Candle light vigil at the SeaTac Detention Center
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Joe Power-Drutis
Jan 16, 2012, 7:59:48 PM1/16/12
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I wish you could have received more notice; however, there will be a
candle light vigil, regardless of rain or snow, at the SeaTac
Detention center.
Date of Vigil: January 17, 2012
Time: 10 – 11 AM
Place: 2425 S 200th St, SeaTac, WA 98498
Please bring a candle for your use.
Purpose: To honor Bill Bichsel, S.J. and Steve Kelly, S.J., members
of “Disarm Now Plowshares”, who remain in solitary confinement, at
the SeaTac Detention Center, as prisoners of conscience.
Our vigil members will not be utilizing detention parking or property.
If you wish to attend, and are coming from Tacoma, we will be meeting
at 1418 S G St in Tacoma between 8:45 and 9 AM. Our carpool group
will be leaving at 9AM
If you wish to drive independently of the car pool, remember to find
parking on or near 200th and Hgh 99 and then walk to the detention
center.
At 10:30 AM on Tuesday January 17th Bix is to go before someone there
at SeaTac, some type of prescheduled fact finding group/hearing, so
that his captors can justify to themselves their reasons for treating
him so unjustly.
If you have any other questions please call me at 253-779-8362
Joe Power-Drutis
Joe Power-Drutis
Jan 21, 2012, 2:03:21 PM1/21/12
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The letters and calls made by many of you yesterday to seek basic care
for Bix from the Bureau of Prisons at SeaTac were heartening. Today we
continue our efforts to inform the media and public officials of the
fact that prison personnel are withholding the extra clothing and
blankets prescribed by a physician for an octogenarian with severe
circulatory and coronary insufficiency. Bix - held in solitary
confinement – is at their mercy.
Bix’s home community at St. Leo Church and the Tacoma Catholic Worker
invite you to a vigil at the SeaTac Detention Center to protest his
treatment.
Date of Vigil: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Time: 2PM – 3PM
Purpose: Governments and prison authorities have a duty of care to
all prisoners and detainees under their control. We demand independent
verification that Bix has received the bedding and clothing he needs
to assure his warmth and bring an end to the pain and suffering he has
endured since returning to SeaTac on January 11th.
Parking: You may be asked to move your car if you park in the SeaTac
lot or on the road leading in. I recommend that you park on or near
200th and Highway 99 and walk the short distance to the detention
center.
Photography: We can take photos of the vigil, but have been informed –
by prison staff – that photos of the prison building are not allowed.
Pointless ruling as the entire campus is clearly visible on Google
Maps, but there it is.
Car Pooling: Meet in front of the Tacoma Catholic Worker at 1417 South
G Street at 1 PM; carpool departs at 1:15.
I leave you with the first in the list of prisoner rights as listed in
the Inmate Handbook, (June 1, 2010, p. 52, Par. 1) and written by -
and posted on the website of - the Federal Detention Center: SeaTac,
Washington
“You have the right to expect as a human being, that you will be
treated respectfully, impartially, and fairly by all personnel.”
Identical language is used in the Title 28 Chapter V. Part 540, Code
of Federal Regulation, Federal Bureau of Prisons Policies. A good
policy is in place; let’s get them to honor it!
for Bix from the Bureau of Prisons at SeaTac were heartening. Today we
continue our efforts to inform the media and public officials of the
fact that prison personnel are withholding the extra clothing and
blankets prescribed by a physician for an octogenarian with severe
circulatory and coronary insufficiency. Bix - held in solitary
confinement – is at their mercy.
Bix’s home community at St. Leo Church and the Tacoma Catholic Worker
invite you to a vigil at the SeaTac Detention Center to protest his
treatment.
Date of Vigil: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Time: 2PM – 3PM
Place: 2425 S 200th St, SeaTac, WA 98498
Please bring a candle and a creative sign if you like.
Purpose: Governments and prison authorities have a duty of care to
all prisoners and detainees under their control. We demand independent
verification that Bix has received the bedding and clothing he needs
to assure his warmth and bring an end to the pain and suffering he has
endured since returning to SeaTac on January 11th.
Parking: You may be asked to move your car if you park in the SeaTac
lot or on the road leading in. I recommend that you park on or near
200th and Highway 99 and walk the short distance to the detention
center.
Photography: We can take photos of the vigil, but have been informed –
by prison staff – that photos of the prison building are not allowed.
Pointless ruling as the entire campus is clearly visible on Google
Maps, but there it is.
Car Pooling: Meet in front of the Tacoma Catholic Worker at 1417 South
G Street at 1 PM; carpool departs at 1:15.
I leave you with the first in the list of prisoner rights as listed in
the Inmate Handbook, (June 1, 2010, p. 52, Par. 1) and written by -
and posted on the website of - the Federal Detention Center: SeaTac,
Washington
“You have the right to expect as a human being, that you will be
treated respectfully, impartially, and fairly by all personnel.”
Identical language is used in the Title 28 Chapter V. Part 540, Code
of Federal Regulation, Federal Bureau of Prisons Policies. A good
policy is in place; let’s get them to honor it!
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