Write the Prisoners

TEAR DOWN THE PRISON WALLS OF SILENCE SURROUNDING THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Stress in the prisons often delays responses from the political prisoners. However, keep writing--your letters are appreciated. To prove this point, I quote from a recent letter received by a 4th grade girl who had written 15 letters before finally receiving this heart-felt response:

"...I'm sorry it's taken me so long to write you. Things in this prison have been stressful for the past six months. It may not seem like much but any little change in here becomes an ordeal in and of itself. The administration had to prepare room for about 100 new women that are being transfered from Washington DC...we have all been double bunked and it's been pretty hectic... Hopefully things will get better in '98. I received a lot of Christmas greetings and it made me feel warm inside."

Please know your letters are appreciated, and keep writing to these men and women who continue to take their often lonely stand against the colonial domination of their country by the USA. Thank you!

Here are a few suggestions as to what you can send the prisoners: Letters are greatly appreciated, paperback books (hard backs not allowed), magazines, a subscription to a newspaper, and of course a money order wouldn't hurt, it might make life just that little bit easier.

Click on the photographs following for portraits of these men and women who have spent decades in prison for their political beliefs:

	Edwin Cortes #92153-024 P.O. Box 1000 Lewisburg, PA
	Elizam Escobar #88969-024 FCI Colorado, P.O. Box 1500 El Reno, OK 73036
	Ricardo Jimenez 88967 024 P.O. Box 33 Terre Haute, IN 47808
	Adolfo Matos #88968-024 3901 Klein Blvd (Unit J) Lompoc, CA 93436
	Juan Segarra Palmer #15357-077 FCI Coleman P.O. Box 849 Coleman, FL 33521
	Alberto Rodriguez 92150 024 USP Beaumont P.O. Box 26030 Beaumont, TX 77720
	Dylcia Pagan #88971-024 FCI Pleasanton, 5701 8th St Camp Parks, Dublin CA 94568
	Carlos Alberto Torres #88976-024 P.O. Box 1000 Oxford, WI 53952
	Alicia Rodriguez (on left) #88972-024 FCI Pleasanton, 5701 8th St Camp Parks, Dublin CA 94568 Ida Luz Rodriguez (on right) #88973-024 FCI Pleasanton, 5701 8th St Camp Parks, Dublin CA 94568
	Antonio Camacho 03587 069 FDC Miami 33 North East 4th St Miami, FL 33130
	Luis Rosa #88975-024 US Penn, P.O. Box 1000 Leavenworth, KS 66048
	Alejandrina Torres (center) #92152-024 FCI Danbury, Pemberoke Station Danbury, CT 06811
	Oscar Lopez-Rivera #87651-024 P.O. Box 33 Terre Haute, IN 47808
	Carmen Valentin #88974-024 FCI Pleasanton, 5701 8th St. Camp Parks, Dublin, CA 94568