Brian McCarvill In The Hole – Letter Appeal
Brighton ABC | 25.11.2010 16:40 | World
Brian McCarvill is a long time anarchist, prisoner rights activist and jail house lawyer in Oregon, USA. He is serving an absurd 30+ year sentence, because he refused to accept a five year plea deal before trial, related to a custody battle and a violent altercation with the Child Services Department. Brian recently wrote that he is in the hole and doesn't yet know how long he will be held there. He says he was set up, will now loose his jail house lawyer job and will suffer the consequences for a long time.
He has four charges. Extortion, false information, disobedience of an order and being in an unauthorised area. Brian was working in the library which has an inner office area where the manager and her clerk work. Brian asked the manager if he could copy some documents and she replied yes. He went to the clerk who runs the copier and asked him to make the copies. He refused. Brian asked him if he could make the copies later and he replied that he would not make them at all. This turned into an argument and the manager came in, told them to break it up, and asked Brian to leave, which Brian did. A few minutes later Brian went back to talk to the manager and found her standing at the copier talking very closely with the clerk. Brian made a comment that, “I might file a report of inappropriate relationship”. This comment is where the extortion and false information charges come from.
Brian stepped into a back room (which resulted in the being in an unauthorised area charge) to calm down and the manager came in asking what the problem was so he explained what had happened. She said that the clerk had been out of line and Brian left the documents with her to be copied. This all happened on October the 21st. On 3rd November Brian was taken to the hole. Because of the lapse of time between the date of the incident and when the write up was issued and because of Brian's continued work in the library during this time without any concern from the manager Brian believes that the clerk complained to security and security told the manager to write a misconduct report.
Brian now awaits his hearing. Please write letters to the Superintendent, expressing your concern for Brian's treatment over this incident:
Superintendent Jeff Premo
Oregon State Penitentiary
2605 State Street
Salem OR 97310
USA
Ask that he be found not guilty of these charges. Also ask that he be moved to a first floor cell due to age, arthritis and the onset of emphysema. Ask that he be allowed to return to his legal library job.
Brian can receive soft cover books and magazines. Please send letters of support to:
Brian McCarvill
#11037967
OSP 2605 State St
Salem, OR 97310
USA
Brian stepped into a back room (which resulted in the being in an unauthorised area charge) to calm down and the manager came in asking what the problem was so he explained what had happened. She said that the clerk had been out of line and Brian left the documents with her to be copied. This all happened on October the 21st. On 3rd November Brian was taken to the hole. Because of the lapse of time between the date of the incident and when the write up was issued and because of Brian's continued work in the library during this time without any concern from the manager Brian believes that the clerk complained to security and security told the manager to write a misconduct report.
Brian now awaits his hearing. Please write letters to the Superintendent, expressing your concern for Brian's treatment over this incident:
Superintendent Jeff Premo
Oregon State Penitentiary
2605 State Street
Salem OR 97310
USA
Ask that he be found not guilty of these charges. Also ask that he be moved to a first floor cell due to age, arthritis and the onset of emphysema. Ask that he be allowed to return to his legal library job.
Brian can receive soft cover books and magazines. Please send letters of support to:
Brian McCarvill
#11037967
OSP 2605 State St
Salem, OR 97310
USA
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