Post by Admin on May 21, 2007 10:46:05 GMT -5
DEFEND BIG GEORGE!
On Easter Day 1993, the brothers confined to the Lucasville prison, Ohio, USA, rose together and took control of the prison due to the repressive conditions created by Warden Tate and his regime. During the 11-day siege, a prisoner then identified as 'Inmate George' put his life on the line by walking into the muzzles of 1000s of National Guard, State Highway Patrol, sheriff and FBI weapons to relay a message to the media from the brothers inside that the uprising was not a racial incident (contrary to what the prisoncrats propagandised to the media). Black, white and chicano all stood united against the oppressors due to the repressive conditions , and all wished for a peaceable end of the siege via negotiations, which the Dept of Corrections was not doing.
'Inmate George' was soon identified as Big George Skatzes, doing a life sentence for a murder that a private investigator announced on nationwide TV she did not feel he had committed. After the siege, the guards who had been taken hostage publicly declared that it was Big George who had done most to ensure their safety while being held hostage. He was identified by the Department of Corrections as being a member of the Aryan Brotherhood. I don't know about that, but I do know that Big George was a convict with honour and principles, and his involvement was to try and calm mass hysteria, due to his being an older, well-respected convict .
Even though the guard hostages praised Big George for keeping them safe, the Special Prosecutor has kept him and the other spokesman of the uprising in complete isolation since the siege, & fabricated false rumours that he was going to inform on his fellow prisoners. Chillicothe Prison Officials have stolen his regular and legal mail, harassed his wife both verbally and physically when she came to visit and used every form of torture and behaviour-modification tactic known to break him and his wife and supporters. George and the other negotiators have been convicted of murder for the death of Guard Robert Vallandingham because all but one refused to testify against other prisoners.
This is an urgent call for action asking all of you to flood the governor's office and the office of DRC Director Reginald Wilkenson with calls, faxes and letters protesting the convictions and demanding that George be transferred out of the north hole at Chillicothe Prison, his wife not be harassed, his mail not withheld, censored or destroyed. DRC officials admitted to the media that they had been censoring his privileged client-attorney mail and they were reprimanded for it. A civil suit is pending on this.
The brother put his life on the line against oppression and is paying dearly for it. Your immediate help is vital. Call, fax and write:
Governor Ted Strickland
Riffe Center,
77 S. High St, Columbus , OH. 43266-0603,
USA. 614 466 3555.
Director Terry Collins
1050 Freeway Dr. N. #403,
Columbus,
OH. 43299, USA. 614 431 2771
Write letters of encouragement to George, urging him to stay strong and letting him know we care:
George Skatzes, CCI #173-501, Man C I, PO Box 788 Mansfield Ohio 44901
On Easter Day 1993, the brothers confined to the Lucasville prison, Ohio, USA, rose together and took control of the prison due to the repressive conditions created by Warden Tate and his regime. During the 11-day siege, a prisoner then identified as 'Inmate George' put his life on the line by walking into the muzzles of 1000s of National Guard, State Highway Patrol, sheriff and FBI weapons to relay a message to the media from the brothers inside that the uprising was not a racial incident (contrary to what the prisoncrats propagandised to the media). Black, white and chicano all stood united against the oppressors due to the repressive conditions , and all wished for a peaceable end of the siege via negotiations, which the Dept of Corrections was not doing.
'Inmate George' was soon identified as Big George Skatzes, doing a life sentence for a murder that a private investigator announced on nationwide TV she did not feel he had committed. After the siege, the guards who had been taken hostage publicly declared that it was Big George who had done most to ensure their safety while being held hostage. He was identified by the Department of Corrections as being a member of the Aryan Brotherhood. I don't know about that, but I do know that Big George was a convict with honour and principles, and his involvement was to try and calm mass hysteria, due to his being an older, well-respected convict .
Even though the guard hostages praised Big George for keeping them safe, the Special Prosecutor has kept him and the other spokesman of the uprising in complete isolation since the siege, & fabricated false rumours that he was going to inform on his fellow prisoners. Chillicothe Prison Officials have stolen his regular and legal mail, harassed his wife both verbally and physically when she came to visit and used every form of torture and behaviour-modification tactic known to break him and his wife and supporters. George and the other negotiators have been convicted of murder for the death of Guard Robert Vallandingham because all but one refused to testify against other prisoners.
This is an urgent call for action asking all of you to flood the governor's office and the office of DRC Director Reginald Wilkenson with calls, faxes and letters protesting the convictions and demanding that George be transferred out of the north hole at Chillicothe Prison, his wife not be harassed, his mail not withheld, censored or destroyed. DRC officials admitted to the media that they had been censoring his privileged client-attorney mail and they were reprimanded for it. A civil suit is pending on this.
The brother put his life on the line against oppression and is paying dearly for it. Your immediate help is vital. Call, fax and write:
Governor Ted Strickland
Riffe Center,
77 S. High St, Columbus , OH. 43266-0603,
USA. 614 466 3555.
Director Terry Collins
1050 Freeway Dr. N. #403,
Columbus,
OH. 43299, USA. 614 431 2771
Write letters of encouragement to George, urging him to stay strong and letting him know we care:
George Skatzes, CCI #173-501, Man C I, PO Box 788 Mansfield Ohio 44901