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<font size=3><b>THE COMMITTEE TO FREE ALVARO LUNA HERNANDEZ<br>
IS ASKING FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL HIS COMRADES AND FRIENDS IN
A:<br><br>
PROTEST <u>CALL-IN<br><br>
</u>Set for Wednesday, APRIL 6, 2011,<br><br>
To the TDCJ in Huntsville, Texas,<br>
Alfred D. Hughes Unit, in Gatesville, Texas,<br>
@ 2PM (CDT) – To object to the growing threats of censorship to his mail
and 1st Amendment Rights, and retaliation by staff for observing his
right to file a grievance.<br><br>
(254) 865-6663 Ask for: Hughes Unit <u>Senior Warden Edward
Smith<br><br>
</u>1 (800) 535-0283 <u>Texas Department of Criminal Justice</u>
(TDCJ)<br>
Ask for TDCJ-CID Ombudsman <br><br>
<u>Program Coordinator Linda Shaw</u> – Administrative Review & Risk
management Division:<br>
Direct line to Shaw: (936) 437-8035<br><br>
Or (optional) <u>TDCJ-CID Ombudsman</u> Office Line: (936)
437-6791<br><br>
<u>Retaliation</u>, in that Mail-room Supervisor G. Vandiver,
specifically, made a threat to Alvaro that his correspondents (we presume
to be <u>all</u>) “<u>be put on a negative mail list</u>”.<br><br>
Alvaro has had mail problems before, but this is an open threat made by
the Supervisor and can't go unchallenged, that stemmed from certain pages
being removed (confiscated) from a copy of the book “Defying The Tomb”,
written by Virginia state prisoner and Minister of Defense for the New
Afrikan Black Panther Party Prison Chapter (NABPP/PC) Kevin (Rashid)
Johnson, sent him by Inside Out Books (the publisher) in Seattle,
Washington; the pages Supervisor Vandiver and the mail-room
objected to, claimed would breakdown the prison's operation - with
prisoner disruptions - strikes - and rioting.<br><br>
The fact that the [4] pages removed earlier (pages 112-113 – and
120-121), were <u>re-sent individually</u> to Alvaro without incident,
and that Inside Out Books was never sent an official notice for denial of
publication, would strongly support suspicions that the retaliatory
nature of Vandiver's reaction to Alvaro's filed Grievance caused the
threatening remark made about his mail in or out; because they must have
realized their jobs were in jeopardy and that they were out of TDCJ &
TBCJ policy compliance. This is not an idle threat, because prison (unit)
administrations generally allow officers discretion to control prisoners
this way, so it can never be credited for even happening IF an impression
isn't made to Huntsville or on a Senior Warden by supporters & the
public.<br><br>
You’ll have to give Alvaro’s TDCJ-CID# 255735 when you call, and mention
he’s in Administrative Segregation at the Alfred D. Hughes Unit in
Gatesville, Texas.<br><br>
Tell Huntsville that we demand the “disputed pages” that were torn out,
then re-sent separately by the publisher of the book in question “Defying
The Tomb”, then being confiscated once again must be returned to him, and
an explanation why there were two different decisions made by the mail
room in regards to <u>not</u> allowing the pages, and then
<u>admitting</u> them separately later. <br><br>
John S. Dolley, Jr.,<br>
Central Coordinator,<br>
Committee to Free Alvaro Luna Hernandez,<br>
Central Texas ABC,<br>
P.O. Box 7187,<br>
Austin, Texas 78713<br><br>
<a href="http://www.freealvaronow.net/">www.freealvaronow.net</a>
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