This is an archive of the former website of the Maoist Internationalist Movement, which was run by the now defunct Maoist Internationalist Party - Amerika. The MIM now consists of many independent cells, many of which have their own indendendent organs both online and off. MIM(Prisons) serves these documents as a service to and reference for the anti-imperialist movement worldwide.

Freedom for the freedom fighters!

Support all prisoners’ struggles for justice and liberation!

Letters from prisoners in United Struggle in Within which greet the Jericho 99 movement as well as the work done by the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League and the Maoist Internationalist Movement on behalf of and with prisoners.

All of you are our hope!

Greetings comrades, freedom fighters and all others participating in the struggle against imperialist Amerikka,

I'm currently a prisoner in California. I'm a young black who has seen personally the unjust of the criminal justice system. And I want to first thank MIM Distributors and RAIL for all of the hard work and making it possible for me and others like me to see what's really going on in the U$. I also want to encourage everyone that's able to participate in the struggle to free all political prisoners around the U$ who have seen no justice. We want to see Mumia Abu Jamal free, we want Geronimo Pratt to remain free, we want the brothers in Angola who started the BPP down there free (accused of murdering a guard in the 70's). These people did nothing but stood as and opposing threat against the U$ imperialist structure.

By me being in prison I can speak personally about the mistreatment of the prisoners. The slave work that we're forced to participate in or face disciplinary action. They are over sentencing the people, then employing them for free with no means of acquiring articles of personal hygiene. Then they have the nerve to call these places Correctional facilities. But, there's no measure of correction being provided. There's not any way to prepare for a return to society except through you the anti-imperialist.

All of you are our hope! We need support, education and a physical presence or a voice to be heard on our behalf. Education needs to be addressed, they are keeping our people in prisons illiterate teaching junior high school material. And that's not acceptable if we are to be counted as comrades in this people's struggle. So I'm calling on the people in position and with opportunity to aid educational development of prisoners.

The way to accomplish this is through knowledge. We need your knowledge and personal know how, we need literature (books). If there's any interested party's wanting start a free books for prisoners program in California, contact RAIL/MIM distributors for information on how to contact me. Also please support RAIL/MIM Distributors and our political prisoners, especially Mumia. Also help MIM distribute the newsletters in your communities and get involved in the struggle. Thank you for coming out.

In Struggle Always,

A California Comrade Prisoner, 14 Feb 99

The prison system is killing us daily!

The treatment in the prison is so bad to it's very very much a threat to all of the prison population. Understand this in Ad-Seg under 24 hours of lockdown. Yes, we are being beat, spit on, slam to the floor face first. Meals, showers, dayroom all are being refused. Legal mail being open. We also are made to under come out of one clothing in front of female guards with a no disrespect at all to anyone. Humiliation and being naked in front of medical staff and 6 or 8 females is part of retaliation. By the officer taking your mattress from you and you sleep on the floor cold are sometimes cut your water off for days in your cell. There's no heat during the winter time but the air condition is on fully high as it could be, or no hot water. On behalf and behind all these beating treatment not one officer here could really say he is right as to his acts or judgment. Justice is truth fairness in treating others. The prison system is killing us daily and they is justifying this as good for the prison population of the United States of America. Although these barbarians are the same ones who support the death penalty in the criminal justice system. They is killer all legal executioners unjust mad and wicked people.

In support of Mumia Abu Jamal

The threat to his execution need to be stopped by all the people I myself am in the very struggle to see his execution stopped, and his very name set him free. Please don't sit another minute in disagreement my message is to motion, motivate you to take action now. My purpose is to help save the life of Mr. Mumia Abu Jamal and preserve the freedom of death row prisoner in the injustice system of the United States!

Please help with U.S.W. and free books for prisoner program and donations. Action, cause, purpose!

In Struggle Love and Peace,<br>

- A prisoner in Texas, 18 Feb 99

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