Prisoners Update
This is a more comprehensive list than usual. This duplicates some details in earlier issues, but we feel an update like this is needed as prisoners are sometimes forgotten and don’t get written to. More addresses and details of prisoner support groups available from Earth Liberation Prisoners Network BM Box 2407, London WC1N 3XX.
J18 prisoners:
Robert Thaxton
#12112716,
O.S.P. 2605 Stae St Salem, OR 97310, USA
Christopher Smith
#1370034,
101 W. 5th Eugene, OR 97401, USA. (remand).
Kuldip Bajwa
D7230.
HMP Brixton, Jebb Ave, London SW2 5XF.
Sean Brown
BP5610,
HMYOl Ashfield, Sherwood Rd., Pucklechurch, Bristol BS16 8LY.
Jeff Booker
DN7071.
HMP Elmley, Eastchurch, Sheerness ME12 4DZ.
Stuart Tokam
DN7072.
HMP Brixton.
Thomas Wall
FF4431.
HMP Belmarsh, Western Way, Thamesmead; London SE28 0EB.
Jon Barnett
FB5538
HMYOl Bedfont Rd. Feltham, TW13 4ND.
Animal Liberation Prisoners:
Aaron Rudra
P.B. 43, 5726 Vaksdal, Norway.
(10 months for arson on abattoir.)
Arild Enksen Avd.
P.B. 230, Nyborg, 5871 Bergen, Norway.
(8 months for arson on meat lorries.)
(Both of the above expecting parole fairly soon.)
Justin Samuel
,
Hassell Prison, Martelanenland 42, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium.
(Awaiting extradition to USA for alleged release of mink from fur farms.)
Tony Humphries
AP7965.
HMP Swaleside, Brabazon Rd. Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent ME12 4DZ.
(Serving 7 and 2 years concurrently.)
Gregg Avery
of the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty campaign has been jailed for 4 months for allegedly threatening to kill a HLS worker.
He is at HMP Bedford St. Loyes St Bedford, B40 1HG. Prison number unknown.
Barry Home
VC2141
has recently been moved to:
HMP Belmarsh Western Way, Thamesmead, London SE28 0EB.
Mel Broughton
DY8216
has been moved to
HMP The Mount, Molyneaux Avenue, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead Herts HP3 0NZ
Other prisoners:
Mikko Valtonen
is a conscientious objector who has refused to do military service, on the grounds that it violates his vegan ethics.
Suomenlinnantyosiirtola, Suomenlinna, C 86 00190 Helsinki, Finland.
Leonard Peltier
#89637-132,
PO Box 1000, Leavenworth, KS 66048, USA.
An American Indian Activist serving double life for the alleged murder of 2 FBI agents. Despite recent problems, Leonard is now receiving medical attention and thanks are sent to all who wrote on his behalf to the appropriate authorities.
Silvano Pellissero.
Address unknown.
Sentenced in Feb 2000 for alleged involvement in sabotage of rail line construction in Italian Alps. Soledad Maria Rosas and Edoardo Massari died while in custody awaiting trial for same acts.
Helen Woodson
, 03231-045
FMC Carswell, POB 27137 Admin Unit, Fort Worth, TX 76127 USA.
Sentenced to 27 years for demanding money with a fake gun, then burning the money, denouncing corporate evil while doing so. Also convicted of sending letters to corporate officials and of Ploughshares-style damage to nuclear missile silo. Expected release 2005.
Robert H. Wilson/Standing Deer
#640289,
Pack Unit One 2400 Wallace Pack Rd. Navasota, TX 77869, USA.
Life in prison after he exposed a government plot to kill Leonard Peltier.
Lenny Chavez
c/o SAIIC PO Box 28703, Oakland CA 94694 USA. AIM activist.
Sentenced for injuring, in self defence, an Ayryan group member who assaulted him.
Dennis Bruce Walker
MIN245312, PO Box 656, Grafton 2460, NSW Australia.
Aboriginal activist jailed for incident related to protection of Ancient Aboriginal site.