STG harassment of PP Alvaro Luna Hernandez

From:    twitchon@hotmail.com
Date:    Sun, May 18, 2008

Dear Comrades, Political Prisoner Alvaro Luna Hernandez needs your help
with phone calls and fax action as soon as possible this coming week, as
well as e-mails, to the Alfred D. Hughes Unit's Senior Warden Dawn Grounds
and Assistant Warden Kenneth Dean, the Texas Senate, and please include
the Region VI Director and TDCJ-CID Directors in that mix too. The problem
stems from what appears to be either from a gungho "points-scoring"
Assistant Warden Kenneth Dean, or a general escalation of STG
hyperactivity against Alvaro the past few months from the Warden's office;
some of my correspondence have been rejected as STG content in recent
months. In an April 29th TDCJ-CID "Inter-Office Communications" notice to
Alvaro, Dean states that... "This is to inform you that Mary Bernal has
been administratively removed from your visitation list. The action of
removing her from your list was taken by the warden's office." "You may
appeal this decision through the Grievance procedure. You must do so
within 14 days of this notice." (Alvaro submitted an I-60 to Dean May 4th,
2008. with no response coming from Dean)  A "Step One" Grievance was filed
on May 11, 2008 following this. This is where we can intercede for Alvaro
with some success if enmasse, even though they are required to exhaust
their grievances through the "Step Two" process of the Program after a
reply/or none from administration.Mary Bernal has been on Alvaro's
approved list for years with no problems; there was no specific reasons at
all for her removal. Visitations are monitored on video camera, and audio
in the phone receivers, and his correspondence to her and from her hasn't
been disturbed; so this is totally arbitrary and serves no logical
penological interest. He's asked that they rescind that order, and claims
these were violations to his protected liberty interests of notification;
a neutral decisonmaker; due process; and the First Amendment.  In a
related condition of Texas' Administrative Segregation (Control Housing)
there at the Alfred D. Hughes Unit, with a nearly 600-prisoner population
in that section, Alvaro stated in a May 15, 2008 letter, that the
prisoners in Ad-Seg. with mental stress problems are being abused in that
"Torture Chamber"...as he calls it...and..."we must stop it"; so if you
can manage all that in one communique - that would be a blow for human
rights. Here is a list of names and numbers to choose from that ought to
stir up some waves; I suggest an emphasis on the OIG, TDCJ-CID Director
Quarterman, Region VI Director Campuzano, for some influencial effects -
and then the Wardens next in priority for calls or faxes: Office of the
Inspector General,Attn: John Moriarity,oigspecialops@tdcj.state.tx.us(936)
437-5122fax: (936) 437-5118 Nathaniel Quarterman,TDCJ-CID Director,(936)
437-2173,fax:(936) 437-6325 TDCJ-CID Region VI DirectorGilberto
Campuzano,(512) 671-2575Fax: (512) 671-2579 Senior Warden Dawn
Grounds,Alfred D. Hughes Unit,Route-2, Box 4400,Gatsville, Texas
76597-0001(254) 865-6663fax: (254) 865-6964 Senator John Whitmire,Chair:
Criminal Justice Committee& Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight
Committee,P.O. Box 12068,Capitol Station,Austin, Texas 78711(512)
463-0115fax: (713) 864-5287 (Houston District Office) Please let me know,
the Central Coordinator for the Committee to Free Alvaro Luna Hernandez,
or let Alvaro know directly by mail any responses you get of interest;
make a copy should they happen to disappear for any reason once they
arrive there at Hughes.TDCJ agencies have a general policy to notify you
after they receive a complaint that a formal investigation will be
assessed before they are required to reply to you again within a 30-day
period; so don't be surprised if they catch you dozing. Yours, in
Solidarity for Political Prisoners Mr. Twitch,ABC Para-Legal Services,
P.O. Box 7187,
Austin, Texas 78712 ..."For Prisoners, there is no alcohol nor flowers,
but the night is so lovely, how can we celebrate it?I go to the air hole
and stare up at the moon, and through th eair hole, the moon smiles at the
poet..."- Ho Chi Minh, Prison Diary