U.N.I.O.N. Awards - 2004
| B. Cayenne Bird, U.N.I.O.N.
Director
I compiled approximately 500 newsletters for you this year so that you
could spend ten minutes
Why would I donate at least 2000 hours of my time in order to get you to donate 520 minutes a year writing to the media? Because they are banned from prisons and what goes on in the darkness
is deadly. We have 52 of California's best journalist who read the UNION
Daily Newsletter almost each day
Each time than an inmate dies or there is a riot and it gets past the media, CDC is empowered to commit even more murders and abuses. Another reason I send you the issues is so that you an speak and write on all the prison topics when you are out at the prisons recruiting new UNION workers. It is so your writing will have depth and you will be able to fight back for yourself and others. Public information is key to prison reform and it's everyone's job to report the inhumanity to the other voters who are paying for this mess. We did one campaign after another this year, five events, inspired four lawsuits for medical neglect and murder by pepper spray, one big rally and hundreds of letters to editors were published. We applied pressure on wardens at prisons statewide including Norco for H-Pylori outbreak, Lancaster for multiple deaths and abuses, Salinas Valley for poison water, High Desert for a cruel lockdown, and many others where members were willing to work on campaigns. We supported and opposed bills through our rally and letters to the editors - it was a really busy year. We had very little money to work with but by the grace of God and few good volunteers bled to death we were able to make it all happen. I prayed for my individual strength on Jan 1, 2004 and our collective
strength and we were blessed.
Nearly 500 times I gave you a number of opportunities to use your pen, the mightiest of all weapons to stand up for yourself and others. The people who were most responsive to these appeals were: Beverly Bittner, mother of Donald Swisher, who died needlessly of Medical Neglect in April 2004 at CMF Vacaville. She writes five or six letters to editors each day. Her mother worked for the Antioch News and was a journalist who passed away years ago. But Beverly learned from her that public education is the ONLY way to reform. It is noble to fight for others when your own son is dead. Very noble indeed and she has opened up her life and contacted at least 100 journalists in California and across America to alert them to the many deaths we have had of young inmates in these bloodhouses. Beverly has flown out twice for our press conferences from Indiana and always sends someone if she can't make it herself. This is dedication people and a key part of our being able to properly organize is showing crowds and support. Beverly delivers even though she often approaches strangers to be there for her. She has battled guards and idiots in PTO bringing the UNION message, mailed in newsletters to inmates, recruited a number of new workers and all of this AFTER her own son died this year. It is for these reasons and more that we have reviewed the track records of those whose subscriptions are paid (non subscribers are ineligible for this competition) who did this work: 1. Wrote the most letters to editors
2. Showed up to all or most of the five events we held this year.
3. Recruited the most new workers
4. Got out the vote during election time.
Now here is an interesting twist to this year's recognition. Beverly made a new friend in California this year who is a long time UNION worker whom we have all grown to love. That would be Lettie Bakington who is a cornerstone of all our work. She sends in newsletters to inmates statewide, gives lodging to UNION people sometimes even when they haven't been that helpful with the work, attends everything and spent hundreds of hours on our television show. So there is only one fair decision to make and that is that we name TWO outstanding UNION members for 2004. Beverly Bittner and Lettie Bakington
We should not forget the other outstanding UNION subscribers who should also be recognized! The Law Firm of Ravis and Martin and Attorney Mark Ravis who filed four wrongful death lawsuits and spoke out to the media on our behalf. Lawsuits and Initiative Campaigns are the ONLY language besides adverse publicity that CDC and the clueless legislators will ever recognize. These lawsuits give us real teeth, no longer just words but actions that could possibly result in reform. Medical Neglect and Abuse by Pepper Spray are serious problems that threaten the lives of every California inmate. And a challenge to the unlawful changes in the packages rules is in
progress right now.
Janice Crumley, devoted Web Mistress spends hundreds of hours maintaining our UNION website and has since 1999. A former legal secretary and journalist, she donates all this time and has no one in prison. She also maintains Eric's website which details the abuses he has received simply because we are organizing a voice for prisoners and he is my son, and because he files complaints. Susan Randall, Database Coordinator, Record Keeper and Sgt. of Arms keeps everyone honest. If not for Susan, we'd never be able to get people to focus on two or three campaigns at a time so that things can get done right. Organizing families of prisoners is akin to herding cats and it is almost impossible to get anything done when people want to go off on this tangent and that...Susan keeps us all honest and writing letters to editors, building our war chest (which is empty after all the campaigns we've done this year) Susan has a tough job and no one sees the hundreds of hours she spends backing me up, answering inmate mail, responding to journalists who want this documentation and that...tons of work is done by Susan for no pay. Self responsibility would be the best route for everyone to honor the UNION commitment letter and I hope we achieve that in 2005. We are only as strong as the NUMBER of people who write to editors, show up when called, recruit new workers and get out the vote. Susan keeps everyone active with us or she kicks them out. This is sometimes necessary. I hate asking people to help 500 times and have them just sitting back waiting for these backbreaking projects to get done without their help.
Attorney Robert Bastian courageously wrote to judges and other lawyers on a number of topics in 2004 and was published many times in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. He tells every one of the UNION and is a great supporter and has been for many years. Thank you Rob!
Judy Anders is our star recruiter for 2004, bringing in at least ten new members (maybe more) one of them a member of the clergy for the Seventh Day Adventist Church who attended the Anthony Brown press conference and has vowed to help bring people to all our events. Judy brought in teachers, nurses, others with a loved one in prison and they are learning how to write, recruit, show up and get out the vote. She is married to a very famous journalist who will hopefully
be doing more writing this year. We need this level of talent in
Sacramento as conditions get worse and worse and not everyone knows how
to write and speak. Judy works a full time job and visits her son
every week end, she always has UNION flyers and attended almost all events
and rallies this year. An inspiration to us all, let us recognize
Judy as one of the outstanding UNION people of the year.
Beverly Bloomington is the daughter of a former Teamster President and has made a tremendous impact this year. She has stood in the dark, in the cold recruiting families to help with our campaigns almost every week-end for months. She has donated money for flyers, stamps, equipment rental at our rally, she brought two carloads to events, and has a wonderful attitude. She and Sarah organized a rebellion at one of the prisons when
the warden was going to eliminate visits and collected 250 signatures and
put a stop to it. This empowers the others to see what doing things
in mass can produce.
She lives in Orange County and has suffered a great deal with her own loved one being in ad seg this year for no reason, getting transferred, and the ignorance and apathy she encounters week after week to build our UNION corps of workers. But she knows that organizing is necessary and that none of us will
see justice in our cases, nor will conditions improve until we achieve
our 6500 workers so she is relentless.
Infectious is the word! She never comes alone to events but always promotes and reaches out,
which is vital!
I have had some very rough moments this year and Beverly Bloomington has been a force that keeps me motivated.
Susan Luteski is in the background and another prolific UNION subscribers. She writes several letters to editors per day usually and fights in PTO against the ignorance and apathy, stands up against the guards and CDC agents who try and stop our UNION organizing. She attended all the rallies and press conferences except one and sent a stranger there to represent her. She lives up near the Oregon border so this is a real sacrifice of time, gas and yet she still delivers. Susan is very talented although she never wrote letters to editors before, she really has a knack for it and has been published now. She mails in the newsletters to inmates and distributed flyers for the press conference coming this Friday at prisons statewide. Susan is is a new UNION member this year but she has done a better job
than many of our old timers and deserves a huge round of applause and recognition.
My daughter Malyssa and daughter in law Natalie, without whom I would be unable to be the UNION director at all. My family has paid dearly for our work to organize and while they wish you would all hurry the hell up and achieve our goal of 6500 workers, they are important back up in every way. Thank you girls for living without a mother and grandmother so that I can work on this mission. Hopefully we'll make it in 2005. I have committed to October as the deadline which means that a lot of people had better get recruiting! A few have sacrificed in many ways to make the UNION voice possible which isn't fair. And it isn't smart to break the backs of a few while others just go on about their lives and wait for it to get done. My girls have sacrificed a great deal, as well as my son Eric
and I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and thank them for
their strength, forbearance and ability to earn a living with no help from
their mom.
Special mention for many Letters to Editors written & Published Shirley Weatherwax Rosemary Carigol Bob Driscoll Cheryl Knutson - relative new member but really turning out letters to editors. I anticipate she is going to be one of our outstanding UNION people in 2005.
Special Mention for Extra Projects The family of Anthony Shumake attended several press conferences to back up our UNION organizing even though in grief for his needless death by medical neglect. The family of Ersel Ware
attended several press conferences as well, even during a
Dr. Sarah Chappell,
Prepared an extensive legal packages challenge
Sandy Forbes, mails into inmates and backs me up - we could never have found Anthony Brown without her paying for the background report. Nielly Manci
has been a fierce PTO warrior, being kicked out several times, brought
people
All those who spoke at our rallies and press conferences, we thank you!
The UNION commitment letter upon which our awards are based is located here. You must be a paid, active subscriber to be considered. It is an annual tradition. http://www.1union1.com/com.html
Separate from our annual members of the year recognition, We would like to recognize the outstanding journalists of 2004. As with our member of the year, we could not settle on just one, so
we are naming TWO for the top recognition.
Don Thompson of Associated Press and
Kimberly Fu of the Vacaville
Reporter
Their press coverage was important and they did an incredible job, keeping
many facts straight.
We would also like to recognize and thank for outstanding news work of issues important to prisoners and their families, as well as the taxpayers Mark Gladstone of the San Jose Mercury News Andrew LaMar of the San Jose Mercury News Steve Smith of the Stockton Record Pablo Lopez of the Fresno
Bee
We cannot recognize everyone but these are the people who are at the top of the list.
Our television editor Ron Petersen deserves a huge round of applause for all the work he has done this year and will do next year. Producing that television show is a lot of work and very expensive and we can't do more shows until we raise some money. None of it would have been possible without Ron who has no one in prison. My prayer this year is for VICTORY - in all of our lawsuits and raising money to do more campaigns and more television shows. I am also praying that we reach our goal of 6500 workers so that the UNION will go on past October, which is the deadline I am giving everyone to get the recruiting done. I will need to see a broader base of active writing, picketing members
before I initiative a visiting
We need 100 people to go to the legislature this year to stand up for inmates and their families as I am expecting hell to rain down on us from the Republican politicians who are high on themselves after the election of Bush and the lies Schwarzenegger told about three strikes. One of our goals must be to organize to keep him from getting elected in 2006 because we aren't going to see serious reform with him as governor except by lawsuits and initiative campaigns which requires NUMBERS of organized workers to FORCE. All best, B. Cayenne Bird
17 Town and mentally ill person get death sentences Bird Fri 1/2/2004 18 Brown to run for AG post Bird Sat 1/3/2004 19 Schwarzenegger wimps on paroles - reverses decisions Bird Sun 1/4/2004 20 Potential inmate suicide/new prison defies logic Bird Mon 1/5/2004 21 supreme court rulings/file complaints on state workers Bird Tue 1/6/2004 22 Reminder Bird Tue 1/6/2004 23 If you were governor.... Bird Wed 1/7/2004 24 Injured workers decry Worker's Comp plan Bird Thu 1/8/2004 25 CDC Investigators told to be silent or be punished Bird Fri 1/9/2004 26 Packages Show, Next Saturday 5 pm Bird Fri 1/9/2004 27 Poor and Ill will bear the brunt Bird Fri 1/9/2004 28 when the government kills children/salt,, pepper, butter gone Bird Sat 1/10/2004 29 Knocks on the window. Do you hear their screams? Bird Sun 1/11/2004 30 New Warden/smoking ban/Oppression Bird Tue 1/13/2004 31 They voted it down but they still deny transplants unofficially Bird Thu 1/15/2004 32 Several Important Letters You Need to Write! Bird Thu 1/15/2004 33 Nightmare at Lancaster! Report in! Bird Fri 1/16/2004 34 100 Knives Missing at Lancaster Bird Fri 1/16/2004 35 Media finally blasting what we've known for years... Bird Fri 1/16/2004 36 Desperate? No place to go? You allow it! Bird Sat 1/17/2004 37 Ca. Media blast prisons, guards, system! Bird Sun 1/18/2004 38 Prisons in crisis/mamma bears fight back Bird Mon 1/19/2004 39 2 points the media is missing/Lancaster Update Bird Mon 1/19/2004 40 Press Advisory - Remedy or Expect violence Bird Tue 1/20/2004 41 Pop Go the Weasels!!! Prison system is rotten to the core Bird Wed 1/21/2004 42 reactions to the hearing/Lancaster warden gone Bird Wed 1/21/2004 43 A system geared to failure Bird Thu 1/22/2004 44 Ca Media Demands Gov to Rein in Prisons Bird Thu 1/22/2004 45 Shocking proof, OIG never helped inmates Bird Fri 1/23/2004 46 Riot - info sought elderly inmate critically injured Bird Fri 1/23/2004 47 Prison Promises Heard Before/Denham never learns Bird Sat 1/24/2004 48 Guards use secret code 7, 23 and 666 Satanic Symbols
Bird Sun 1/25/2004
50 Ca Must Exorcise Prisons of Demons/media gets loud Bird Tue 1/27/2004 51 OIG/Cooper speaks/CYA youth drugged & caged Bird Wed 1/28/2004 52 Press Conference Tomorrow Bird Wed 1/28/2004 53 Ca. Must Exorcise prisons of demons/media gets involved Bird Wed 1/28/2004 54 Bills/Time for legislators to get smart on crime Bird Thu 1/29/2004 55 Inmate from Pelican Bay SHU - taking TV's Bird Fri 1/30/2004 56 Poll: 68% oppose killing Cooper/dead inmate Bird Fri 1/30/2004 57 Torah on the Death Penalty - Protest sites Bird Sun 2/1/2004 58 UNION has 350 unresolved complaints Bird Sun 2/1/2004 59 Psychological Torment - families detail suffering Bird Mon 2/2/2004 60 Probe panel sought by Gov/media access bill Bird
Tue 2/3/2004
62 4 seniors arrested protesting D.P./smoking ban Bird Wed 2/4/2004 63 Capitol Jolted? Naw!!!!!! Bird Wed 2/4/2004 64 Transfers/Gruesome Death/tv show schedule Bird Thu 2/5/2004 65 UNION Call to Action Bird Fri 2/6/2004 66 DA attacks Mark Arax/AB 112 is dead Bird Fri 2/6/2004 67 Families describe Chaos/Corc phones don't work Bird Sat 2/7/2004 68 Reform Promised/start with toilet paper Bird Sun 2/8/2004 69 Overcrowding breeds trouble/don't forget Bird Sun 2/8/2004 70 Hail to our Ca. Journalists and UNION folks Bird Sun 2/8/2004 71 Cooper's Execution Stayed Bird Mon 2/9/2004 72 Real men do not execute and torture the mentally ill Bird Mon 2/9/2004 73 100's cheer outside death row stay of execution Bird Mon 2/9/2004 74 Families report in/new evidence/good news Bird Tue 2/10/2004 75 Families can't get info on loved ones in prison/tidbits Bird Wed 2/11/2004 76 CDC intimidating Wesley case witnesses Bird Thu 2/12/2004 77 Family foster parents to get $80 mil/2 prison closings Bird Fri 2/13/2004 78 7 Million Ways to Say I Love You Bird Sat 2/14/2004 79 New Regs/violations of the DOM Bird Sun 2/15/2004 80 UNION Calls to Action, Mail into Prisoners Bird Mon 2/16/2004 81 Two Davids kick Goliaths' fannies with the UNION Bird Tue 2/17/2004 82 Visits, educ. cut but 4 mil to protect legislators! Bird Wed 2/18/2004 83 Wesley trial moved 3/17/ Retribution for filing 602's Bird Wed 2/18/2004 84 DA Lying to Fresno Bee Journalist/Call for Help Bird Thu 2/19/2004 85 Knowles tells our Attorney "Screw You" Bird Thu 2/19/2004 86 Stupid Idea No. 4,346 San Quentin Warden Bird Thu 2/19/2004 87 Packages hearing postponed/letter still due Mar 5 Bird Thu 2/19/2004 88 Woodford Appt. angers/inmate starves to death Bird Fri 2/20/2004 89 370,000 sigs collected/Cooper/Eric tortured again Bird Sat 2/21/2004 90 Eric Unlawfully sent to Lancaster/media access/3strikes Bird Sat 2/21/2004 91. Warden dies/Guard Shot/Poll finds surprises Bird Sun 2/22/2004 92 Stupidity Court/Arax/Reform Celling Policy! Bird Sun 2/22/2004 93 Bee: Guards' contract waste, fraud, abuse Bird Mon 2/23/2004 94 3 strikes petition read it/Recall Lockyer/War Zone Bird Tue 2/24/2004 95 Wesley hearing date changed/bomb scare/news Bird Wed 2/25/2004 96 Cast some votes Tues. against oppression/news Bird Thu 2/26/2004 97 Scathing Report on Health Care Held Back Bird Thu 2/26/2004 98 Bad Choices Appointed to Parole Board/News Bird Thu 2/26/2004 99 Prison Guard Plan/things you need to do/news Bird Sat 2/28/2004 100 Guards shoot inmate at PB/Violence at Lanc./Hunger Strike Bird Sat 2/28/2004 101 Inmates urinated of food of mentally ill Bird Sun 2/29/2004 102 Public Hearing re Packages to Inmates, 3/5/2004, 103 Notices, Announcements Bird Tue 3/2/2004 104 Attorney visit regs/Lungren losing/Crime stat lie Bird Tue 3/2/2004 105 Knuckle Dragger Wants to Fight Bird Tue 3/2/2004 106 Two Press Advisories Bird Thu 3/4/2004 107 Many items taken from inmates, expect blood to flow Bird Fri 3/5/2004 108 CDC Heimerick lies to reporter re packages Bird Fri 3/5/2004 109 Monday morning!/Evidence but where do I go with it? Bird Sat 3/6/2004 110 March 23 Media Access/Reporters saved Eric's life Bird Sat 3/6/2004 111 Your vote is needed - do we support this or not? Bird Sat 3/6/2004 112 Klaas Initiative votes/Wesley hearing/Package problems Bird Sun 3/7/2004 113 We're published/Enriching guards morally repugnant Bird Mon 3/8/2004 114 Good News! Bird Mon 3/8/2004 115 Dying children's services cut for prison guard raises Bird Tue 3/9/2004 116 (no subject) Bird Tue 3/9/2004 117 Need name of inmate who set himself on fire Bird Tue 3/9/2004 118 Judge Henderson holding another hearing - let's go! Bird Wed 3/10/2004 119 Two tv networks picking up our show/Eric describes transfer Bird Fri 3/12/2004 120 What we need is oversight and end to immunity Bird Sun 3/14/2004 121 Jail this Judge! Visitor Death story told by families Bird Mon 3/15/2004 122 Mired in a Morass of New Laws/Violence breaks out Bird Tue 3/16/2004 123 Bill Jones is a liar, nobody could be this dumb Bird Wed 3/17/2004 124 Warden mistrial/double standards Bird Wed 3/17/2004 125 Try again - Bill Jones Is a liar - nobody could be this dumb Bird Wed 3/17/2004 126 Dead Guard/Glorifying Villians/Wrong Way Bird Thu 3/18/2004 127 Outrageous double standards/mentally ill shot Bird Fri 3/19/2004 128 Non-solutions from the Dark Ages/Living Dead Bird Fri 3/19/2004 129 Perv list/fire a teacher, hire a guard/gas tax Bird Sat 3/20/2004 130 Proposed new laws coming up on Tues. Bird Sat 3/20/2004 131 Don't miss this bomb on 60 Minutes tonight! Bird Sun 3/21/2004 132 Disgusting, frightening situation Bird Sun 3/21/2004 133 Press advisory Riot at Corcoran/books taken at P.B. Bird Sun 3/21/2004 134 Prisoner Family Comments on bills/media access Bird Mon 3/22/2004 135 Press Advisory/Ca. Newspaper Publishers Assoc Bird Tue 3/23/2004 136 What happened today Media Access Bird Tue 3/23/2004 137 lawsuit filed over prison education/inmate fight Bird Wed 3/24/2004 138 New Bills/inmates released Bird Thu 3/25/2004 139 TB outbreak/marchers/stats/fingerprints Bird Sun 3/28/2004 140 Evidence of torture/Guard's Union Political Clout Bird Mon 3/29/2004 141 The Impossible Will Take a Little Longer Bird Tue 3/30/2004 142 Republicans trying to gag non profits/journalists Bird Tue 3/30/2004 143 Expert Witness Predictions Wrong 95% of the Time Bird Wed 3/31/2004 144 Pel Bay inmate writes/video of inmate beating OMG Bird Thu 4/1/2004 145 Republicanism inherited?/Activist sentence Patriot Act Bird Fri 4/2/2004 146 Photog, Publisher stands up!/Guard attacked Lancaster Bird Fri 4/2/2004 147 Nothing succeeds like failure/innocent man freed Bird Sat 4/3/2004 148 Traumatic visit story gives insight to suffering Bird Tue 4/6/2004 149 Visit is traumatic (corrected) Bird Tue 4/6/2004 150 more transfer coming/Pel Bay sentences extended Bird Tue 4/6/2004 151 Several Alerts of Important Hearings & Bills Bird Wed 4/7/2004 152 Press Advisory - Big Battle Brewing Bird Thu 4/8/2004 153 Fed Judge backs email block to legislators Bird Thu 4/8/2004 154 New TV show/always report lockdowns to the media Bird Thu 4/8/2004 155 9 yr old arrested for stealing a bunny/news! Bird Sat 4/10/2004 156 Bill readers needed/inmate found hanged in cell Bird Mon 4/12/2004 157 info sought on dead inmate/Klaas bill on ballot/bill comments Bird Tue 4/13/2004 158 Prison Guard Sentenced/TB tests will interfere with visits/lockdown Bird Tue 4/13/2004 159 Why we're not supporting theKlaas Initiaive Bird Thu 4/15/2004 160 Bill positions/Hayden speaks out on takeover Bird Thu 4/15/2004 161 Citizens & Legislators battling Punishers for Healing Solutions Bird Thu 4/15/2004 162 Please mail inside and hand out at prisons/jails Bird Fri 4/16/2004 163 Outrageous Letter from Feinstein/Public information Act Bird Fri 4/16/2004 164 Important announcements/Citizens are fired up! Bird Sun 4/18/2004 165 Earthquake expected/Pelican Bay/SO's Bird Sun 4/18/2004 166 Disease Alert!/Study Thousands Innocent Bird Sun 4/18/2004 167 Press Advisory Two SOS letters from prison families Bird Mon 4/19/2004 168 3 journalists describe retaliation - 4th criticized Bird Wed 4/21/2004 169 Some wins for our side, Good News! Bird Thu 4/22/2004 170 Press Advisory - Lockdown Bully Guards Threatened? Bird Fri 4/23/2004 171 Your pen can be a weapon for justice Bird Sat 4/24/2004 172 cruelty, blood flowing, suffering due to greed & power Bird Sun 4/25/2004 173 more bills/time limit on appeals/tidbits Bird Sun 4/25/2004 174 Wesley's trial delayed/Bastian published/TRAVESTY! Bird Mon 4/26/2004 175 Prisons Declare Emergency Crisis Bird Tue 4/27/2004 176 Call to Action - UNION families outraged Bird Tue 4/27/2004 177 Progress! We're heard!!!!!!!Riot/Calamity Continues full speed Bird Wed 4/28/2004 178 Something everyone is missing - cover up in transfers Bird Wed 4/28/2004 179 Invite to event/Time Warner will air our shows/Guards Bird Thu 4/29/2004 180 Guards go after inmates/Stoll reversed/dead inmate/news Bird Fri 4/30/2004 181 TB Outbreak/FEDS get involved/family sues Bird Sat 5/1/2004 182 TB Outbreak/FEDS get involved/family sues Bird Sat 5/1/2004 183 Press Advisory/changes coming/new emblem Bird Sun 5/2/2004 184 Let's focus on doing these alerts - mail to inmates Bird Sun 5/2/2004 185 Register: Release non violent inmates!/Fire/CCPOA donates $l.5 mil Bird Mon 5/3/2004 186 Payouts/Jail for Judges Initiative/TV shows Bird Tue 5/4/2004 187 Trial Delayed/300 people arrested in one day!/I will not shut up! Bird Tue 5/4/2004 188 Transfers will continue/Hep C/What freeze? Bird Wed 5/5/2004 189 Bastian Voices Our Anger/Guards Injured/Medi Cal Bird Thu 5/6/2004 190 Innocent Man Released with 7 teeth/Mother pleads for help Bird Thu 5/6/2004 191 Press Advisory riot?/Support this journalist Bird Fri 5/7/2004 192 Guards Threaten trouble if funding is cut/NEWS! Bird Sat 5/8/2004 193 Police on arrest spree/$5 mil in lawsuit awards/mentally ill in co Bird Sat 5/8/2004 194 Visit Crunch/All kinds of good news today! Bird Sun 5/9/2004 195 AP Pres. sounds alarm/bills/help needed Bird Mon 5/10/2004 196 Hagar not backing off/10% serving life terms/new leaders Bird Tue 5/11/2004 197 Prisoner families describe torture in CA prisons Bird Wed 5/12/2004 198 Food cuts for inmates/mothers describe system failure Bird Sat 5/15/2004 199 Prison torture begins at home/we allow it Bird Mon 5/17/2004 200 Voice of Authority more important than moral conviction Bird Tue 5/18/2004 201 How & Why Your Chains are firmly in place/bills Bird Wed 5/19/2004 202 Inmate Describes Sexually Violent Program/news Bird Wed 5/19/2004 203 Press Advisory - Dead Inmate/Info sought Bird Thu 5/20/2004 204 Drastic cuts in wrong places sign of stupidity Bird Fri 5/21/2004 205 House of Horrors/Appt to BOPT bad news/ more Bird Fri 5/21/2004 206 Press Advisory, Beating, Death/lawsuit payout/news Bird Sat 5/22/2004 207 Judge says Stop It/Prison Official Suspect/ADA Bird 208 Parole/Supreme Ct. Rulings/Guards in trouble Bird Mon 5/24/2004 209 Emergencies ignored/rants on bills/ducking responsibility!!!! Bird Mon 5/24/2004 210 CDC to steal 55% from poor prisoner families July 1/news Bird Tue 5/25/2004 211 Some real life emergencies & how they relate to the bills Bird Wed 5/26/2004 212 Secret Bill to reinstate the draft/families sound off Bird Wed 5/26/2004 213 DNA Frauds Abound/Poetry a Crime/HIV settlement Bird Fri 5/28/2004 214 Welcome NAMI/Abuse from Sea to Shining Sea Bird Sat 5/29/2004 215 Courts Show Deliberate Indifference to Violence Bird Sat 5/29/2004 216 Gov. Speaks/Verichips/Judge Charged Bird Sun 5/30/2004 217 Judge Gray/3X/Fingerprints can lie Bird Mon 5/31/2004 218 Sh*t storms are fertilizer for growth & education Bird Tue 6/1/2004 219 LAO Report/Strip Search at SVSP/Med Neglect Bird Tue 6/1/2004 220 Free Speech Lockdown/;US Torture in Prisons at Home Bird Thu 6/3/2004 221 Dead Inmate/Innovations on Parole Bird Thu 6/3/2004 222 Criminalizing mentally & physically ill & advocates Bird Fri 6/4/2004 223 mail/dna test/outrageous news Bird Sat 6/5/2004 224 Bully guards take on Gov/mothers need help Bird Sun 6/6/2004 225 Med. emergency ignored/Innocence Project loses funding Bird Tue 6/8/2004 226 $15 mil Strip search settlement/Supreme Court Ruling Bird Tue 6/8/2004 227 Reagan hypocrisy/things you need to do/drug war a failure Bird Tue 6/8/2004 228 Our TV show online starts today! Pasadena Ch 56 online Bird Wed 6/9/2004 229 Revised Schedule/Press Advisory guard injured Bird Wed 6/9/2004 230 A few important announcements Bird Fri 6/11/2004 231 Elsner's book is about us/Privacy laws Bird Sat 6/12/2004 232 (no subject) Bird Mon 6/14/2004
234 Twisting American Values/Updates/Reminders Bird Mon 6/14/2004 235 Bill updates/Internet show today/Say Good Bye Tribute Bird Wed 6/16/2004 236 Update Bird Wed 6/16/2004 237 Hep C/SVSP nightmare/$130 at the gate/Media Ban Bird Thu 6/17/2004 238 Soldiers with MP13 rifles in State Parks/announcements Bird Fri 6/18/2004 239 Press Advisory/Bills/Visits/Juror Hold-outs Bird Sat 6/19/2004 240 SHU Changes/Reform Proposal/Federal oversight? Bird Sun 6/20/2004 241 Torture stories sought by Fortune Magazine Bird Sun 6/20/2004 242 Education/Show on 10:30/Let's discuss a rally on Aug 12 Bird Mon 6/21/2004 243 Six inmates hurt in riot/Leno drops bill/guards union Bird Tue 6/22/2004 244 UNION writers published again!/Parole Search/Rally plans Bird Wed 6/23/2004 245 Lawyers Demand an End to Long Prison Sentences Bird Wed 6/23/2004 246 Press Advisory - Judge Henderson has made ruling on oversight Bird Wed 6/23/2004 247 Two confirmed/System is broken/$35 mil lawsuit Bird Thu 6/24/2004 248 Hagar @ Henderson, Rocket Fuel in the Milk Bird Thu 6/24/2004 249 My reaction to Hagar's report as prisoner advocate & mom Bird Thu 6/24/2004 250 Inmate describes torture, families react to Hagar, NEWS Bird Thu 6/24/2004 251 Man minimums/no showers or water at SVSP?/Hagar's report Bird Fri 6/25/2004 252 Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Changes!!!!!!!!!!! Bird Sat 6/26/2004 253 Reports from families torture at HD/Green flu/problems!!!!!!!!! Bird Sun 6/27/2004 254 UNION Call to Action on Three Emergencies Bird Sun 6/27/2004 255 Update on Call to Action 3 emergencies Bird Mon 6/28/2004 256 High Desert Backs over Power Seige they say Bird Mon 6/28/2004 257 Is Water Crisis an invented excuse to open Delano II? Bird Mon 6/28/2004 258 It's Time to Get Smart on Crime/NEWS Bird Tue 6/29/2004 259 Inmates called in about Water Crisis, OH MY GOD! Bird Tue 6/29/2004 260 Major Lawsuit win on SHU/updates Bird Wed 6/30/2004 261 CDC lying about the amount of the water ration Bird Wed 6/30/2004 262 UNION folks in the news standing up for inmates Bird Thu 7/1/2004 263 CDC is still lying about Water ration/families write in/Rally Bird Fri 7/2/2004 264 Last chance to comment on this revised draft Bird Fri 7/2/2004 265 Rev Shumake to speak at our rally on nephew's death Bird Sat 7/3/2004 266 Good News!!!!! We Saved Lives!!!!!!!!!! Bird Sat 7/3/2004 267 Murder in our Name, With Our Tax Dollars Bird Sun 7/4/2004 268 Court orders air conditioning/code of silence Bird Mon
7/5/2004
270 State scrutinizing inmate's death Bird Wed 7/7/2004 271 keyboard failure Bird Wed 7/7/2004 272 $15 million lawsuit Bird Wed 7/7/2004 273 No Dental Treatment due to Water Crisis-Lawmakers gone Bird Fri 7/9/2004 274 3X/Loss of Liberties/Death by Poverty Bird Fri 7/9/2004 275 Answers to a few questions Bird Fri 7/9/2004 276 CCPOA Power game endangering inmates Bird Sat 7/10/2004 277 Press Advisory - triple bunks replace more dayrooms Bird Sun 7/11/2004 278 Felon Vote/Bill on Terminally ill/families comment Bird Sun 7/11/2004 279 How they vote on our bills/Biggest lie ever told Bird Sun 7/11/2004 280 Courts Indifferent to Less Fortunate/News Bird Mon 7/12/2004 281 Inmates threatened - DEAD BIRDS - Hpylori Outbreak Bird Mon 7/12/2004 282 Injustice, Oppression, Neglect, Cruelty and Death Bird Tue 7/13/2004 283 UNION Call to Action - Inmates Endangered and Sick Bird Wed 7/14/2004 284 UNION Call to Action Corrected Bird Wed 7/14/2004 285 Son found, Shirley published in SD Tribune/MOMS rant Bird Thu 7/15/2004 286 Update on Call to Action Emergency Bird Thu 7/15/2004 287 Words of love - Words of Wisdom Bird Fri 7/16/2004 288 Supreme Court/Two new book authors/Children sodomized Bird Fri 7/16/2004 289 more info on HPylori outbreak/New Rulings important Bird Sun 7/18/2004 290 Judge on trial/end juvenile prosecutions/guards/news Bird Mon 7/19/2004 291 Electeds. Girlie Men or Animals? Voting record is clear! Bird Mon 7/19/2004 292 more lawsuits/Calif. media speaks out Bird Tue 7/20/2004 293 Reports from families at 5 prisons/inmates injured Bird Wed 7/21/2004 294 Fed Judge threatens prison receivership/West Nile in Bakersfield Bird Wed 7/21/2004 295 Threats to Prison and Public Safety Bird Wed 7/21/2004 296 West Nile hits San Jose/Prisons out of money Bird Thu 7/22/2004 297 Sentencing Laws Changed/DNA tests flawed/Updates Bird Thu 7/22/2004 298 W Nile Virus 8 counties, 1 dead/thoughts on Fed takeover Bird Fri 7/23/2004 299 Families comment on various issues Bird Fri 7/23/2004 300 Medical Emergency/ New Package rules Bird Sat 7/24/2004 301 Judge/New Book/W. Nile Prevention/Death Row Wives Bird Sun 7/25/2004 302 Stats for West Nile off or is it worse in California? Bird
Sun 7/25/2004
304 Inmates trying to send non violent SOS- Call to Action Bird Mon 7/26/2004 305 Dead birds at Chino/Fed takeover sounds better/updates Bird Tue 7/27/2004 306 Guards Won Budget Battle/SVSP off lockdown due to your calls Bird Tue 7/27/2004 307 Your letters resulted in LA Times Story - Dayroom bunks Bird Wed 7/28/2004 308 Your help is needed/Judges in Shackles Bird Thu 7/29/2004 309 Hotel back up, book this one for insurance Bird Thu 7/29/2004 310 Ron Reagan Jr. upset about prison torture/New reports & Updates Bird Fri 7/30/2004 311 Good news for Hep C/Budget passes/parole hearings video Bird Fri 7/30/2004 312 Two urgent press advisories OMG Bird Fri 7/30/2004 313 Speakers list/SVSP/Norco/Dead Birds at CIW Bird Sat
7/31/2004
314 Another West Nile Death/Norco report inmates are sick/news Bird Sun 8/1/2004 315 Something is Wrong Bird Sun 8/1/2004 316 Press Advisory - Possible Shooting - Info Sought Bird Sun 8/1/2004 317 Fed Judges Must Make Prisons Meet Min Standards Bird Tue 8/3/2004 318 Norco Story Disappointing but a relief Bird Wed 8/4/2004 319 Lies, Insults, Hidden Agendas Another Day in Paradise Bird Wed 8/4/2004 320 Fed Takeover May Not Happen/no more isolation at CYA Bird Thu 8/5/2004 321 Medical problems statewide are big profit center Bird Thu 8/5/2004 322 It's time for us to make a Public Outcry! Bird Thu 8/5/2004 323 Free scholarships for Prisoner's children Bird Sat 8/7/2004 324 Dayrooms taken/dead mentally ill inmate/dead DA/MESS! Bird Sun 8/8/2004 325 What we have done - what we still need Bird Sun 8/8/2004 326 Rally Press Release/Asm Jackie Goldberg our host Bird Mon 8/9/2004 327 Updates/Visiting Nightmares exposed Bird Mon 8/9/2004 328 Pls answer these questions/Medical Neglect Today Bird Tue 8/10/2004 329 Bill Updates/Parole - Change it now Bird Wed 8/11/2004 330 Scathing Report on Medical Care Hallelujah! Bird Wed 8/11/2004 331 Compassionate release passes goes to Gov now Bird Wed 8/11/2004 332 Descendant of George Washington Speaks Out! Bird Wed 8/11/2004 333 The Media Light - allow the press in the prisons Bird Thu 8/12/2004 334 Rev Bruce Bramlett "We must make great noise" Bird Fri 8/13/2004 335 Rally front page of Reporter/CDC agents tell lies about it Bird Fri 8/13/2004 336 Bill Updates/More recognitions & thanks/Prison Woes exposed Bird Sat 8/14/2004 337 Rosemary Published/Your follow up comments & work Bird Sun 8/15/2004 338 ill inmates sleep on floor/Arnie's visit to prison Bird Mon 8/16/2004 339 We need 100 people to do lobby work/bill updates Bird Tue 8/17/2004 340 Shumake autopsy grounds for a lawsuit Bird Tue 8/17/2004
342 Shumake & UNION in the news twice today Bird Wed 8/18/2004 343 Victory for guard's union/dangerous bill Bird Wed 8/18/2004 344 Sen blasts "spineless" legislators/a question & project for you Bird Thu 8/19/2004 345 Anita Published/Fitness Pay Bird Thu 8/19/2004 346 Christine & Al Published! Changes in the law affect us all Bird Fri 8/20/2004 347 Tam Published on Shumake case/Corc med problems described Bird Fri 8/20/2004 348 Lives are at Stake -Shumake/Alert WNV jumps 32% in CA Bird Sat 8/21/2004 349 Here come the guards into our med neglect campaign Bird Sun 8/22/2004 350 Humiliation Should Not be part of sentence/cuts to mentally ill Bird Sun 8/22/2004 351 Last chance for standing up for yourself & loved ones Bird Mon 8/23/2004 352 Another Death, next door CMF/Chip Implants/Father God help us all!
Bird Mon 8/23/2004
354 Bill Updates/WNV up 42% this week/progress Bird Tue 8/24/2004 355 Trouble - Emergencies, Info needed TAKE ACTION Bird Wed 8/25/2004 356 4th death reported in Solano County - let us mobilize Bird Fri 8/27/2004 357 Media Access Bill Fails as bodies stack up Bird Fri 8/27/2004 358 MEDIA ACCESS BILL FINALLY PASSES!/Restitution Bird Sat 8/28/2004 359 Updates, letters from inmates and families Bird Sun 8/29/2004 360 a few press advisories/bill updates/Blakely Bird Mon 8/30/2004 361 Death at CMC Suspicious/Media Access/ Bird Tue 8/31/2004 362 TV Show today/ways to fight back for yourself & others Bird Wed 9/1/2004 363 frightening circumstances/Lancaster gets away with assault of inmate
Bird Wed 9/1/2004
388 Bills Update/Inmate Killed at New Folsom/DA lies to people
Bird Wed 9/22/2004
397 My remarks for today's hearing on med neglect/news Bird Wed 9/29/2004 398 UNION Call to Action Press Conference MON 10/4 - Sacramento
Bird Wed 9/29/2004
400 1st Amend. Still Dead - Gov Vetoes Media Access Bird Thu 9/30/2004 401 Such Lies!!!!!!! Such Hypocrisy!!!!!! Bird Thu 9/30/2004
403 Bills signed & vetoed re prisons/Investigations/TV Show Bird Fri 10/1/2004 404 Press Conference 10/4 -Four families of dead inmates Bird Sun 10/3/2004 405 Press Conference Big Success - National Media Coverage Bird Tue 10/5/2004 406 Patty Published on Media Access/reform demanded our ground swell Bird Wed 10/6/2004 407 Beyond "TALKING" of reform Bird Wed 10/6/2004 408 Incident at CSP/Dr. Suspended/DNA/do your letter Bird
Thu 10/7/2004
411 Rosemary Published!/Inmate scalded/sentencing changes
Bird Sat 10/9/2004
413 Ducks, Geese vs. Human Beings/UNION folks in action! Bird Mon 10/11/2004 414 More info on inmate murdered by guards with pepper spray Bird Mon 10/11/2004 415 Press Advisory 2nd Death/Found Ed Rister Bird Wed 10/13/2004 416 Dead Inmate at Folsom/1st & 4th Amendment violations Bird Wed 10/13/2004 417 3rd possible death this week at Lancaster?/3rd Lawsuit to be filed Bird Thu 10/14/2004 418 Criminals are wearing badges - get out the vote
Bird Fri 10/15/2004
419 Fascist DA trying to cover up inmate death, suppress media coverage Bird Fri 10/15/2004 420 The life you save may be your own or your loved one
Bird Sat 10/16/2004
422 Brilliant move by defense attorney saves the day! Bird Sun 10/17/2004 423 Tam Published/last day to register/Guard Assault Group Bird Mon 10/18/2004 424 Emergency - 3 or 4 dead - journalists denied info Bird Mon 10/18/2004 425 Brace yourself and focus on prevention Bird Tue 10/19/2004 426 Report says state employees not disciplined or fired/Gov Dingbat Bird Wed 10/20/2004 427 Hunger strike coming, men lose faith in Governor Bird Thu 10/21/2004 428 First news article about tomorrow's press conference Bird Fri 10/22/2004 429 Stricken inmate left untreated lawsuit claims Bird Fri 10/22/2004 430 An incredible noise Bird Sun 10/24/2004 431 Now that we have everyone's attention, it's time for you to
speak Bird Tue 10/26/2004
433 Don't forget our TV show at 9 am tomorrow morning on internet
Bird Tue 10/26/2004
434 UNION family members writing and fighting, getting out the vote Bird Wed 10/27/2004 435 Package rule changes/Gov lies in commercials/Vote Recommendations Bird Thu 10/28/2004 436 What should the UNION do about murder by pepper spray? Bird Fri 10/29/2004 437 It's War and We're Advancing/announcements Bird Fri 10/29/2004 438 Court Upholds Guard Convictions Cover up Revealed Bird Fri 10/29/2004 439 3X Reform Losing Steam/Voting recommendations Bird Sat 10/30/2004 440 A death in the hole/implant letter - fact or fiction?
Bird Sun 10/31/2004
441 more deaths/UNION delivering at least 80,000 votes Bird Mon 11/1/2004 442 One inmate dead, another brain damaged/voting holocaust Bird Tue 11/2/2004 443 Termite Lied - some fell for it - 3X Reform fails Bird Wed 11/3/2004 444 Drawing back our collective fist and families sound off Bird Wed 11/3/2004 445 Kerry Won/Josie published/4th lawsuit nearly ready Bird Thu 11/4/2004 446 UNION Call to Action - get the word out Bird
Sat 11/6/2004
447 Important announcements Bird Sat 11/6/2004 448 Bob Published/Tasers/Schwarzen-Nazi Bird Sun
11/7/2004
450 Politicians do neener-neener/CDC tries retaliation - Bird Tue 11/9/2004 451 Twins Tasered/Give me a count Bird Tue 11/9/2004 452 History is made 9 guards fired/flu shots/Charles out of jail Bird Wed 11/10/2004 453 Press Conference Advisory - Lawsuit filed Bird Wed 11/10/2004 454 Last minute questions, instructions Bird Thu 11/11/2004 455 Press Advisory Inmate Death at Old Folsom Bird Sat 11/13/2004 456 More death alerts/let's respond to this bad article/updates Bird Mon 11/15/2004 457 Press Advisory 3rd suicide in three days Mule Creek Bird Mon 11/15/2004 458 UNION families, advocates furious over article in Tribune Bird Mon 11/15/2004 459 Tribune responds to UNION families/Pepper Spray Facts Bird Wed 11/17/2004 460 Guard sprays Gov with chemicals - big joke? Bird Wed 11/17/2004 461 Probes/5 new wardens/UNION in ACTION Bird Thu 11/18/2004 462 Flyer of hope ready for you to distribute/cease fire on SLO Tribune Bird Thu 11/18/2004 463 The War on the People of California is Raging Bird Fri 11/19/2004 464 Human Rights Watch & Fresno Bee blast Gov on Prisons
Bird Sat 11/20/2004
465 Inmate ltr describes depression over lies/NEWS! Bird Sun 11/21/2004 466 New Bill will have far reaching effects on teens & the poor Bird Sun 11/21/2004 467 Photos from Brown, Ware press conferences Bird Tue 11/23/2004 468 Visiting lawsuit/Bye Burton/TV audio on the web!/news!
Bird Sat 11/27/2004
470 Amnesty Int on Tasers/Shriver: No Presidency/Pepper Spray
Bird Mon 11/29/2004
472 Justices rule - new sentencing Bird Wed 12/1/2004 473 Parole/Mentally Ill/3 Strikes/Civil Suit Bird Thu 12/2/2004 474 Report in on psychological torture methods for TV show Bird Fri 12/3/2004 475 Press Advisory - Guard who shot inmate CO Best - Rogue Bird Sun 12/5/2004 476 Lawsuit payouts/where to file complaints/ Bird
Mon 12/6/2004
478 Tonight! RJ Donovan no water/journalists under seige Bird Wed 12/8/2004 479 How Ad Seg & SHU torture destroys /medical mj Bird Wed 12/8/2004 480 Press Advisory Lockdown over "bullets"/strip searches Bird Fri 12/10/2004 481 Supreme Court/Nurses furious with Arnold/Justice Bird Sun 12/12/2004 482 Poll on Gov/CCPOA donations/Tomorrow am Bird Sun 12/12/2004 483 Good News Bird Mon 12/13/2004
485 TV Reporter seeks help with today's news - missing person Bird Tue 12/14/2004 486 UNION families & clergy speak out Bird
Wed 12/15/2004
488 Press Advisory, inmate death/Perata Attacked/info sought Bird Thu 12/16/2004 489 Slave labor industries/ good news - Sob! Bird
Fri 12/17/2004
491 Why they hated Gary Webb/Torture normal Bird Sun 12/19/2004 492 Press Advisories/ prisoner writes of abuse/lawsuit for mentally
ill Bird Mon 12/20/2004
494 Nurses sue Gov/Witch hunts are on/suicide on video Bird Tue 12/21/2004 495 Chino MAC chairman tortured & railroaded/Corc inmate in
danger Bird Wed 12/22/2004
497 Press advisories on stabbings, deaths/Policy challenges Bird Thu 12/23/2004 498 Press advisories on stabbings, deaths/Policy challenges Bird Fri 12/24/2004 499 Angels of Compassion & mercy are messengers of hope Bird Fri 12/24/2004 500 Pass this message of hope out at prisons & family gatherings
Bird Fri 12/24/2004
502 Riot at Wasco?/DNA/lawsuit/Perata Bird Tue 12/28/2004 503 Massive lawsuit payout?/Webb killed over book?/Se Espanol? Bird Tue 12/28/2004 504 Man tricked into confession/Patriot Act and You Bird Wed 12/29/2004 505 Staph outbreak/5 dead at Lancaster since Sept/execution
Bird Fri 12/31/2004
506 Web page shows CDC rip off/Tricked Part II/Smart Alternatives Bird Fri 12/31/2004
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