by Juan Jaimes
Just stopping by to say thank you very much for printing my letter to Kendra in the paper. I am very grateful for everything. However, as you can see, I’m being constantly denied my medical treatment and the right to legal access to the law library so that I can be able to do my legal research. As I mentioned to Kendra, all my 602s and/or appeals are being rejected. I’ve been appealing this misfortune I have recently suffered since April, and all my appeals have been rejected for one reason or another. I just have too much to worry about and need all the assistance and help I can get.
I am also fighting a criminal case where I’m being accused of assaulting a peace officer and two other charges that the D.A. added, which are obstruction of justice and another charge of aiding and abetting. You see, I have a release date of January 2015, but now due to these trumped-up charges, I’m facing 125 years to life. I’ve been going to court since March 2011 and I had a private lawyer but my funds ran out, and now I have to go to trial with this public defender who doesn’t show up at court or talk to me.
My next court date is Aug. 17 and I start trial soon. If you know any law firms who would do pro bono work, I would appreciate if I can get some help. Please get back to me ASAP. Thank you and any support I get is welcomed.
Now we are currently on lock down for the incident that occurred on Jan. 11, 2012. Don’t know if you remember, but that’s what’s going on right now. Please let me know you received my letter and I will send you a copy of everything as long as I get access to law library.
As I mentioned to you earlier, I am being denied everything. So with that said, I’ll await your response. Again, thank you very much for all your support. As soon as I am able to write or sit, stand, will be contributing to questions I’ve read in the paper. Take good care.
Sincerely and respectfully,
Juan Jaimes
Send our brother some love and light – and some legal help if you can: Juan Jaimes, V-08644, KVSP, A-6-107L, P.O. Box 5101, Delano, CA 93216. Juan Jaimes is one of the three prisoners then held in the Corcoran Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) who signed the petition published Dec. 30, 2011, under the headline, “New hunger strike: Petition for improved conditions in Administrative Segregation Unit at Corcoran State Prison.” Their hunger strike was immediately and brutally put down and the three petitioners separated – Juan transferred to Kern Valley State Prison. All participants suffered severe retaliation, even though one hunger striker, Christian Gomez, sacrificed his life. The other two petitioners have also written about retaliation – William E. Brown Jr. in “Corcoran ASU hunger strike petitioner: This ain’t the soft KAGE” and Pyung Hwa Ryoo in “Corcoran officials retaliate against hunger strikers.” A previous story by Jaimes is “Corcoran hunger strike petitioner denied care for broken back,” published July 2.
