Update from Mom Marti

Hey all,

I got this email from Marti a few days back. Chris had protested the low wages of his job as a justice issue and ended up in solitary confinement for 6 days! He is doing okay and will still be eligible for early work release if he continues to behave. Check out what Marti has to say.
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Dear White Rose Community,

Blessings to you this passion week!

When we visited Chris this Sat. he was well and feeling good about the ministry of presence he is involved in in the jail. For the last 2 weeks he had not been reassigned a work duty. Due to budget cuts in WA State, the education program has been cut so he can't do ESL for his job(He continues to work with one man on ESL informally.). He said that since it is getting closer to the May 16th date they might just let him slide...The other inmates respect him for his stance. After the 6 days in solitary they decided that for now they will still aim for the early release but took all but personal hygiene and health items of the commissary list as punishment for 90 days. Then when he bought toothpaste and exchanged it for candy bars and "boasted"of it in a letter out, which they read, they took his e-mail privilege away for 45 days (which he hasn't been using anyway).

He said that he can only be released to an "institutional" half way house"so he cannot stay in White Rose in mid-May. They are looking at somewhere in South Chicago.

Also, we are having a prayer vigil for Chris, POC's, SOA and prisoners in general at our church on May 13th. In the meantime there was a partial prison message on the phone from yesterday which means he tried to call, which he hasn't been doing since we have been visiting weekly. Don't know what that means but a friend is visiting today so we'll see.

We will see Chris for Easter, I am making cards for him and a prisoner he asked us to write to as he so wishes to have some mail...I WISH I could sneak some Easter candy in but we'll be there with hugs and prayers.

Easter blessings to you all
Marti Spicer