Corruption and censorship in Tennessee

Dear MIM,
during he last week of May this year we had a murder that happened here in the seg unit. I find that hard to comprehend. That goes to show that security is too busy sexually harassing the women and stealing money here. The murder took place in the segregation unit. Upon entering the unit you are suppose to be strip searched and personal property checked thoroughly too. So how did this inmate get a knife in seg? The unit manager that runs the seg unit, James Becker is crooked as they come, he promotes gang violence and takes money to falsify dockets. Not too long ago I was telling a friend that somebody was going to lose their life at the hands of unit manager James Becker and gang members and it happened. Just 10 minutes ago I had a visit from the in house internal affairs. They want to know why was I communicating with trouble makers referring to MIM. So that let me know they are reading my mail as I always have suspected.

MIM responds: MIM is quite aware that the prison administrators read our mail. And we know that writing to us can get prisoners branded as trouble makers themselves. Further, MIM has been branded as a "security threat group" in one prison in Tennessee, West Tennessee State Penitentiary. This institution recently rejected copies of MIM Theory sent to two separate prisoners. On the envelopes they wrote "STG Material", "Contraband" and "Not allowed due to contents." Contained inside each envelop was a copy of MIM's theory journal, which contains educational material about political theory and history. contents." Contained inside each envelop was a copy of MIM's theory journal, which contains educational material about political theory and history. There is no justification for labeling MIM a security threat group or "troublemakers" except that it scares the prison administration when inmates began to educate and organize themselves to demand their legal rights. MIM works with prisoners to study revolutionary politics and fight the repressive criminal injustice system. But we do this within the legal system right now. MIM will continue to demand our legal right to educate and work with prisoners.


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