@ Pipsqueak, 16th Ave & E Spruce St.

Join us for another evening of writing letters to our comrades behind bars! We’ll have the Political Prisoner Birthday Calendar for July, materials for sending mail, and addresses for a couple of folks worth writing to this week in case you don’t have a penpal to write to!

Jaan Karl Laaman #10372-016
USP Tucson
Post Office Box 24550
Tucson, Arizona 85734

Jaan has been in solitary confinement for over three months as punishment for releasing two statements in early March; one having to do with the Women’s Strike & the other having to do with our recently deceased comrade Lynne Stewart. We recognize that the State will only enforce the laws that suit them and in turn will also disregard them when it suits them, so this blatant denial of Jaan’s free speech comes at no surprise.  It is our hope that the flood of letters we send to Jaan at this time will not only lift his spirits in this time of repression but also show those who keep him locked behind the walls how little we think of their efforts to silence him.

Steven Martin #01141003
E.R.D.C.C, 2727 HWY K
Bonne Terre, MO 63628
Steve Martin got picked up during the Ferguson uprising in 2014. He has been locked up for 2 years on a burglary charge. A couple of months ago, he was found guilty and it took another 5 months to finally get him sentenced. Last week, he unfortunately got sentenced to 10 years. Since he has served two years already, he can get out if he serves 40% of his sentence. So hopefully he’ll only be in for just two more years.
During the sentencing, he seemed in good spirits and definitely unrepentant. In an odd and awkward scolding of Steve, the judge, seeking to appeal to his “level,” told him to read Nelson Mandela’s prison memoirs because Mandela forgave his oppressors. The judge hoped Steve would too. Talking to him after, Steve saw right through his melodramatic BS.

Ferguson-Related Prisoners

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