Thursday, April 30, 2020

Take Action for Prisoners Against COVID-19!

This is an organized list of eight ways to participate in the struggle against COVID-19 in the DOC.

1. Contact Governor Evers. 
Governor Tony Evers
PO Box 7863
Madison, WI 53707                 
Call him: (608) 266-1212
If VM full, try his MKE office- 414-227-4344
Email him: info@tonyevers.com,
Make your message personal, or share our mass email.  

2. Join or amplify COVID Compassion Campaign.
We are helping incarcerated people demand that Governor Evers expand his clemency and pardon criteria to include considering releasing people. We're helping people file clemency waivers. We send them in batches and post them here: batch 1, batch 2.
We've also held regular online press conferences, which are on our YouTube channel.
Organizers have also planned various pressure actions  designed with social distancing in mind to stay safe from COVID-19.
Follow FFUP on Facebook for updates. Videos of actions are here, if you don't use Facebook.

3. Contact DOC Secretary Kevin Carr and other prison officials
Email Kevin- Kevin.Carr@Wisconsin.gov
Call DOC and ask for the Secretary's office- 608-240-5000
DAI Administrator Makda Fessahaye- makda.fessahaye@wisconsin.gov 608-240-5100

covid compassion campaign batch two


Victorino Benitez 
Vistorino Benitez
#441381(Bd 1960, 59,TIS, Hispanic)

Victorino is at an age that puts him at heightened risk of complications if he contracts Covid 19.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/victorino-benitez.pdf






   Jarvis Booker 534394 FLCI (bd 1980, 39 y.o. Black)
Jarvis Booker

Jarvis has pre-existing conditions (asthma and type 2 diabetes). He has served five years and is aware that what he had done was wrong. He is at an age and living with health conditions that put him in a higher risk for experiencing complications, should he contract covid 19


Samuel Cannon 394467 WSPF ( Bd 1987, 33 y.o.,Native American)
Samuel Cannon




"It is impossible to practice social distancing. Staff here have tested positive for covid -19 and co- workers have not done 14 day required quarantine.We have no access to hand sanitizer (security)and little access to soap, shower and change of clothes.No staff members are wearing the proper PPE. CDC, WHO, Dr Fouci, president Trump ordered to wear face masks/PPE at the facility.
I take medication for Anxiety and bi-polar. I get about 10 years left to serve in incarceration. Back home I've got support of family members,  and counselors and therapists and treatment specialists who have 20 years experience."
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/samuel-cannon-waiver.pdfhttps://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/samuel-cannon-waiver.pdf




Eugene Crisler

Eugene Crisler #438690, Bd 198535 y.o.,Black.) 
Eugene is serving a two year sentence and has been diagnosed with lupus, which puts him at an elevated risk of complications if he tests positive for Covid 19. He will be released in September 2020,it makes no sense to hold him now. 
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/eugene-crisler-waiverns-1.pdf





Floyd E Crowley 163604l OSCI (BD1956, 63 y.o./ OL in since 1988, black)
Floyd Crowley

"I believe that at 64 years old with and enlarged prostate and high blood pressure and the sentence I am serving qualify me for extraordinary circumstances. However , in serving consecutive sentences and request to have them ran concurrently instead of consecutively will make me eligible for parole now instead of 2-14-2022."  He includes several documents attesting to his successful rehabilitation. He has become a model prisoner, known for his hard work and reliability.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/lloyd-e-crowley.pdf
Alphonso Crump
Alphonso Crump 249193 OSCI ( Bd 1952, 67 y.o. Black; in since 1992)
Received life with parole, was intoxicated on the night he committed the crime that got him there, he has since completely abstained from using any intoxicants and is a devoted follower of god.


          Adam D. Fields 385005 FLCI ( Bd 1984, 36y.o. White)
I am an at risk person for covid -19 due to the fact that I have asthma and if I were to get the virus I would have a better chance of surviving it with top- notch heath care outside of prisons . Also , I am seeking clemency because I would like to seek employment within the WI DOC so people can see through me that you can survive the world without seeking a life of crime.





Thomas Eake 637512.SCI;  (BD 1959, 60 y.o.;White)
Thomas is afraid that because he is guilty of a sex offence he will not be considered 
seriously for release. He is of the age where the corona virus could kill him. He has 
degenerative disc disease which cause him more pain daily and has 8 metal screws 
in his back and needs more surgery. But the main gist of his writing is his story:
"My crime was entirely out of character for me and an anomaly in my behavior. In 
January 2013 my wife of 26 years passed away unexpectedly and I was not emotionally equipped to deal with the loss for months. I spiraled into deep depression and for the first time in my life I pushed friends and family away and turned to alcohol to cope.
At this time I made the biggest mistake of my life. My victim was 16 years old at the
time of the offence. She was the daughter of my next door neighbor. She would 
often come to my house in order to escape the physical and emotional abuse that 
was happening at her home. It was at this time I began a sexual relationship with her. Although it was consensual, I understand it was wrong and as an adult, I should have prevented it. "




Stephen Fisher #324015, OSCI (BD 1952, 67 y.o.,in since 1996 , OL, White)
Stephen Fischer
 Stephen is at an age that puts him at heightened risk of complications if he contracts Covid 19. He has served 14 of his 18 year sentence and has been diagnosed with cancer.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/stephen-fisher-.pdf





James Foote 196400 SCI (Bd 1970, 49 y.o., in since 1998 OL, Black)
James Foote

James has served 20 years of his sentence, and has several diagnoses that put him in the high risk category for contracting the virus.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/james-foote-.pdf








Donald C Goll 111244 OSCI ( Bd 1959,60y.o.;OL white)
Donald Goll
Donald has served 41 years for a crime he committed when he was 19 years old. Because of his age, he is extremely at risk of having severe complications if he contracts covid-19.










Ray Anthony Hampton

Ray Anthony Hampton Jr #601062; FLCI (Bd 1991,28, Black)
"The circumstance regarding the warrant of waiver of the governor's eligibility rules is due to a heart - condition I have. I was born with this particular condition, which is called 'mitro-valve-prolapse'. It's a condition that effects my immune system and typically gives me shortness of breath."  The corona virus "has already reached multiple WI institutions and has me living in fear. The fact that my children are living through a pandemic without me there for help, support and protection, also  has me living in fear. Knowing that I am innocent of the crime I sit in prison for today makes it issue enough on top of the possibility of the covid virus have contact with my heart"

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/ray-anthony-hampton-waiverns.pdf

Anthony P Heard

 Anthony P Heard 487345 WSPF (Bd 1988, 31, Black)
          Anthony was young and in poor mental health when he committed the crimes that landed him in prison. He is still young and has the support of his sister who is a federal corrections officer in Tennessee, with whom he would be staying if he were released from prison.







Dennis Lee Hohol 436152,RGCI ( Bd 1944, 76 y.o. white 
Although Dennis makes a big point of his innocence in his waiver application, given his age, he is also at extreme risk of having severe complications if he contracts covid-19.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/dennis-lee-hohol.pdf
Dennis Lee Hohol


Derrick Howard #261702 ( Bd 1976, 43 y.o. OL,in since 1998; Black)







Derrick Howard









 


Derrick has sleep apnea, which when gone untreated can affect one’s decision making ability as well as memory retention. Since being in prison and using a C-pap machine, he has noticed an increase in his ability to function. He has served almost half of his total sentence, and has a strong desire to improve his community.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/derrick-howard.pdf


George L Jansen


George L Jansen 153167 OSCI ( Bd 191946,73 y.o. OL in since 1996)
Has spent 22 years in prison/Lists many maladies:has hearing aides, had stroke and was sent to Mercy Hospital , has cataracts in both eyes. has had surgery on his nerves, has vertigo, kidney disease. His advanced age should be extraordinary condition enough for this man to be released, the conditions make his release imperative.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/george-l-jansen.pdf 
Michael Dean Johnson



Michael  Dean Johnson #411838,OSCI (Bd 1956, 63y.o.White TIS)
Mr Johnson was convicted of multiple drunk driving incidents. He is a good candidate for release because of his age and , as the documents he provides here show, because he has been unanimously recommended for sentence modification by the PRC Board. He has worked very hard to rehabilitate himself and all indications show he is ready. There is no reason to hold this many and expose him to the risk the virus poses to all in our prisons.

Dakota Jourdan
Dakota Jordan
#590375 WSPF (Bd1995,25 Native American)

Dakota was stealing to support an addiction and is beyond his substance abuse issues at this point. Given the Coronavirus situation, social distancing is impossible to achieve at WSPF, and in addition to this, he has witnessed people not quarantining properly and potentially exposing more people.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/dakota-jourdan.pdf




Claude  Anil Komorowki
Claude Anil Komorowki 193111, OCI (BD1968;52y.o.,white)
"during this covid -18 pandemic my family is sick and all alone and needs me, My mother is 74 years old , my step- father is 76 years old and dying of diabetes. I am in danger of getting covid-19 in prison because I  cannot keep safe with inmates and staff in so close proximity. I am 52 and in poor health. "
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/claude-anil-komorowski.pdf
Troy A Laufenberg






Troy Alan Laufenberg
#594897 NLCI (Bd 1992, 27y.o. White)

Troy lives with asthma which puts him at heightened risk of complications if he contracts Covid 19.


Jorge Meddina-Petino 668526 NLCI (Bd1953, 56 y.o.Hispanic)
Jorge Medina- Petino

Jorge is at an age and living with health conditions that put him in a higher risk for experiencing complications, should he contract covid 19. He has served 2 years of his sentence.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/jorge-meddina-patino.pdf



Anthony Gage Meyers
#520337 OSCI ( Bd 1989, 30 White)
Anthony Gage Meyer

Sentenced on 1st degree reckless homicide, the details of his case reveal that this was essentially self-defense, he responded to a beating he was receiving with lethal force against an opponent much bigger than him and who was relentlessly attacking him. Since the outbreak, Anthony has had respiratory issues and has been in HSU, however, he is unable to properly socially distance while being held at Oshkosh CI.


Justin Silvio Meyer 
justin Silvio Meyer
#399202 NLCI ( Bd 1983, 36, Hispanic)

Justin is at high risk of Covid 19 complications, as he has been diagnosed with sleep apnea and requires the use of a cpap machine. He has served 10 years of his sentence.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/justin-silvio-meyer-waiverns-1.pdf



Lamondre Moore 326060 RGCI  (BD 1979, 41 y.o. Black, in since 1996 . OL)
LaMongre Moore

Lamonde writes about his innocence and the fact that he was burned over 90% of his body. He asked Governor Evers to seriously consider him for release.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/lamondre-moore.pdf


Gerald Mark Niemi






Gerald Mark Niemi 242217 WSPF ( BD 1966, 53 y.o., white)
was convicted in 2012  of forgery and operating a vehicle without owner’s consent. He writes that he weighs 240 pounds, has high blood pressure and thyroid issues and severe obstructive sleep apnea,  He is in minimum and goes outside the fence everyday and is eligible for work release. All these factors and the fact that his health puts him at great risk of death if he gets the corona virus, makes his release vital.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/gerald-mark-niemi-waiverns.pdf


Joshua Durand Patton 631885 OCI ( Bd 1995, 25 y.o.,Black
Joshua Durand Patton

   Joshua has less than a year until mandatory release 3 16 21. Joshua's  main concern is for his family, who are having problems with the virus. He needs to be with them. Added to this is the benefit of avoiding the unnecessary risk of getting the virus the prison poses, and the fact that releasing those close to their mandated release date would help alleviate the overcrowding.
  
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/joshua-durand-patton.pdf


Olivas Porfirio 556627 NLCI ( Bd1970, 49y.o. Hispanic)
Olivas Pofirio
Olivas is at an age where complications of Covid 19 are high, in addition to this he has several respiratory issues such as asthma and sleep apnea.
Jario E Ramos #346154 OSCI(Bd 1975, 44y.o.,OL, Hispanic)
Jarios E Ramos
Jario has served 22 years and 6 months and is assessed as a low risk re-offender. Because of the conditions at Oshkosh, he is reasonably concerned about the risk of contracting Covid 19.







Anthony Rivera 348956, OSCI ( Bd1984, 35y.o. Hispanic)
Anthony Rivera
I was diagnosed with "Tranverse melitis", a spinal inflammation that effects my autoimmune system. There is no cure. The DOC is not equipped to care for my health properly. With the corona 19 pandemic I am vulnerable as I am currently in a barracks environment with 144 beds.Bunk beds are only 2 feet apart from each other making it impossible to practice social distancing. I'm currently eligible for ERP as of 3 29 20 and I ask that if I am not granted executive clemency that I at minimum I be allowed to enter the ERP immediately so that I can earn my release.This will allow me to social distance properly and have access to a hospital that can treat me and my condition properly. OSCI went from zero cases to 10 ( ten)confirmed cases in just one week .I'm currently at risk and these conditions are life threatening. 
Patrick William Rogers 238229 OSCI ( BD 1955,65 y.o. white)
Patrick WIlliam Rogers




#238229 OSCI
65 years old
Patrick’s age puts him at high risk for Covid 19 complications, he is on revocation right now, but has not committed a new crime since his first conviction.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/patrick-william-rogers.pdf




Ron Schilling 32219 KMCI ( Bd1951, 68 y,o,, White)
Ron schilling
Ron Schilling has been in prison for 45 years and has been eligible for parole since 1987. He is a tragic example of the deterioration of what was once a system that did rehabilitate, for he has multiple degrees, got while there were Pell grants, is a fine musician, writer and poet. He was given parole by Lenard Wells and that was whisked away when Wells lost his job for political reasons. He has endured 50 plus parole hearings. He maintains a positive outlook despite all this and has always been model for those around him and his friends out here. He writes here of the details of his case but the main point is that he is frail and elderly. He recently had a near fatal infection after surgery and if there is any justice left in this system , now is the time to let this man be free at last.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/ron-schilling.pdf

Peter Scott Schmidt




Peter Scott Schmidt  114449, OCI ( Bd 1962, 58 y.o.,white)
Peter is an elder male with chronic respiratory issues. He uses an inhaler for his asthma. His mandatory release date is September 13, 2020- that is 4 months from this writing. To release him now and avoid further exposure is imperative.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/peter-scott-smith.pdf


Jeffry Allen Schultz 344012 ( Bd 1980, 40 y.o. White, OL)
Jeffrey Schulz
McNaughton Corr Cntr; 8500 Rainbow Road; Lake Tomahawk WI 54539
"There is a pandemic going on out there over COVID-19. With my preexisting sinus issues I catch respiratory illnesses easily. This virus spreads easily and is killing people at an alarming rate. Once it gets in here it would not be a matter of if , But when I would be infected. I sit here and watch the death toll rise every day and I fear for my family and myself. There is also  evidence of .an 80%sterility rate for men survivors.  We cannot practice social distancing in here and the only PPE we have been issued is 2 cloth masks, Once it gets in here it will spread like wild fire. The DOC does not have the resources to deal with this, so an in infection has a higher risk of proving fatal. I did not survive that night just to die in prison of a disease,when this situation can easily and safely be avoided."

                                                  https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/jeffry-allan-schultz.pdf

Christopher Shannon Shingleton 
Christopher D Singleton
#380088 SCI ( Bd1980, 39 y.o., white)
39 years old
Christoper has served 21 years of his 25 year sentence, and has asthma. Given this, he is at higher risk of elevated issues if he contracts covid-19.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/christopher-sannon-shingleton.pdf


Henry Spivery


Henry T Spivery 625059, OSCI ( BD 1957, 62 y.o., Black)
Glaucoma, knee surgery, mental health issues, would live with a female friend in Milwaukee. This inmate needed help completing this. He has competency issues and has a Federal Habeas petition pending as his conduct did not rise to the charges he was convicted of as a matter of law.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/henry-t-spivery.pdf



Trony Shumpert

Troney Shumpert 561205 OSCI ( Bd 1965, 54,Black)
Troney has strong support from his family and is only currently incarcerated because of a technical rule violation (ie, a crimeless revocation).






James L Steinhoff #369868 OSCI ( Bd 1961, 58 y.o. in since 1998, OL. NA)
James steinhoff
James only has 2 years left on his sentence and has been diagnosed with sleep apnea, which can cause complications in people who’ve contracted Covid 19. Additionally, because of his age, he is extremely at risk of having severe complications if he contracts covid-19.




Glenn L Taylor
Glen Taylor
#508765, WSPF ( Bd 1989, 31, Black),
Glenn has served 8 of 12 years and has asthma, which puts him at an elevated risk of complications if he tests positive for Covid 19.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/glenn-l-tayor.pdf




Jose A Vega #141592 NLCI( Bd 1958, 61 Y.o. hispanic )
Jose Vega

Jose has a number of heart conditions, as well as asthma and diabetes, all of this in conjunction with his age put him at high risk of complications if he were to contract Covid 19.
Briean Rommel Vance
Briean Rommel Vance
#490438 WSPF BD 1992,28 y.o. Black)
Briean was a victim of circumstance, he was unable to find work and unable to provide for his family. He was young and running short on options, so he took a note demanding money to a financial institution. No one was harmed and he did not intend to harm anyone. He has concerns about his health, since prisoners are not afforded appropriate medical care. What he really wants to do is provide for his family and start his life over.
#393553 WSP Bd 1985,34y.o. black)
Latrez is concerned about his safety and ability to protect himself from Covid 19, due to the confirmed cases in the county where his prison is located and the fact that he interacts with staff who come and go every day.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/latrez-kenone-willis.pdf



Rashun Woods

Rayshun D Woods #390831 WCI (Bd 1986, 34 y.o.Black)

Rayshun has chronic lung issues that will lead to complications and escalated risk for him contracting Covid 19.





Noah Yang 425783. JCI (Bd 1984, 35 y.o., Asian)
" This covid-19 virus and my pre-existing infirmities makes me and extraordinary circumstance. As a kid I was diagnosed with asthma, IN mu early twenties I was diagnosed with diabetes. Now i am challenged with serious seasonal allergy problems. Currently I wait to see a provider for future solutions. My immune system is weaker that most. Id covid were to reach JCI and I were to get it, within the months left of my sentence,I could be facing a life and death situation.  In addition, I am non-violent, under a year, and incarcerated on a  crimeless revocation.

Jammie Yerks 229862 WSPF (Bd 1970, 50 y.o. OL in since 1991))
Jammie Yerks
  Jammie presents many documents to prove his innocence and he asks the governor to consider these as he attests he had nothing to do with the crime. But more to the point is his health:  "I have constant issues with  high blood pressure and a heart mur-mur -'abnormal heart beat  that's hereditary." His mother suffered from it her whole life and passed away in 2015. Further he is scared of the prison conditions: " I am writing you also about the dangerous and unsanitary high risk conditions in this environment. There are multiple correctional officers her that have stated that have been in close contact with individuals who have tested positive for the corona virus and have  never been placed on the state and world -wide mandated 14 to 30 day Quarantine. Nor does these possibly infected officers wear masks or gloves." He has filed complaints"which has lead nowhere what so
 ever, other than retaliation against me."
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/jammie-louis-yerks-waiverns.pdf




Monday, April 27, 2020

Covid Compassion Campaign Launches

Sent to Governor Tony Evers April 22nd, 2020

Governor Tony Evers
PO Box 7863
 Madison, WI 53707

February 21, 2020                    
                                           RE : Enclosed Clemency Waiver Applications
Dear Governor Evers,                                           
      I am writing to ask you to seriously consider the enclosed clemency waiver applications. As part of a non -profit that has worked with prisoners and their families, we have received 100s of pleas for help in this time of covid 19. In our attempts to ensure protocols are followed in our prisons, we have relayed these concerns with DAI administrator and Secretary Carr and legislators and there have been some improvements. But conditions of overcrowding, understaffing and lack of transparency mean the virus continues to expand it’s territory within the prison.

      We believe that prison should not be a death sentence and implore that you seriously consider releasing these prisoners. In addition to the prisoner with preexisting health conditions that make surviving the virus difficult, are the many elderly prisoners in our system. Many studies show that prisoner age 10 years sooner that those on the outside so at 55 a prisoner is old. And you are well acquainted with the “old Law “ controversy- that most of these old prisoners have been eligible for parole for years, many for decades. Releasing elderly old law prisoners is not “early release”, it is release finally. Releasing TIS who are elderly is just plain humane and right.

      Enclosed are 30 clemency waiver applications made out by prisoners especially vulnerable to the virus, those who are slated to be released soon, and a few prisoners who are held too long and wrongly. This is just a sampling and we will be sending you another package shortly.

      Before the prison boom era, commutations and pardons were common. We did an open records requests for clemencies from1975 through 1986 and Harland Richards, a prisoner in SCI , wrote a report particularly highlighting those prisoners  who committed serious crimes. In those days of more compassion, prisoners were not defined by their crime and rehabilitation was believed in.

   In this packet is
1)A list of the prisoners submitting these waivers, with brief summations of their concerns and why they are requesting clemency
2)30 Waiver applications, arranged packet in the in alphabetical order by last name.
3)A report by Harlan Richards outlines all the lifers that were pardoned or had their sentences commuted between 1975 through 1986.We did an open records request to obtain all clemencies in that period and they can be found here:
for all clemency actions given by WI Governors from 1975 to 1986> Go to www.prisonforum.org and to side bar, click first post: Action to Bring Back Clemency for Prisoners.

 Thank you for reading these. I hope you can act to free these people soon. For many, their illnesses put them in serious risk of death were they to catch the virus. For others, they pose no danger to society and are needed by families in this scary time; for others, they will be released anyway soon, so why hold them in danger. Overcrowding and understaffing makes the virus more dangerous in our prisons and mandates wise releases.

Yours sincerely,
Peg Swan

Founder: Forum for Understanding Prisons (FFUP), a 501c3 non profit
29631 Wild Rose Drive; Blue River, 53518
pgswan3@aol.com. 608-536-3993


        contents of package to Governor Evers:
1)A list of the prisoners submitting these waivers, with brief summations of their concerns and why they are requesting clemency( see below)

2)30 Waiver applications, arranged packet in the in alphabetical order by last name.( originals sent 4 22 20, scans of originals included in lists below)

3)A report by Harlan Richards outlines all the lifers that were pardoned or had their sentences commuted between 1975 through 1986.We did an open records request to obtain all clemencies in that period and they can be found here:
        Report on pardons and commutations ( clemency) between 1975 and 1986 by Harlan Richards
Raw data- Reports by governors 1975 thru 1986, obtained through open records requests.  

A listing of clemency waiver applications submitted 4 22 20 
with brief summations of
“extraordinary circumstances” that warrant release
                                                                  organized by last name



Mark Adell 111690 WCI:BD 1959, 61y.o.;
Mark Adell
corona virus puts e at an unreasonable risk to my health since I recently suffered strike , osteroarthritis, an abdominal spinal condition which renders me fully disabled, in operable colitis mixed with crohns disease, high blood pressure and heart failure. All medical problems put me at risk.(scan of original coming)
Emmett Bankhead

Emmett P Bankhead 286810 RCI (bd 1962,58 y.o.)
Type 2 diabetic and uses insulin twice daily, has hypertension and has just had a hernia operation. Is wheel chair bound and functions with difficulty due to his compromised immune system and debilitating diseases and inability to practice social distancing.
Julius Bonds

Julius Bonds 052035 SCI ( Bd 1955, 64 y.o)
age, high blood pressure and Hep C make it imperative that this man be released.

Fairly W Earls
Fairly W Earls 369129 CCI; Bd 1953, 67 y.o.: is 67 years old, has COPD and coronary heart disease. Has had triple bypass surgery and has family in another state, needs to be released to that state.
Steven Earsley




Steven Earlsley 361859 RGCI; bd 1953, 66y.o.: “I am bound to my wheel chair with an oxygen tank as I have COPD Lev-4 ( last level before death) . I have had several heart implant stints and am diabetic with poor health issues/ trying to gain compassionate release.”

Tremayne Edwards
Tremayne Edwards 408030 FLCI ( bd 1981 , 39 y.o.) 
Needs to be home to care for his mother who has asthma and other respiratory afflictions and lives alone . He only has 24 months left on his sentence, has served 12 years and believes he should be out helping in the community. Like all other inmates, he does not think prisoners are able to protect themselves in the prison and the risk of his getting the virus is great and completely unnecessary.


Arthur Foster

Arthur Foster 213296 WCI BD1972 48yo: Has served over 25 years, has reformed himself and is asking that the original plea agreement he agreed to before sentencing be imposed and if he were paroled, he would still have supervision for the rest of his live. He clearer explains what happened legally that overruled the agreement in his pre-sentencing negotiations but it it  is nothing this writer can condense or understand. 

Darrell M Harris 131296 OSCI BD1963
Darrell Harris
“I am a 56 year old Black  man that is at high risk of catching the corona virus. I have multiple health issues including heart disease, COPD ( lung disease), lupus, sleep apnea. Also I am MH 2 (a serious mental illness diagnosis). My son would let me live with him. He would come from Kansas to pick me up.
https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/darrell-m-harris-waiverns.pdf

Clem Johnson
Clem Johnson 132886 WSPF; bd 1966, 54y.o.:   positive for covid -19… Staff continued to work with with facemask even though they had contact with infected co-workers ( not observing 14 day quarantine) I’m 54 years old, several medications and CPAP machine daily. Parole eligible ( PMR 6-20)with minimum program needs.“ https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/clem-johnson-waiver.pdf
“Impossible to practice social distancing prison in prison. Several prison staff tested
Elpidio Juarez

Elpidio Juarez 120690 RGCI bd 1962 48y.o.
has been fighting the disease of shingle in the mouth since october 2019 and is taking medication for it- is afraid what will happen if he gets the virus and has to fight on “2 fronts”. His brother has offered him a job and home .

Keith Eugene Kelly



Keith Eugene Kelly 373504; OSCI BD 1963, 57 years old,
total him replacement, ambulatory difficulty, COPG, mental health- bipolar depression anxiety, psychotopic meds, = stable, Joshua Glover Halfway House Milwaukee , WI , would accept me.


Harold Kuntz
Harold W Kuntz 039114 SCI ( bd 1943, 77 y.o.)
has COPD and allegies that effect his breathing, has incurable prostate cancer, high blood pressure and oseoarthritus. Is considered at high risk of getting COvid 19 and dying as a result. expresses concern that prisoners have no hand sanitizers and staff is not screened.
David J Loveland  143843, NLCI  bd 1964, 55 Y.o. His chief concern is his mother,
David J Loveland
who is quarantined by
 herself and on 4 30 was hospitalized with diabetic coma and cries him at every phone call . He is at risk
because he has COPD and  heart disease and would not survive getting Covid 19.
Carl Lusk

 Carl Lusk 458249 GBCI ( bd 1993,27y.o.) maintains his innocence, he want the Governor to “use is power to get my time ran concurrent and give me my time credit of 3 years 2 months and 6 days and let me out early, 1 18 21. 


Carl McDaniel 536012 NLCI,
Carl McDaniel
extremely ill , has successfully litigated to get adequate health care and to get out using other legal means but they are too slow. The prison does not have the means to care form him adequately and many times has refused even the most simple ameliorations, responding with retaliation to his suits to get good care. He need to be released soon and cannot survive the virus

Ivan William Milham
Ivan William Milham 549212 WSPF ( Bd 1988, 32 y.o.) Convicted of 5th DUI and is applying for sentence commutation due to his high blood pressure. He takes medicine twice a day and is afraid this conditions put him a great risk.





Patrick B Moran


Patrick B Moran 150807 OSCI ( bd 62,58 y.o.)  Diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer and he has extremely high levels of ammonia in his blood.  Has heart condition. Is seeking commutation so he can leave prison. trying to prove innocence. Has multiple medical issues. Has cirrhosis of the liver.


Kamau TZ Damali (Raynell Morgan) 279380 CCI bd 1976, 44 
Kaynell Morgan, "Kamau," with mother and brother
Kamau was incarcertated as a juvenile   and deserves a second chance. He is a changed person now and has been in prison 27 years. FFUP has worked with him since it’s inception and we watched him show all the symptoms that comes from  being help too long in solitary. The prison cannot heal him, being out here with his loving family can, So we second and third his bid for freedom by those factors and because the covid crisis must be  dealt with releasing those who are no longer dangerous and kamau is certainly one of these.






 
Eric Michael Morris 396421 WCI BD 1982;  I'm on asthma puffer known as albuterol sulfate. “_
“it is unconstitutional for me to be subjected to the death sentence known as covid- 19 that could take advantage of my underline conditions known asthma from any staff that be a carrier into this prison and have contact with us inmates. they wont know but me and others could die in are sleep without even know we have covid-19.

https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/eric-michael-morris-waiver.pdf

Harlan Richards

Harlan Richards 37975 SCI  BD 1954 66y.o. This man has been incarcerated for 35 years and has been eligible for parole for 24 years. His plea is that he is unjustly held and he goes into detail how the law that holds him is illegally applied retroactively.  He is a main litigator and guide for FFUP, a poet and writer and helps all. He says ”he was convicted of murder when there was no murder”- this was manslaughter at  most( he was attacked)- he has a perfect record, earned a bachelor’s degree in business adm, spent 9 years at minimum and19 months on work release driving a state van unescorted . All are stunned that he is still in prison.  

Eddie Sanders 458828 OSCI BD 1975 46y.o.;Note from prisoner friend who sent this application says: this inmate also has asthma, cognitive learning challenges, scoliosis and would live with a friend in Milwaukee.
Eddie Sanders
“I was told I would get time served, 2in, 2 out. I am actually innocent of this crime. I appealed my plea to the court and lost. The victim has come forward and recanted, Her father did it ( just got arrested). I need help getting a post conviction motion.

Daniel David Sease
Daniel David Sease  BD 1977 : I take losarton(?) because I have kidney disease,   also anxiety disorder and schizophrenia. I would live with my mother. I qualify and have received my SSDI and did as a child. I have been appealing my case and I have been sitting since 2011. I plead to this , withdrew my plea, went to trial and got a sentence twice as long.  I would have been released by now otherwise. https://ffupstuff.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/daniel-david-sease-waiverns.pdf

Terrance Shaw

Terrance James Shaw 138254 RCI Bd1948  71y.o./  Committed his crime in a severe bout of PTSD and was convicted before anyone had defined that disease, is wheel chair bound and 80 % disable veteran. Has worked very hard to rehabilitate himself and still has much to give/ He must not be exposed to the virus.
Viet Nam Vet,



Tony L Shumpert
Troney L Shumpert 561205;OSCI, BD 1965, 55 y.o.;
( needed help from a prisoner friend in filling out the application)Was born with encephalitis , as a shunt in his head, lifelong cognitive challenges and issues related to competency. Has strong family support. Has done SO and AODA. Has returned on a technical ( crimeless) revocation for cocaine use. HE will live with family members in Milwaukee.


BA Silver

BA Silver111156 Sturtevant Trans Facility bd 1967 53 y.o.,
“ my medical record with asthma and now I am told have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)and on 10 24 17nI was told I have coronary artery disease. “

Thomas Smith
Thomas Smith
57699 OSCI; bd1957 63 y.o./ Is three years from release. Has type 2 diabetes, heart disease and lung disease, thyroid disease and a “host of other conditions” that make him especially vulnerable.

Jay Starkweather
Jay Starkweather 185145 NLCI BD1958,61 yo;  with multiple health conditions. Has done all DOC asks and he can do to rehabilitate himself. Has chronic bronchitis, weakened immune system due to various meds, and is at greater risk of infections than able bodied people.” If I get covid, I will die. “Gives impressive list of accomplishments, says he is not a model prisoner, there are some”hiccups” along the way but he has maintained overall good behavior.
Incarcerated for 25 years, is wheel chair bound for life


Steven Nathan Thomas

Steven Nathan Thomas,496128 CCI  bd, 40y.o.; Severe diabetes,
has seizures due to his hypoglycemic episodes, diabetic neuopathy, was scheduled to see endocrinology in Madison/ that
and all other appointments have been canceled. is to released Dec, 28, 2921.

Donald Weston 195666 RCI. Bd 1974, 45 
Daniel Weston
has severe asthma and takes medication for it. With even a cold he has a hard time breathing. There is no way to adequately protect him from the virus within the system as infections tend to spread like wildfire though the system.






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