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- UPDATE 9-13-03
-
- Update on Sherman Austin, 20 year old anarchist and webmaster
of raisethefist.org....
- recently convicted and imprisoned...
-
- http://www.rense.com/general41/help.htm
- http://www.counterpunch.org/merlin08162003.html
- http://sf.indymedia.org/print.php?id=115711
- http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/12/28/1672172
-
- On 13 Sep 2003 at 7:59, jennifer ruggiero wrote:
-
- I received a call from Sherman @ 8:00 PM. The Bureau
of Prisons transferred
- him to a temporary holding facility in Oklahoma City.
You can go to
- http://www.bop.gov/ for listings. I plan on calling
tomorrow to find out
- details. Sherman said that he going to be transferred
to Tucson Arizona--a
- medium security prison. There are two federal facilities
in Tucson. This is
- unacceptable. My plan is to hire an attorney to handle
a request to transfer
- him to a facility in Southern or Central California.
I hope it's not too
- much to ask for you to continue to call, send, e-mail,
and fax letters to
- the following people urging them to transfer him to
a facility in Southern
- or Central California. Feel free to modify the original
letter. I'm too
- exhausted to write another one. I'll post the Feinstein
letter this weekend.
- Best, JMR
-
-
- U.S. Marshal
-
- U.S. Marshal's main phone # in california is (213) 894-2485
-
- MR. CHARLIE ALMANZA (out of the office unitil Sept.
22, 03)
- PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
- 312 N. SPRING ST., #G-23
- LOS ANGELES CA 90012
-
- Ph: 213- 894-6334 direct line
- Ph: 213 894-6820
- Fax: 213 894-2078
-
- Harley G. Lappin, Director of U.S. Bureau of Prisons
- 320 First Street
- N.W. Washington , D.C. 20534
- Phone: 202-307-3250
- Fax: 202-514-6878=
-
- Harlan Penn, Regional Counsel
- 7950 Dublin Boulevard, 3rd Floor
- Dublin, CA 94568
- Phone: 925-803-4700
- Fax: 925-803-4802
-
- Judge Wilson
- (213) 894-2881
- (213) 680-1265
-
- Sherman's booking number is 0309300141 and his Federal
ID# is 51565-054
-
-
- SAMPLE LETTER
-
- Dear Warden:
-
- I'm writing out of concern for the safety and welfare
of Sherman Martin
- Austin (Booking #0309300141), a federal prisoner currently
located at the
- Central Detention Center in San Bernardino County, California.
He is due to
- be transferred to a Federal penitentiary within six
to eight weeks.
-
- However, he is currently the target of death threats
from several white-
- supremacist groups and is being kept in solitary for
the ostensible purpose of
- protecting him from these hate groups, some members
of which have placed a
- price on Sherman's head.
-
- Sherman is a non-violent offender. He is only twenty
years of age and has
- been evaluated by a court-appointed psychologist as
being completely non-
- violent and idealistic.
-
- A county detention facility is not the place for a non-violent
offender who is
- currently in danger of being killed for his color and
beliefs. I am afraid that
- should Sherman remain in CDC he will be injured or killed.
We feel that by
- being placed in a Federal penitentiary there is less
likelihood of Sherman
- being harmed or even killed.
-
- We demand the immediate transfer of Sherman Martin Austin
to a low security Federal
- detention facility, for his own safety and well-being,
and in the meantime the
- continuance of protective custody to ensure his safety
and security.. I will
- appreciate an immediate response concerning this letter.
-
- Thank you,
- -------
This isn't a normal post. Most of you have read 'An Interview With Orwell'
so you have some familiarity with the name Sherman Austin. Sherman is an
Anarchist in California who was charged under the Feinstein "illegal
linking"'' law which meshes with the Patriot act in helping label
activism as terrorism.
-
 He was forced to cop a plea, because
otherwise they were going to give him life in prison for having info on
his website that's readily available on thousands of other sites on the
internet. He surrendered himself Sept 3 to begin his year in jail.
-
- Sherman was singled out because he's got the right pigment
and right ideology (only because it's been demonized) for White AmeriKKKa
to point a finger, and then lock up a black face for the cameras, in order
to make suburbia think the government is actually trying to fight "terror"
as opposed to what they're actually doing with the so-called Patriot Act,
which is crushing dissent by jailing dissenters.
-
- In any case, White Supremacists have threatened to kill
Sherman, but they refuse to move him out of the yeehaw County lockup and
into a safer Federal Prison.
-
- His life is in danger until he's moved out of County,
which is why I'm writing you all today. Below is the relevant info, and
a boilerplate letter of petition you can email or fax to Warden Burris,
Director Lapin, or Mr. Penn. If you only have time to email, please email
Warden Burris <mailto:cdc@sbcsd.org>cdc@sbcsd.org
-
- This is a case where 2 minutes out of your day to cut
and paste and email the letter can literally save a human life. PLEASE
send on a copy of the letter to Warden Burris, and a copy of this email
to your various email lists and blogs. I know a lot of you guys are webmasters,
so here's your chance to do something proactive... please help Sherman.
-
- PEACE
-
- Sherman Austin has been moved into protective custody
at the San Bernardino Central Detention Center. The guards moved him into
isolation because of death threats against him by white supremacists. In
order to secure ShermanÕs safety, we are demanding his immediate
transfer to a permanent facility. The white supremacists responsible for
this crime have been located (please see attached posting.doc file,) and
we plan on taking legal action against them. Please mail, fax, and/or e-mail
the attached letter to the following institutions and follow-up with a
phone call. If you have any questions please e-mail jmi4678@netscape.net.
-
-
- Please send the attached letter AS IS. Please do not
modify, alter or add to its contents.
-
-
- Institution where Sherman is being held:
-
- Warden Captain C. Burris
- Central Detention Center
- Western Divison, San Bernadino
- 630 E. Rialto, CA 92408
- Phone: 909-386-0969
-
- Or send an email cdc@sbcsd.org
- For more information regarding the Central Detention
Center please go to:
- http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/sheriff/Det_Corr/CDC/CDC.asp
-
-
- In addition, you can also send letters, emails, fax,
and/or phone calls to the following people:
-
-
-
- Harley G. Lappin, Director of U.S. Bureau of Prisons
- 320 First Street
- N.W. Washington , D.C. 20534
- Phone: 202-307-3250
- Fax: 202-514-6878
-
-
-
- Harlan Penn, Regional Counsel
- 7950 Dublin Boulevard, 3rd Floor
- Dublin, CA 94568
- Phone: 925-803-4700
- Fax: 925-803-4802
-
-
-
- The first contact information is the most important!
If you can only send one letter, send it to the Warden at the CDC.
-
-
-
- *PLEASE PRINT SIGN AND MAIL, FAX, E-MAIL, etc. Sherman
needs to moved
- promptly.*
-
-
- September 7th, 2003
-
- Dear
-
- I'm writing out of concern for the safety and welfare
of Sherman Martin Austin (Booking #0309300141), a federal prisoner currently
located at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino County, California.
He is due to be transferred to a Federal penitentiary within six to eight
weeks.
-
- However, he is currently the target of death threats
from several white-supremacist groups and is being kept in solitary for
the ostensible purpose of protecting him from these hate groups, some members
of which have placed a price on Sherman's head.
-
- Sherman is a non-violent offender. He is only twenty
years of age and has been evaluated by a court-appointed psychologist as
being completely non-violent and idealistic.
-
- A county detention facility is not the place for a non-violent
offender who is currently in danger of being killed for his color and beliefs.
I am afraid that should Sherman remain in CDC he will be injured or killed.
We feel that by being placed in a Federal penitentiary there is less likelihood
of Sherman being harmed or even killed.
-
- We demand the immediate transfer of Sherman Martin Austin
to a Federal detention facility, for his own safety and well-being, and
in the meantime the continuance of protective custody to ensure his safety
and survival. I will appreciate an immediate response concerning this letter.
-
- Thank you,
- (your name Here)
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