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Things to remember when writing to prisoners:

1. Don't discuss any illegal activity (ALL mail is read by prison officials).
2. Each prison has its own mail restrictions.
3. Do not put any stickers inside or outside the card/letter (including Air Mail/Par Avion stickers, if writing from overseas)
4. Do not include any paperclips, staples or anything extra in your letter.
5. Write your address on the envelope AND inside the letter, since prisoners often are not given the envelope.
6. Do not send money to the prison address (please contact activist's support groups to financially support prisoners).
7. Prisoners appreciate books, but they must be paperback, and must ship directly from the publisher or from online retailers like Amazon.com.
8. Your letters are appreciated , even if you don't receive a response (prisoners are only allowed a limited amount of paper, envelopes and stamps, making it difficult to respond to every letter).

Jordan Halliday
Cache County Jail
Inmate # 24836
1225 West Valley View Highway Suite 100
Logan, Utah 84321

Charges: JORDAN HALLIDAY was taken into federal custody for refusing to cooperate with a gran jury investigating the animal rights community of Utah. He is currently in Cache County Jail being held on contempt of court charges.

The United States Attorneys office subpoenaed him to testify in front of a Federal Grand Jury, and provide information involving the mink liberation's in Utah. He refused to cooperate, because the questions asked where not related to the investigation. He was only asked personal questions about his friend and associations.

Grand juries are unconstitutional fishing expeditions that have been used throughout U.S. history to disrupt and destroy social justice movements. They take away rights to force answers to questions, without being able to have a lawyer present. Jordan was well aware of the exploitation and abuse of these tactics and resisted the proceedings which resorting in him being arrested.

The judge ordered that Jordan will remain in custody of the Federal Marshal's until he agrees to cooperate or the grand jury expires on June 30. If the Grand Jury is extended, Jordan can be held longer.

Donations: Karen Halliday
PO Box 25581
SLC, UT 84125

Kevin Olliff #1300931- Back in Jail!!
TTCF 161 d-pod
450 Bauchet St.
Los Angeles CA 90012

Donations:

Jonathan Paul #07167-085
FCI Phoenix
Federal Correctional Institution
37910 N 45th Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85086

Friends of Jonathan Paul
PMB 267
2305 Ashland St. Ste. C
Ashland, OR 97520

SHAC- USA Prisoners

The SHAC 7 are six individuals--Lauren Gazzola, Kevin Kjonaas, Jake Conroy, Josh Harper, Andrew Stepanian, and Darius Fullmer--and the organization Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (USA). They are all serving lengthy prison sentences for simply speaking out! They were found guilty on all charges on March 2nd, and are were sentenced on September 12th in Trenton, NJ. They received the following sentences:

• Kevin Kjonaas: 72 months
• Lauren Gazzola: 52 months
• Jacob Conroy: 48 months
• Joshua Harper: 36 months
• Andrew Stepanian: 36 months
• Darius Fulmer: 1 year, 1 day
  

New Address!

JACOB CONROY
# 93501-011
FCI Terminal Island
Post Office Box 3007
San Pedro, California 90731
lettersforjake@shac7.com

ANDREW STEPANIAN # 26399-050
Released to a half-way house December 14, 2008!

New Address!

Jeff Luers #13797671
CRCI
9111 NE Sunderland Ave
Portland, OR 97211-1708

Donations to:
Free's Defense Fund
PO Box 3 Eugene
OR 97440
http://freejeffluers.org/donate.html

Update: Jeff was transferred to a minimum security prison in Portland - the Columbia River Correctional Institution. We do not know if this will be his "final" destination or not as he serves his last 2 years.

May 5, 2009: Jeffrey Free Luers Dispatch from Prison

It has been a long time coming but this June friends, allies, comrades, supporters, and fellow resisters will celebrate the seventh and final international day of solidarity with me, Jeffrey Luers. This June will also mark my 9th and final year in prison as my scheduled release date in December draws steadily closer. The years have left their toll on me both physically and emotionally. I came to prison an idealistic young man of 21 and I will be leaving a hardened, more cynical man in my early 30's. From behind these walls, I have watched the struggle for my freedom and recognition as a political prisoner grow from a handful of friends into an international campaign. It has been a heart warming, awe inspiring, joy to watch. Your support, encouragement and dedication have fueled my will to continue to struggle for earth liberation and social and climate justice from within this cage. Without you my friends I would not be who I am today and I would be lost.

Few (fortunately) will ever truly know the heartache, loss, courage and pure determination a political prisoner experiences. Nor the challenges one must face. Sadly, during my incarceration I have witnessed a startling increase in the number of our brothers and sisters locked up for their resistance. Many of these people have been convicted of terrorism charges or simply branded a terrorist. A stigma I am only all too aware of myself. I am coming home, but the need for prisoner support is far from over. Now, more than ever our movement needs to show continued solidarity for our political prisoners many of whom still face years in maximum security prisons and control units. The annual June solidarity events have been a crucial component of my support. They have served to raise much needed funds, expand awareness of my case and above all provide invaluable inspiration for countless activists including myself.

The events have been a rallying cry for action and solidarity. I firmly believe that it was this international pressure and attention that resulted in my drastically reduced sentence. This will be my last June in prison but I ask and I hope that henceforth June 12th will serve as the International Day of Action and Solidarity for Earth Liberation Prisoners.

I hope that each year the events, benefits, rallies, and actions grow stronger until all our warriors come home. I hope June 12th serves as an inspiration to future warriors who know that should they face imprisonment they will have the support of an entire movement behind them. Until all are free the struggle must continue, help bring each and every one of us home. With the deepest love and gratitude,

Jeffrey Free Luers
www.freejeffluers.org

Justin Uribe #T-29257
C-5/236 up
Pleasant Valley State Prison
PO Box 8503
Coalinga, CA 93210

Joyanna "Sadie" Zacher #36360-086
FCI Dublin
5701 8th Street- Camp Parks- Unit F
Dublin, CA 94568

Nathan "Exile" Block #36359-086
FCI Lompoc
3600 Guard Road
Lompoc, CA 93436

New Address!

McDavid, Eric #16209-097
FCI Victorville Medium II
Post Office B
5700 Adelanto, California 92301

Charges: Conspiracy to destroy property by means of fire or explosives, facing up to 20 years imprisonment. Lauren Weiner and Zach Jensen, Eric's two co-defendants, are cooperating witnesses against Eric.

May 14, 2009: Eric would like for us to let you all know that he is currently unable to respond to snail mail. Victorville has recently implemented a new, illegal mail policy that requires prisoners to submit a list of people to whom they would like to send mail. This list is kept on file in the prison's Trulincs system, which was originally setup as an email system for prisoners. The BOP has since expanded it's use of the system as a way to keep track of prisoner phone lists, mail lists, and as a log-in system for prisoner access to the legal library. The use of the system for these purposes has numerous legality issues, and Eric and a couple of other prisoners are attempting to fight the new rules from the inside. In the meantime, Eric will not be using the mail-labeling system set up by
Trulincs, which means he is unable to send any written correspondence. This does NOT mean that he cannot receive mail - so please keep those letters coming.

Appeal Status
As you know, Eric is in the process of appealing both his conviction and sentence. We were hoping to be able to post the appeal with this alert, but are awaiting word from the court. Eric's lawyer filed the appeal on May 6, but also had to file a motion to file a brief that is twice the
length of a normal appeal. If the court accepts this motion, then the appeal will officially be filed and we can post it for you all to read. This is nowhere near the end of the process, however. The government will have a month to respond to the brief once it is filed, and then Eric's lawyer will have another two weeks for his final response. We fully expect more delays (the brief was originally due last September). We will keep you posted as things develop.

Eric has been in jail or prison for 3 1/2 years now. His strength and courage continue to remind us all of what it means to stay true to ourselves and the things we hold dear. Our sincerest thanks to all of you who have helped make this journey more endurable.

Donations for Legal Defense to:

Sac Prisoner Support
PO Box 163126
Sacramento, CA, 95816

Certain human cultures have been waging war against the Earth for millennia. I chose to fight on the side of bears, mountain lions, skunks, bats, saguaros, cliff rose and all things wild. I am just the most recent casualty in that war. But tonight I have made a jail break -- I am returning home, to the Earth, to the place of my origins.

Bill Rodgers, 12/21/05 (the winter solstice)

• William Sweet , British anti-bloodsports activist shot dead (January 1976) during an altercation with a man shooting birds.

• Fernando Pereira , Greenpeace activist killed in New Zealand (July 1985) when the French secret service blew up the ship the Rainbow Warrior.

• Bartolomeu Morais da Silva (aka "Brasilia") a Brazilian farmer who led the struggle against illegal logging, land fraud and destructive large-scale infrastructure projects was found murdered from shot gun wounds and his legs broken in July 2002.
  
• Mike Hill , British hunt saboteur deliberately run over by a hunter in February 1991.
  
• Tom Worby , British hunt saboteur deliberately run over by a hunter in April 1993.
  
• Jill Phipps , British activist deliberately run over whilst trying to stop live animal exports in February 1995.
  
• Karel Van Noppen , a Belgium vet who was assassinated in 1993 by hitmen after he exposed mafia connections in the meat industry.
  
• David "Gypsy" Chain , American eco-activist crushed to death in September 1998 when a tree was felled on top of him by an irate logger in California's Headwoods Forest.
  
• Beth O'Brien , an American eco-activist died in April 2002 after falling from a tree she was sitting in and protecting at the Eagel Creek timber sale and camp.
  
• Robert "Naya" Bryan , an American eco-activist who died October 2002 after falling from a tree he occupied in Santa Cruz.
  
• Barry Horne , British Animal Lib prisoner starved to death in November 2001 as a result of a hunger strike protesting the Government's mass slaughter of farm animals during a Foot & Mouth outbreak.