Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Avelino Gonzalez Claudo is being denied medical treatment. Since his incarceration, he has developed a neurological condition. In November 2008, Avelino requested, several times, medical attention receiving only a “I do not know”, “I will read some books” answer from the Doctor assigned to his facility. Avelino has been mvoed to a new prison, so the campaign has a new target: Peter J. Murphy, the Warden of Avelino’s new prison, MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution.

People are being asked to send a letter to the warden demanding that Avelino get the medical treatmnt he needs. The suggested text of the letter is below:

Peter J. Murphy Warden
MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution
1153 East Street
South Suffield, CT 06080
Fax: 860-627-2144
RE: Avelino González Claudio # 357422

To Peter J. Murphy:

I am writing to express my concern about the serious violations of the rights of Mr. Avelino González Claudio, an inmate at your facility, to adequate medical evaluation & treatment. Avelino González Claudio was placed on Connecticut Department of Correction Institutions on February 2008. Since then, he has developed a neurological condition. Beginning on November 2008, Mr. González-Claudio has requested, several times, medical attention receiving only a “I do not know”, “I will read some books”, “You are Functional” answers from the Medical Staff and Board. This treatment is a flagrant denial of Mr. González Claudio’s basic human rights. This treatment is also seriously detrimental to his deteriorated health condition.

In order to ensure Mr. González Claudio’s health, I insist that he immediately be afforded adequate evaluation & treatment for the medical condition that he has developed under Connecticut Department of Correction’s custody.

Sincerely yours,

______________________________ Signature
______________________________ Name
_____________________ Date
_______________________________Address

As part of the Bureau of Prison’s delayed entry into the 21st century, it is implementing TRULINCS (Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System) throughout the federal prison system, to provide prisoners with access to email through a special system allowing prison officials to monitor all incoming and outgoing emails.

Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres was looking forward to the convenient, regular communication it facilitates, given that, since his transfer to FCI Pekin, his postal correspondence is regularly delayed from one to three months.

But it was not to be. On December 9, the SIS [prison intelligence office] lieutenant called him in to notify him that— unlike the rest of the FCI Pekin population— he will no to be allowed access to email. Why? Because of “his case and his background,” offered the lieutenant, who had no response to Carlos Alberto’s inquiry as to why, after 29 years of impeccable conduct, they would treat him this way, pointing out that his release might be just around the corner, citing the USPC hearing examiner’s recommendation for April 2010 release. Nor did the lieutenant provide the required written explanation for his exclusion from the program.

Via / Prolibertad