
my best to remove the misconceptions generally held
that we are monsters - cold blooded, un-feeling,
unthinkably evil. Most people who are pro-death and
those working with the machine feel this way. They
have to. If they don't hate us enough, how can they kill
us? And how else can one learn to hate a person,
without first removing their humanity? I refuse to give
up my humanity. And I refuse to allow you to see me as
anything other than who I am. Through our sacrifice
and return of good for evil, we intend to win this fight.
In struggle, strength & solidarity,
Steven Woods
Polunsky Death Camp