Text Box: School of the Americas (SOA)

Text Box: SOA Prisoners of Conscience Appreciation Letters
PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE, who “crossed the line” at the School of the Americas  (WHINSEC), Fort Benning (Columbus) Georgia, November 19, 2006, witnessed by 22,000 fellow protesters. Their photos, biographies, and moving court statements can be found at www.soaw.org.  For over fifty years the SOA has taught counter-insurgency, counter-intelligence, commando tactics, psychological warfare, and at times torture to the furtherance of United States foreign policy and business interests.
The first has already served 71 days. The others begin their sentences either March 21 or April 17.
CHRISTINE M. BUSCH-NEMA #92944-020
FMC CARSWELL, FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER
P.O. BOX 27137, FORT WORTH, TX 76127
April 17  2 months
 
ARTHUR D. COLEMAN #92949-020
MCC CHICAGO, METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, 71 WEST VAN BUREN STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60605              
April 17  2 months
 
VALERIE A. FILLENWARTH #92956-020
FCI DANBURY, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
ROUTE 37, DANBURY, CT 06811.
April 17  3 months 10 days
 
PHILIP E. GATES #92947-020
MDC LOS ANGELES, METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER, P.O. BOX 1500, LOS ANGELES, CA 90053             March 21  2 months
 
ALICE E. GERARD #92095-020
FCI DANBURY, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
ROUTE 37, DANBURY, CT 06811. 
Mar. 21  6 mon.
 
JOSHUA C. HARRIS #92946-020
CI TAFT, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, P.O. BOX 7001
TAFT, CA 93268                       
March 21  2 months
 
MELISSA S. HELMAN #92952-020
FCI PEKIN, SATELLITE CAMP, P.O. BOX 5000
PEKIN, IL 61555                     
March 21    2 months
 
MARTINA E. LEFORCE #92951-020
FDC PHILADELPHIA, FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER, P.O. BOX 562,
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106           
April 17  2 months
 
JULIENNE OLDFIELD #92954-020
FDC PHILADELPHIA,FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER, P.O. BOX 562, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
April 17  3 months
 
SHEILA T. SALMON #92953-020
FCI TALLAHASSEE, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, 501 CAPITAL CIRCLE, NE
TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301    
Apr. 17, 3 mo. 10 days
 
NATHAN W SLATER #92950-020
FCI ASHLAND, SATELLITE CAMP, P.O. BOX 6000
ASHLAND, KY 41105                   
April 17  2 months
 
MICHAEL E. VOSBURG-CASEY #92955-020
FCI JESUP, FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION FEDERAL SATELLITE LOW,
2680 301 SOUTH , JESUP, GA 31599                 
April 17  3 months 10 days
 
GRAYMON WARD #92945-020
VANCE COUNTY JAIL, 516 BRECKENRIDE ST.
HENDERSON, NC 27536              
March 21  1 month
 
WEBSTER, CATHERINE
X-4310736 SLFRAM19, RIO COSUMNES CORRECTIONAL CENTER, 12450 BRUCEVILLE ROAD, ELK GROVE, CA 95757     
Mar. 21  2 months
 
Prison witness is vital to the suppression of the SOA. One recalls the witness of Gandhi, Dorothy Day, and Martin Luther King. “They are in there for us; we are out here for them.” Seeing their sacrifice, we do whatever we can.  Write your representatives to suspend training and investigate SOA/WHINSEC. Talking points can be found at www.soaw.org.
The prisoners would appreciate letters.

   
 SOA = School of the Americas

Do you know what the School of Americas is?  Located at Fort Benning in 
Columbus, Georgia for over fifty years the SOA has taught counter-insurgency, 
counter-intelligence, commando tactics, psychological warfare, and at times 
torture to the furtherance of United States foreign policy and business interests. 
This process is immoral and anathema to the existence of God in the world.