Thank you very much for your introductory news letter. I find the information very informative, straight forward, with words of wisdom. However, under my present oppression such information could be misinterpreted to define a contrary meaning.
Due to the Anti-Terrorist Act, misinterpreted censorship would jeopardize my United States Fourth Amendment Rights, solely based on the contents therein censored mail.
I am attacking the validity of my conviction based on the laws intact. I have lost my freedom, with invasion of my privacy (under the ruse of a security need), and therefore do not wish to provide the California Department of Corrections, nor associated oppressors with any additional fuel to suggest my involvement with any particular religion, nor sect. I therefore respectfully request that my name be removed from your mailing list.
- a prisoner in California, july 2004
MIM responds: The letters on this page demonstrate that this prisoner's fear of censorship is well placed. And in fact many of MIM's comrades behind bars are placed in solitary confinement as punishment for their activism behind the bars. This is a clear example of the lack of freedom of speech for groups like MIM, which are censored for talking about the horrors of imperialism. And it demonstrates the real danger prisoners face when they try to get prisons to abide by their own laws and regulations.