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Dear Friends and Supporters,<br><br>
The U.S. penitentiary at Lewisburg is in lockdown for the fifth<br>
consecutive day. Lockdowns, especially those that last a long while,<br>
are dangerous. Why? First, it's common for Leonard not to receive<br>
his medications at such times. Second, the prison has told all of us<br>
that Leonard has access to a diabetes testing kit in the infirmary.<br>
Right? Unfortunately, during a lockdown, Leonard isn't allowed to<br>
go to the infirmary at all. There's no way for him to test his<br>
blood glucose level.<br><br>
Please help us ensure that Leonard receives proper medical care.<br><br>
1. Leonard must receive his medications as prescribed.<br><br>
2. Leonard also still needs access to a diabetes testing kit.
Leonard<br>
should be allowed his own kit at the pharmacy for accurate readings,<br>
as well as easy and regular access. In this way, he'll be able<br>
to test himself three or four times a day and hopefully achieve a<br>
balanced blood glucose level.<br><br>
3. Leonard needs diabetic shoes that will help him with his<br>
diabetes-related foot problems.<br><br>
If the prison cannot provide a kit and/or a proper pair of shoes,<br>
the family will work with an approved medical supply company to<br>
see to it that Leonard gets what he needs.<br><br>
All supporters are requested to continue to contact:<br><br>
Warden Bledsoe<br>
USP Lewisburg<br>
US Penitentiary<br>
2400 Robert F. Miller Drive<br>
Lewisburg, PA 17837<br>
Phone: 570-523-1251<br>
Fax: 570-522-7745<br>
E-mail: lew/execassistant@bop.gov<br><br>
Also contact:<br><br>
D. Scott Dodrill, Regional Director<br>
Northeast Regional Office<br>
US Custom House<br>
2nd & Chesnut Street<br>
Philadelphia, PA 19106<br>
Phone: 215-521-7301<br>
E-mail: nero/execassistant@bop.gov<br><br>
Harley G. Lappin, Director<br>
Federal Bureau of Prisons<br>
320 First Street., NW<br>
Washington, DC 20534<br>
Phone: 202-307-3198<br><br>
Thank you for your concern.<br><br>
<br>
Betty Ann Peltier Solano<br>
Coordinator<br>
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee<br>
PO Box 7488, Fargo, ND 58106<br>
Phone: 701/235-2206<br>
E-mail: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info<br>
Web:
<a href="http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/" eudora="autourl">
www.whoisleonardpeltier.info<br><br>
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Amnesty International considers Leonard Peltier a "political<br>
prisoner" who should be "immediately and unconditionally<br>
released." Leonard Peltier, now a great-grandfather, is a citizen
of<br>
the Anishinabe and Dakota/Lakota Nations and a tireless advocate for<br>
Indigenous Rights. A participant in the American Indian
Movement,<br>
he went to assist the Oglala Lakota people on the Pine Ridge Indian<br>
Reservation in the mid-1970s where, on June 26, 1975, a tragic<br>
shoot out occurred. He was wrongfully convicted in the deaths<br>
of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and has been<br>
illegally incarcerated since 1976. Federal prosecutors have twice<br>
admitted before the Courts of Appeal that they don't know who fired<br>
the fatal shots. The government also has admitted that it isn't<br>
known what role Leonard Peltier "may have played" in the
incident.<br>
Since his politically motivated prosecution and conviction,<br>
proof of fabricated and suppressed evidence, as well as coerced<br>
testimony, has been uncovered. The Courts of Appeal have repeatedly<br>
acknowledged investigative and prosecutorial misconduct in this
case,<br>
but have failed to take corrective action. A model prisoner, Leonard<br>
continues to maintain his innocence and has conseqently been denied<br>
fair consideration for parole. Join with numerous internationally<br>
recognized human rights organizations, civil rights leaders,<br>
celebrities and other luminaries who have called for the immediate<br>
release of Leonard Peltier. Visit
<a href="http://www.whoisleonardpeltier.info/" eudora="autourl">
www.whoisleonardpeltier.info</a>.<br><br>
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