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Washington DC prisoners: call for prison investigation

I want to address my fellow prisoners to remind them that when we were sentenced by the courts, beatings, abuse and degradation were not included in the sentences. And even though we are prisoners we are not animals but humans that deserve to be treated as such.

Wallens Ridge State Prison has only been open for four years or so, and in that time it has killed 3 prisoners. It's a shame to see how much corruption and abuse my fellow prisoners are willing to put up with.

I want to encourage my fellow prisoners in WRSP to have some sense of unity. Almost everyone talks the talk, but is not willing to walk the walk. Stop trying to cut each other's throats over a pack of cigarettes and lend a hand to the struggle we as a whole are facing.

Albert Moskowitz from the U.S. Department of Criminal Justice / Criminal Section has requested that the FBI conduct a preliminary investigation into one of our fellow prisoners being beaten, but this came only after four prisoners wrote to him to report the incident. If four letters can bring the FBI here, what will 400 do? Let's get together and get this corrupt administration out of here. You don't even have to use a stamp to write this guy.

Write:
Albert N. Moskowitz Section Chief /
Criminal Section Civil Rights Division
950 Pennslvania Ave, NW
Washington DC 20530

El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido! (The People United Will Never Be Defeated!)

--A Virginia Prisoner, December 2003