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<font size=3>I hope this letter will encourage many of you to write to
Lynne (address below).<br><br>
Letter from Lynne Stewart<br><br>
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Friends and Supporters:<br><br>
Well the moment we all hoped would never come is upon us. Good-bye to a
good cup of coffee in the morning, a soft chair, the hugs of
grandchildren and the smaller pleasures in life. I must say I am being
treated well and that is due to my lawyer team and your overwhelming
support.<br><br>
While I have received “celebrity” treatment here in MCC—high
visibility—conditions for the other women are deplorable. Medical care,
food, education, recreation are all at minimal levels. If it weren’t for
the unqualified bonds of sisterhood and the commissary it would be even
more dismal.<br><br>
My fellow prisoners have supplied me with books and crosswords, a warm
(it is cold in here most of the time) sweat shirt and pants, treats from
the commissary, and of course, jailhouse humor. Most important many of
them know of my work and have a deep reservoir of can I say it?
Respect.<br><br>
I continue to both answer the questions put to me by them, I also can’t
resist commenting on the T.V. news or what is happening on the floor—a
little LS politics always! (Smile) to open hearts and minds!<br>
Liz Fink, my lawyer leader, believes I will be here at MCC-NY for a
while—perhaps a year before being moved to prison. Being is jail is like
suddenly inhabiting a parallel universe but at least I have the luxury of
time to read! Tomorrow I will get my commissary order which may include
an AM/FM Radio and be restored to WBAI and music (classical and
jazz).<br><br>
We are campaigning to get the bladder operation (scheduled before I came
in to MCC) to happen here in New York City. Please be alert to the
website I case I need some outside support.<br><br>
I want to say that the show of support outside the Courthouse on Thursday
as I was “transported” is so cherished by me. The broad organizational
representation was breathtaking and the love and politics expressed (the
anger too) will keep me nourished through this.<br><br>
Organize—Agitate, Agitate, Agitate! And write to me and others locked
down by the Evil Empire.<br>
Love Struggle, Lynne Stewart<br><br>
<i>—lynnestewart.org,</i> December 4, 2009<br><br>
<i>To write to Lynne Stewart:<br>
Lynne Stewart<br>
#53504-054<br>
MCC-NY<br>
150 Park Row<br><br>
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