Comrades, my parole date is approaching within 42 days and I just received my special parole conditions from my parole agent - one of my conditions is to stay away from political groups because I am on High Control Parole. This means they could search my place of residence at any given time or my person. I know they'll be keeping a close eye on me 24/7. But I will not, I am not, and I shall not give in to the oppressors and their unreal, infantile games they played.
-- a California prisoner, November 2003
MIM adds: As we work to build our prisoner release program and ensure that our revolutionary comrades behind bars can continue their political activism on the outside the criminal injustice system looks for more roadblocks to put in our way. We recently heard from another comrade in California who was released and then picked up on a parole violation one day later because they changed his release location at the last minute, making it impossible for him to find housing within the restrictions of his parole. The pigs were waiting for him to go to a relative's house so they could pick him up and toss him back in jail. This is why we need to do careful pre-release planning, as the comrade from New York suggested, so that we can provide the necessary support to keep our comrades on the streets.