FLORIDA PRISONERS PERSEVERE IN FACE OF OPPOSITION
Dear San Quentin News:
Hope this letter reaches you in the very best of spirits. I enjoy reading the San Q newspaper and have been for like the past 15 years. I always share with my comrades who are for the struggle. We’re very inspired by you and is actually trying to put something together in Florida, but of course we face hard opposition with our state government. Thank you and God Bless
— Eric L. Wilridge Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Milton, Florida
PELICAN BAY PRISONER WANTS TO ‘GET A GRIP’
Dear San Quentin News:
My name is Michael Davis and I have been locked up for 19 years. I make sure to always read SQN because I love it — PERIOD! There is always good stuff in it. The August 2022 issue is a good one. It helped open my eyes to the Board of Parole Hearings’ Psychological evaluation. Thanks, SQN!
I would like to know if there is any way we at PBSP can get into the GRIP program via correspondence? There are a lot of people here that are in college, including myself, and we work real hard to making positive changes. I would like to know if GRIP can be started here as well. I will do whatever needs to be done to make it possible.
—Michael Davis Pelican Bay State Prison Crescent City, California
CENTINELA READER RESPONDS TO ‘COVID WHIPLASH’ STORY
Dear San Quentin News:
I finished reading the “COVID whiplash” article recently and was slightly relieved to hear that all these nonsense ‘COVID’ policies are impacting other prisons the same as ours. Our prison just went through a second complete inmate population infection of ‘COVID’ and none of the “Healthcare” policies did anything to prevent it… These policies are nonsense.
“COVID-19” isn’t even dangerous anymore. It is not COVID-19 anymore, it’s COVID-22 and I just had it and it’s a joke. I’ve had worse colds…
Furthermore, we were afforded Extraordinary Con-duct Credit (ECC) by the Secretary of CDCR because of the COVID lockdowns in the form of 84 days all the way back to July 9, 2020. It’s now two years later and we have been subjected to the same hardships repeatedly and have been given nothing for all the hardships they impose since then. We deserve the same ECC for every two years. The Correctional Officers are getting “COVID bonuses” for dealing with this “COVID.”
— Lance Lawrence California State Prison Centinela Imperial, California
CMC VETERANS HELP COMMUNITY VETS
Dear San Quentin News:
The California Men’s Colony (CMC) West facility, Vet group has donated 450 lbs. of food items and $100 cash to a pilot food pantry program sponsored by the San Luis Obispo Veterans Service Office (SLOVSO). The pantry is intended to service hungry veterans and their families in the community.
Morgan Boyd of SLOVSO, in a recent email, writes, “We cannot thank the men at CMC enough for their dedication to helping their brothers and sisters out. I am quite impressed with their organization skills and hope that CMC’s veterans will continue to work with us if our pilot program becomes permanent, and I fully intend to support it.”
Mr. Boyd goes on to say that it is his intention to have a team member attend the monthly Veterans group meetings at CMC West Yard to provide support. This is an important step forward for the veterans at CMC.
— Dennis M. Daly California Men’s Colony San Luis Obispo, California