BREAKING NEWS: Tim DeChristopher Summarily Placed in Isolated Confinement – Peaceful Uprising Issues a National Call to Action
On the evening of Friday March 9th, Tim DeChristopher was summarily removed from the Minimum Security Camp and moved into the FCI Herlong’s Special Housing Unit (SHU) reportedly due to a request from an unidentified Congressman. Tim is kept in an 8 x 10 cell which he shares with another inmate, has been let out of his cell only 4 times in the last 19 days, and will be kept in this dehumanizing situation indefinitely until the BOP grants him a hearing.
In the SHU, Tim’s movements are severely restricted. In the past two weeks, he has been allowed out of his 8 x 10 cell (which he shares with another inmate) four times, each time for less than an hour. Tim is allowed one book in his cell, and four in his property locker. His writing means are restricted to a thin ink cartridge which makes correspondence extremely difficult. He can receive mail from the outside, but has no other form of communication other than 15 minutes of phone time per month.
We firmly believe the only way Tim will be returned to the minimum security camp he’s been housed in for the last six months is to place outside pressure on FCI Herlong, the Bureau of Prisons, and members of Congress that sit on the subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.
On July 26th, 2012 Tim was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison, 3 years of supervised probation and a $10,000 fine. He is currently serving his time at FCI Herlong in Northern California. For more information on how to write, visit, or contact Tim or Tim DeChristopher’s Legal Defense Fund, and for current updates please visit: www.peacefuluprising.org/tim-dechristopher
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT TIM:
Write him a letter (or lots of letters!) Packages are not allowed, nor are any letters that contain glue, stickers or glitter. only letters in regular envelopes with complete return addresses, addressed to the following:
Tim DeChristopher
#16156-081
FCI Herlong, SATELLITE CAMP
Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 800
Herlong, CA 96113
If you’d like to visit Tim, please contact Dylan Schneider at: dylan@peacefuluprising.org. Please, do not show up to the jail or prison without contacting Dylan.
Please consider making a generous gift to Tim DeChristopher’s Legal Defense Fund. With Tim now in prison we must prepare for an all out appeal. Ron Yengich and Pat Shea have volunteered their time to date and will continue to do so for the appeal. They estimate Tim will need over $50,000 for a well prepared appeal to the 10th Circuit. Any help with financial donation will be most helpful and appreciated.
*Financial gifts made to Tim DeChristopher’s Legal Defense Fund are not tax-deductible and are used for legal costs and any costs associated with supporting Tim DeChristopher.
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