Please forward.

Defend Paul Wright! {brutality activist in prison}

"Paul, who is incarcerated in Washington state, has been placed in segregation
for the disciplinary infraction of having too many envelopes in his cell. ...
The current charges are the latest in a long series of measures the Washington
DOC has undertaken against Paul, all of which have been directed towards making
it more difficult for him to publish Prison Legal News. PLN, which recently
celebrated its 10th anniversary, has a long history of exposing brutality,
mismanagement and other crimes perpetrated by DOC officials across the country."

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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 07:17:10 -0400
From: "C. Goodwin" <uravampire@...>
Subject: [nygreen] Defend Paul Wright!

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>I'm forwarding this message (I didn't write it), because there's something
>we can do about this! And it's important.
>- Mitchel Cohen
>
>Paul Wright, editor of Prison Legal News and Jailhouse Lawyer Vice
>President of the National Lawyers Guild, is urgently asking for your help.
>
>Paul, who is incarcerated in Washington state, has been placed in
>segregation for the disciplinary infraction of having too many envelopes
>in his cell. Prison officials are hoping to use this absurd rule
>violation allegation to place Paul in the isolation unit for several
>months and then transfer him to a higher-security facility (Paul is
>currently in a minimum-security prison).
>
>The situation is as follows: during a recent cell search, guards found 70
>envelopes in Paul's two-person cell. Prisoners are allowed to possess 40
>envelopes each. Paul was taken before the disciplinary court, where he
>testified that 34 of the envelopes were his. His cellmate testified that
>the remaining 36 belonged to him. Nevertheless, Paul was found guilty of
>possessing too many envelopes and sentenced to 10 days' cell confinement.
>
>Then, on Wednesday, Paul was transferred to segregation and informed that
>he is facing new disciplinary charges for "lying" when he testified at the
>hearing that he had fewer than 40 envelopes. If he is found guilty of
>lying, he will no longer be eligible for minimum-security status. If that
>happens, he expects to be held in an isolation cell for at least two
>months before being transferred to a more restrictive prison.
>
>Since Wednesday, Paul has been held mostly incommunicado. He was able to
>make a couple of telephone calls on Friday, but he still has not been
>allowed to contact his lawyer.
>
>The current charges are the latest in a long series of measures the
>Washington DOC has undertaken against Paul, all of which have been
>directed towards making it more difficult for him to publish Prison Legal
>News. PLN, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, has a long
>history of exposing brutality, mismanagement and other crimes perpetrated
>by DOC officials across the country.
>
>Paul is asking all of us to make two phone calls to try to get him out of
>this situation. This is the first time in many years that Paul has asked
>for individual help for himself. He asks that people call Alice Payne,
>the Superintendent of the McNeil Island Correctional Center, at
>(253) 588-5281, and Joseph Lehman, Secretary of the Washington DOC, at
>(360) 753-2500.
>
>Tell them that you want them to 1) release Paul from segregation and drop
>the charges against him; 2) stop punishing Paul for exercising his legal
>rights (publishing PLN, filing lawsuits, and defending himself at a
>disciplinary hearing); and 3) allow him to call his attorney.
>
>For more information, contact Scott Fleming, National Lawyers Guild Prison
>Law Project, at (510) 595-8264, scott@....
>

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