ckaihatsu
30th January 2012, 18:38
[icffmaj] URGENT: JALIL MUNTAQIM IN THE SHU AT ATTICA ON A 6-MONTH BOGUS HIT!
APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS. THIS SITUATION IS URGENT. PLEASE POST AND SPREAD WIDELY!
MAKE SURE TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS AND SIGN THOSE LETTERS!!
Update on Jalil Muntaqim
via Brooke Reynolds
January 29, 2012
Hello Everyone,
I am writing you urgently after a visit to Jalil Muntaqim yesterday (Saturday). He is currently in SHU at Attica, having been hit with 6 months after his trial on Monday. He put a full report about what happened in the mail, which I will type up and send out as soon as I receive it, but here is the basic jist of what happened:
On Monday, he was taken down to trial regarding the photograph that was “recovered” in his cell (the photo was from Cetewayo's memorial held at Hunter College this past March, in which a Black Panther Party banner was hanging in the background. Guards confiscated the photo on grounds that it demonstrated “unlawful organization.”) This photograph had been sent in through the mail, and therefore presumably been processed through Attica's correspondence department. Jalil had lined up 3 witnesses for this bogus trial:
The head of Attica's correspondence dept., to argue that mail sent in through correspondence could not be considered contraband after the fact;
The head of Attica's gangs unit to show that the Black Panther Party is not a designated gang (originally, the charges included gang affiliation as well);
Jalil's counselor, to demonstrate good behavior and non-involvement in unlawful organizations.
When he arrived to the trial, he was told all 3 of these witnesses were denied on the basis of “irrelevancy.” He was therefore unrepresented and with no witnesses. A lieutenant was then brought in, confirmed that the photo was of unlawful organization, and Jalil was hit with 6 months SHU right then and there.
He has been in SHU since Monday, with only the clothes on his back. He has not been given any personal property, and was told he probably won't receive any of it for weeks. He has no phone privileges, no commissary, no packages, and will eventually be allowed 5 books and limited legal materials. He will have only one visit weekly for the duration, and these are no-contact visits which take place in Attica's SHU.
He is asking that people contact NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, as well as Commissioner Brian Fischer, to demand that the charges be dropped, Jalil be released from SHU immediately, and that this campaign of harassment come to AN IMMEDIATE END! These charges are entirely fabricated and show premeditation on behalf of the prison administration to lock Jalil away until his next parole hearing in June.
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman:
Office of the Attorney General
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224-0341
(518) 474-5481
Commissioner Brian Fischer
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Building 2
1220 Washington Ave
Albany, New York 12226-2050
(518) 457-8126
When you call and/or write, be sure to use Jalil's DIN number (#77A4283) and refer to him as Anthony “Jalil” Bottom, currently at Attica.
We would like to know what responses people receive. Please send an email to [email protected] or [email protected] to let us know.
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Free All Political Prisoners!
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APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS. THIS SITUATION IS URGENT. PLEASE POST AND SPREAD WIDELY!
MAKE SURE TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS AND SIGN THOSE LETTERS!!
Update on Jalil Muntaqim
via Brooke Reynolds
January 29, 2012
Hello Everyone,
I am writing you urgently after a visit to Jalil Muntaqim yesterday (Saturday). He is currently in SHU at Attica, having been hit with 6 months after his trial on Monday. He put a full report about what happened in the mail, which I will type up and send out as soon as I receive it, but here is the basic jist of what happened:
On Monday, he was taken down to trial regarding the photograph that was “recovered” in his cell (the photo was from Cetewayo's memorial held at Hunter College this past March, in which a Black Panther Party banner was hanging in the background. Guards confiscated the photo on grounds that it demonstrated “unlawful organization.”) This photograph had been sent in through the mail, and therefore presumably been processed through Attica's correspondence department. Jalil had lined up 3 witnesses for this bogus trial:
The head of Attica's correspondence dept., to argue that mail sent in through correspondence could not be considered contraband after the fact;
The head of Attica's gangs unit to show that the Black Panther Party is not a designated gang (originally, the charges included gang affiliation as well);
Jalil's counselor, to demonstrate good behavior and non-involvement in unlawful organizations.
When he arrived to the trial, he was told all 3 of these witnesses were denied on the basis of “irrelevancy.” He was therefore unrepresented and with no witnesses. A lieutenant was then brought in, confirmed that the photo was of unlawful organization, and Jalil was hit with 6 months SHU right then and there.
He has been in SHU since Monday, with only the clothes on his back. He has not been given any personal property, and was told he probably won't receive any of it for weeks. He has no phone privileges, no commissary, no packages, and will eventually be allowed 5 books and limited legal materials. He will have only one visit weekly for the duration, and these are no-contact visits which take place in Attica's SHU.
He is asking that people contact NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, as well as Commissioner Brian Fischer, to demand that the charges be dropped, Jalil be released from SHU immediately, and that this campaign of harassment come to AN IMMEDIATE END! These charges are entirely fabricated and show premeditation on behalf of the prison administration to lock Jalil away until his next parole hearing in June.
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman:
Office of the Attorney General
The Capitol
Albany, NY 12224-0341
(518) 474-5481
Commissioner Brian Fischer
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Building 2
1220 Washington Ave
Albany, New York 12226-2050
(518) 457-8126
When you call and/or write, be sure to use Jalil's DIN number (#77A4283) and refer to him as Anthony “Jalil” Bottom, currently at Attica.
We would like to know what responses people receive. Please send an email to [email protected] or [email protected] to let us know.
--
SIGN THE JERICHO COINTELPRO PETITION!
Free All Political Prisoners!
[email protected] • www.jerichony.org