CALL TO ACTION :
Leonard Peltier has been moved to USP Terre Haute, Indiana
Date: Friday,
01 Jul 2005
FROM THE Leonard Peltier Defense Committee HEADQUARTERS
CALL TO ACTION FOR LEONARD PELTIER, #89637-132
This morning, July 1, 2005, Cyrus Peltier, grandson of Leonard
went to
visit his grandpa as he has for the last 13 years. He was
stopped at
the visiting area and was told, "He's gone". Upon questioning,
he was
told that Leonard was transferred and after further inquiries,
finally
found out that Leonard has been moved to USP Terre Haute,
Indiana. At
this time, Leonard is in the hole and is being kept there
indefinitely.
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT.
It is basic procedure to keep transferred inmates in the hole
while
processing takes place, however we do not know how long that
will take.
We are asking anyone and everyone to get on the phones and get
out their
pens and paper. Let's flood the telephones with calls regarding
Leonard! Let's stuff their mailboxes with letters about
Leonard! Urge
the prison to allow Leonard to contact his family as soon as
possible.
Ask how he is, ask where to write, ask if he's OK, ask about his
health,
his privileges (phones, letters, visits, religious rights,
ability to
paint, etc.) inquire as to his safety-anything-just keep calling
and let
the prison know that the entire world is watching and is
concerned about
Leonard. Please be sure to be courteous and professional, as
we do not
wish to complicate Leonard's situation.
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Peltier Legal Team and
Leonard's
family are working hard to ensure Leonard's safety and we will
keep you
informed as things develop.
Mitakuye Oyasin.
LPDC, Inc
USP Terre Haute
U.S. Penitentiary
4700 Bureau Road South
Terre Haute, IN 47802
Phone-812-244-4400
Fax----812-244-4789
THP/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV
Federal Bureau of Prisons
320 First Street NW
Washington, DC 20534
202-307-3198
info@bop.gov
July 2, 2005
FROM THE LEONARD PELTIER DEFENSE COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LEONARD PELTIER MOVED TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA USP
Without notice to his family and attorney, Native American
political prisoner Leonard Peltier was moved to Terre Haute,
Indiana, Thursday June 30th, 2005. He has been placed
in solitary confinement indefinitely. Peltier has been in
prison for twenty nine years, he is sixty years old, and his
health is frail. His Defense Committee, family, and friends are
extremely concerned about his well being, his health, and safety
and the status of the privileges (religious rights, painting
privileges, visits, phone calls, etc.) he earned after decades
of good behavior in Leavenworth and other prisons.
LPDC, Executive Director, Russ Redner confirms this and adds
that Leonard Peltier is still a targeted individual for this
U.S. government. “Leonard Peltier is the only prisoner in U.S.
history that the FBI personally took time and money to campaign
against and purposely derailed the judicial process through a
series of unauthorized and, by now, known tactics: withholding
documents, intimidating witnesses, inciting tactics among other
actions not covered under any job duties legally sanctioned—this
is strictly black bag/SOG operations like in the illegal war on
other indigenous peoples in the middle east”, he emphasizes.
With respect to the concern over Peltier’s well being he adds:
“Leonard Peltier is not just an ordinary prisoner when he rates
this kind of treatment. This is the domestic version of
rendition as a means to break and derail political dissent. The
US Prison system is the system that reservations were also a
pattern for and it has been used to kill those prisoners of
conscience throughout time. It is also responsible for
perpetrating crimes of all manners and descriptions. The US
Prison system is the most inhumane system using the latest
technology to mask its brutal treatment of prisoners—maximum
security and super-max prisons are merely death camps in
disguise so the American People will not think of themselves as
cruel and inhumane. We pray that our brother is strong enough to
tolerate this evil and that The Creator protects him now more
than ever.”
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee has closed its Lawrence,
Kansas, office and is in the process of moving to Terre Haute,
Indiana, to continue to struggle for the freedom of the beloved
indigenous warrior and for justice for his people. They appeal
to all supporters, friends, allies, and people of conscience to
support Leonard Peltier in whatever way possible at this most
critical time.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
RUSS REDNER, LPDC DIRECTOR, 866-534-6151 (TOLL FREE)
BARRY BACHRACH, LPDC ATTORNEY, 508-926-3403
OR CONTACT THE PRISON AT
USP Terre Haute
U.S. Penitentiary
4700 Bureau Road South
Terre Haute, IN 47802
Phone-812-244-4400
Fax----812-244-4789
THP/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV
Federal Bureau of Prisons
320 First Street NW
Washington, DC 20534
202-307-3198
info@bop.gov
