" If they haven't got prisoners, we have stopped
fighting. If our prisoners are forgotten about, they
have beaten us ." -Keith Mann, ALF
activist and former prisoner
Get additional information on animal
liberation prisoners at these sites:
New
Address! Jeffrey Hogg #1065518
1901 NE F Street Grants Pass,
OR 97526
Arrested: May 18, 2006
Charges: Jailed
for refusing to testify before a Grand Jury
which is investigating a series of direct
actions which occured in Oregon between the
mid-1990s and 2001. Under the Grand Jury
rules Jeff can be held for up to 18-months or
until the Grand Jury ceases its investigations,
whichever the sooner.
Donations
to: Friends of Jeff Hogg PO BOX
12271 Eugene, OR 97440
Adam Durand
Wayne County Jail 7368 Route 31
Lyons, NY 14489
Arrested: May 17, 2006
Charges: Adam
took a hand held video camera into a "battery"
chicken farm and filmed the horrific and
appauling conditions that the hens are subjected
to. His "reward" for his exposing of
such blatent animal cruelty was to be put
on trial for criminal tresspass. Adam
was given an outrageous 6 month sentence.
Donations to: P.O. Box
18552 Rochester NY 14618-0552
Peter Young
#10269-111 NewAddress! FCI
Vitorville Medium II
Federal Correctional
Institution PO Box 5700
Adelanto,CA 92301
mailto:letters@supportpeter.com
Arrested:
March 21, 2005
Charges: Peter had
been on the run since 1998 after being indicted
under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act,
following a series of mink liberations from
three Wisconsin fur farms in 1997, releasing
thousands of animals and causing more than
$200,000 in damages . Sentenced to 2 years after
a plea bargain. Read Peter's statement to the
court
here.
Donations to: Free's
Defense Fund PO Box 3 Eugene OR 97440
Prison Dispatch from Jeff
"Free" Luers - June 16, 2006
Today is my six year anniversary. I almost
didn't notice to tell you the truth. It isn't just
because one day blends into another in here. Right
now I just don't really care that much that I'm in
prison. I know how that sounds but that's brutally
honest. I got careless, I got sloppy. I slipped
up. I got caught.
But, over the years something happened. I got
stronger. I got louder. I became more powerful
than the state ever wanted me to be. You see, I
was supposed to be a message to you all out there
that would dare resist. But not enough people
listened. Some kept fighting back. They kept
liberating animals. They kept burning things down.
Now the state wants to send a more powerful
message. They sent in agents and infiltrators.
They bought off activists and turned others into
traitors with threats. The message is simple: the
government sees this movement as a threat. And
they are telling you that if you challenge them
they will try and lock you away for life. It's a
powerful message. It's down right intimidating, to
be honest.
But, this last weekend (June 9-11) another
message was sent by 43 cities around the world.
That message was very clear: we will not
disappear. Yea, some of us are going to end up in
prison. That's a fact. Some of the weaker
individuals might break under that threat. That's
a fact, too. And that is intimidating. Why
sugarcoat it?
However, when an international solidarity
event, in which 43 cities participate, can be
organized from a maximum security prison?.That's
not just intimidating. That's a threat.
There's no denying the authorities have a lot
of power. But so do we and we have to recognize
that. We have to harness that energy. Every time
we are pushed we must push back twice as hard.
Thank you for not being silent. Thank you for
standing up for the ?green scare? victims, the
earth liberation prisoners and for me. I am so
grateful, so very grateful I can't wait to read
and hear about all the events. We have shown that
we are united, that we can and will support our
prisoners.
Now let us show our might. They have heard your
words. Make them feel your actions. The earth, the
animals, the future, our children, your freedom,
the people of Iraq, your very own community needs
you to fight back. You are all we have. Your
resistance is our only weapon, our only defense.
You are the only protection we have left.
PLEASE do EVERYTHING you can to help. -Jeffrey
'Free' Luers
Josh Demmitt #12314-081
New
Address! FCI Safford Federal Correction Institution
P.O. Box
9000 Safford, AZ 85548
supportjosh@riseup.net
Arrested:
Charges: On
February 15, 2005, Josh began a two and a half
year sentence for setting fires at an animal
science farm at Brigham Young University. In an
earlier action at BYU, six rabbits and seven birds
were liberated from the farm.
Due for release April 24, 2006.
Donations for Legal Defense
to: The Josh Demmitt Support Group c/o The Animal Defense League
PO Box 1587
Huntingdon, NY 11743
Donations Directly to Josh in
Prison: Federal Bureau of Prisons
Joshua Demmitt #12314-081 P.O. Box 474701
Des Moines, IA 50947-0001
Justin Uribe
#T-29257 C-5/236 low Pleasant
Valley State Prison PO Box 8503 Coalinga, CA
93210
Arrested:
Charges: Serving
the final years of a 6-year term for arson. These
actions were not animal or environmentally
motivated, but Justin is an avowed animal
liberationist, scheduled for release within the
next year.
New Address for
Darren:
Darren Thurston #701415
Multnomah County
Iverness Jail 11540 NE
Iverness Dr. Portland, OR 97220
Charges: Darren has
been charged with possession of a fraudulent green
card and awaits his February 2006 trial. Indicted
in California April 2006 on three new charges
related to the Susanville Corral Fire (which he is
accused of participating in as part of the Oregon
conspiracy charges). The new charges are
"Conspiracy to Commit Arson?, ?Arson of a
Government Facility? and ?Use and Carrying of a
Destructive Device During and in Relation to a
Crime of Violence?. If Darren is convicted on all
counts, he faces a minimum sentence of 30 years.
