Monday, November 21st - Call-in for Oso Blanco

NYC ABC received this e-mail from one of Oso Blanco's supporters. Take the
time to call in and demand Oso Blanco be given his belongings.

CALL-IN on behalf of Byron "Oso Blanco" Chubbuck Monday, NOVEMBER 21st

Byron “Oso Blanco” Chubbuck is serving 80 years for unarmed bank robbery,
aggravated assault on the FBI, escape, and firearms charges. A
confidential informant reported that Oso Blanco was robbing banks in order
to acquire funds to support the Zapatistas and indigenous children in
Chiapas, Mexico, throughout 1998-99. Because of his political background,
Oso Blanco has been subjected to horrendous treatment by the guards at the
U.S. Penitentiary Lewisburg.

There will be a coordinated effort to call in, on behalf of Byron Shane
Chubbuck. The call-in will take place from 10 am to 12 pm est, on Monday,
November 21st. If you cannot call during this time, please try calling at
another time on the 21st.

The number for U.S. Penitentiary Lewisburg is 570.523.1251

Ask for the Warden Bledsoe's Office.

Byron Chubbuck was scheduled to be transferred to another facility, but
when that transfer was cancelled two boxes with Byron's belongings were
withheld and, for three weeks, have not been returned. He has not been
told if and when he will get his personal property back. On November 1st,
Mr. Chubbuck had number of items taken from his cell during a
“shake-down,” in which a guard came into Byron's cell and went through all
of his belongings. This particular guard has repeatedly assaulted and
harassed Byron over the past few years at Lewisburg.

The list of items taken from Byron's cell on November 1st:

***Contact addresses and phone numbers
***Medicine cream kill ring worm
***A letter written to his father, ready to be mailed out
***Mickey Mouse drawing for his friends daughter
***Hair oil, to take care of his long hair
***His cellie's food that his cellie had bought

This call-in also intended to bring a new, fresh reminder to the staff at
Lewisburg Penitentiary, that Byron “Oso Blanco” Chubbuck is not alone and
has wide, mass support. We have his back and will not let any injustices,
no matter how minor or severe the harassment may be, slip through the
cracks.

Sample of what to say:

"Hello, I'm calling in concern of inmate Byron Chubbuck (#07909051). I'm
requesting that two boxes from Mr Chubbuck's cancelled transfer be
returned to him and also property that was taken from his cell on November
1st from one of the guards, named Gee. (pronounced like you would be
saying 'geese'). (List the items stolen during the shake-down.) Mr.
Chubbuck will let us know if his property is not returned. Thank you for
you time."

You can write Oso Blanco and tell him you've supported him at:

Byron Shane Chubbuck #70909051
USP Lewisburg
Post Office Box 1000
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837