I was sentenced for a bank robbery by means of which it was planned to organize money for political projects. In two additional court cases I was sentenced for insult, intimidation, and the threatening of judges and public prosecutors. The expression "perfect example of a fascist-like judge" by itself was worth 7 months of imprisonment.
I am supposed to have described federal chancellor Schroeder as ‘bush’s bootlicker’. The former provincial justice minister professor Doctor Goll claimed he felt threatened by me and therefore always has a pistol handy. As I am sitting in isolation in (maximum security) prison this claim is scarcely believable.
Because of all this I have to spend 15 years, 9 months and three weeks in prison. due to my alleged dangerousness (during the trial I had offensively pleaded my cause instead of giving in and "regretting") I shall be kept under arrest ("sicherungsverwahrung") afterwards.
The current situation presents itself such that I sit in solitary confinement without pocket money or television. I am allowed to read the paper and have a small radio. Though I reject this (political) system in Germany as such, I take seriously the modest legal possibilities that there are and appeal to various German courts. For instance proceedings are pending whether I have the right to provision with writing paper and envelopes through the social welfare agency, whether the department of corrections may forbid me a correspondence course, or if corrections department staff may search my legal and defense mail in my absence, such as when I’m walking in the prison yard.
Apart from that, criminal proceedings are pending against me. Proscutors from Karlsruhe, Herr Staatsanwalt Leber and Herr Staatsanwalt Zimmerman, accuse me of slandering and threatening politicians and justice ministers.
Since 1996, with a short break in 1998, I have been in continuous isolation. I spend 23 hours a day in my cell, with only a small radio, some books and binders. My postal communication is just as supervised as the visits I receive.
I have already discussed at other times if isolation is an attack to human dignity; spending over 7 years in isolation is definitely not easy, but my mind is stable and the solidarity from outside jail is helpful and does me well."
Thomas welcomes new people to write to him, to learn about new experiences and what is happening in the world. Please remember that all of his mail is read by the authorities, so do not write anything that could get him or you in trouble, but don't be scared out of saying what you feel, or about your life. Writing to prisoners can be hard, it is difficult to know what to write, but a simple card or short letter about your day or funny moment can do a lot to break the isolation that affects prisoners. Thomas is a great guy with a big heart, he's very funny and will try to answer any letters he receives. Remember though that he doesn't have much money to write back, so you might not get an answer, but don't lose heart, he will be pleased for the contact.
Thomas MEYER-FALK
C/O JVA - Z. 3117,
Schoenbornstr.32
D - 76646
Bruchsel
GERMANY
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20.08.2006 17:29
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a world of imprisoned minds needs anarchy now
22.08.2006 21:30
At Fascist Hands
(In Memory of Andrew Baader)
At fascist hands not your own,
in those chill hours
before another dawn
broke your spirit more,
you faced death
grim with knowledge
grown futile
through harrowing years
of lost freedom
that none but mystics,
mad saints
and your martyred comrades
could ever know
what evil forebodings
your murder signifies.
If my heart
now swollen
with terrorist tears
could lay its sorrow
at yours and Ulrike's
hallowed graves,
truths undefiled
with papal hypocrisy
would hijack even heaven
holding God hostage
to release your soul
Let karma wait,
a world
of imprisoned minds
needs anarchy now.
Edward Woods
dan
Stammheim 77
23.08.2006 22:52
Old Git
hell, you must be old
24.08.2006 01:17
http://www.baader-meinhof.com/students/resources/film/stammheim.html
Never mind the mind-fucks and murders that went on there, how can anyone justify the routine solitary confinement torture that we regularly impose on anyone who serves the state with their conscience ? I decry such silly 'terrorism', at least the IRA had the means and morals to strike directly at Thatcher rather than minions.
Do you have any more favourite poems that I should know about ? I got my message from Kate Sharpley's library - if you are so old then explain who the hell was she ?
dan
Kate Sharpley
29.08.2006 17:15
Old Git