‘Please help us get my brother home’

The following appeal was written on Oct. 16 by Betty Ann Peltier-Solano, executive coordinator of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee and Leonard’s sister. You can read more about Leonard’s case on the Friends of Peltier Web site, www.FreePeltierNow.org. Ms. Peltier-Solano ends the appeal with these words, “Time to set him free ... because it is the RIGHT thing to do.”

Leonard is once again being uprooted and relocated to another prison. Although this seems to be a strategy by the federal government to disrupt his defense committee, we can take advantage of the limbo Leonard is in right now by demanding that the Bureau of Prisons transfer him to a facility closer to his home reservation. Turtle Mountain is requesting that Leonard be transferred to the reservation’s custody, and in the meantime there are federal facilities in Sandstone, Minn., and Oxford, Wis., which could accommodate him.

Please send the following correspondence or similar as soon as possible to:

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Designation and Sentence Computation Center (DSCC)
Grand Prairie Office Complex
U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051

Re: Leonard Peltier #89637-132

Dear DSCC:

I am contacting you seeking consideration for Mr. Leonard Peltier, who will be transferred from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in the near future. Mr. Peltier has been a model prisoner and deserves to be transferred to a lower security prison. Also, Mr. Peltier should be transferred to a facility close to his home based on the hardship policy of the Bureau of Prisons, because his family has grown older and is on a fixed income which limits the time they can visit him. Mr. Peltier has served over 32 years in prison and deserves to be close to his family during this crucial time in their lives. For these reasons I ask that you transfer Mr. Peltier to the Turtle Mountain Reservation’s custody as soon as possible. The alternatives that would help satisfy this request are either the federal facility in Sandstone, Minn., or Oxford, Wis., as both are near in proximity to his family.

In the name of all things good and humane, I ask you to do the right thing for compassion’s sake in the transfer of Leonard Peltier today. Thank you and may the Creator bless you.

Sincerely,

Your name. Your street address, city, state, zip code

Mail USPS or e-mail to: GRA-DSC/PolicyCorrespondence&[email protected] or fax to: 972-352-4395