2 More Prisoners End Hunger Strike
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040207/NEWS/402070402/1004
Published Saturday, February 7, 2004
STARKE
The number of Florida State Prison inmates refusing to eat in protest of their
treatment inside a disciplinary unit dropped to four from the original eight
Friday, a Department of Corrections spokeswoman said.
Two others had earlier ended their strike, which began Sunday.
FROM THE M/M STRIKERS
"We are doing okay. (the 3rd of February) The Major John Palmer is
punishing us who are on the strike by shutting our outer solid steel doors.
By this he is cutting off our air circulation. In response to this some of
us have elected to stop drinking water. The warden came around - Joseph
Thompson, and told us we are "getting nothing". I guess we are going to run
up a high medical bill for DOC. In this group here, we have unity and
the support we've been getting is helping our strength. Sincerely Ricardo"
"dear.... This is day four and I'm so sick. Muscles are cramping, headache, dizzyness
and I feel bad.. I hope this hungerstrike don't go into weeks. IF it does I
am willing to go all the way...
lots of love..."
"Friday I started a Hunger Strike. I don't know how much I will be
writing. I have no idea how this is going to affect me. I'm
going to be refusing medical intervention."
"I'll enclose a notice I wrote up on the conditions; if you can get people
in your group to call or write, we need as much support as we can get."
"I have a lot of restrictions placed on me. Back in 1999 I tried to
escape. You would too if you were in my place. As of Feb. 7,
2004, I will
have been locked up 14 years. Not just in prison. I've been confined
to a cell on death row for 13 years. You could never understand that
feeling. The administration here still messes with me over that."
"Last year well before 11/7/2002 I was placed over here under a rule
called Maximum Management for supposedly having a handcuff key. It was
total b.s. Over here you have your legal work and writing materials and
that's it. No newspapers, magazines, novels, nothing to read."
"Our recreation is supposed to be once every 30 days according to their
rules. But I've been denied Recreation since 9/16/2003. You're
probably saying, he must get in a lot of trouble; on the contrary, I
haven't had a Disciplinary Report (DR) in over a year. I catch all this flak
because I exert my First
Amendment right and they absolutely hate that. By the way these
conditions are unconstitutional and I'm filing a civil suit over this."
"I'm also putting in 3 lawsuits which I've spent a great deal of time on
the past couple of weeks. One is on Maximum Mgt, another is for a
10-day denial of medical care and the 3rd is these officers have
destroyed some of my property. I'm attached the "Notice
of Constitutional Deprivation";
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From: "fred1" <Fred1@bellatlantic.net>
To: <admin-us@aiusa.org>;
"Kay Lee" <Kaylee1@charter.net>;
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 3:20 AM
Subject: Florida FSP Q or X wing Hunger Strike
Dear Sir of Madame,
I am advised that there is a problem in Florida at the FSP Q formerly X wing.
There is a Hunger strike in progress to protest inhuman conditions and abuse
of Human Rights in the illegal use of Solitary Confinement.
Can you investigate the above problem and take the necessary steps to protect
Human Rights?
Thank you,
Fred Leuchter
Former Political Prisoner
172 Belmont Street
Malden, MA 02148
781-322-0104
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO SUPPORT AN INVESTIGATION OF MAXIMUM
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
http://www.petitiononline.com/hst1/petition.html
