[Ppnews] Carlos Alberto Torres parole hearing set for Jan 19

Fri Jan 8 10:37:43 EST 2010

Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres Parole Hearing Scheduled

Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres will meet with 
the Parole Commission's hearing examiner once again on January 19.

The Bureau of Prisons continues its role of interfering with his 
release. Carlos Alberto learned today that the BOP received an order 
from the Parole Commission on November 12, 2009, indicating that the 
Commission wanted to see him about the disciplinary report at the 
next available date. The FCI Pekin staff member responsible for 
communicating this to Carlos Alberto told him simply, "I must have 
overlooked this."

The prison disciplinary committee found him guilty of possessing home 
made knives which, unbeknownst to him, a cellmate had hidden in the 
light fixture of the cell. This finding came not only after the first 
guilty decision was expunged, but after the guilty cellmate confessed 
in person to the committee.

The U.S. Parole Commission had postponed its decision whether to 
adopt its hearing examiner's recommendation to release Carlos Alberto 
on parole on April 3, 2010, waiting for the disciplinary committee's 
decision. At the January 19 hearing, Carlos Alberto will ask the 
Commission to adopt the recommendation and order his release, and to 
ignore the Bureau of Prisons' attempts to derail his parole.

Write to the Parole Commission to encourage them to adopt the 
recommendation and order his release! Sample letter available at 
<http://www.boricuahumanrights.org>www.boricuahumanrights.org.

Jan Susler
January 7, 2010

Jan Susler
People's Law Office
1180 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60642
773/235-0070 x 118
jsusler at aol.com

Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

415 863-9977

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