Support Marie Mason

UPDATE ON MARIE MASON (Aug 30, 2010)

We have some updated news on Marie Mason.

First, Mason urgently asks that all supporters STOP sending money directly into her commissary account. Money for her commissary should be sent directly to her mother, Karin Mason, at: PO Box 352, Stanwood, MI 49346. Money sent there is put into her commissary as needed. If you know anyone who may be sending money directly to her commissary, please contact them IMMEDIATELY and ask them to stop doing this.

Second, the lawyers have hold us that the feds have consistently denied that Carswell is a CMU. However, the wing Mason is in is clearly a special control unit, and the conditions there are also very restrictive. At least one other political prisoner is being held there, Helen Woodson.

We are extremely happy to report that Mason’s food situation has improved significantly compared to Waseca prison. She is also no longer held in solitary all the time; as of her last communication, she has been let out occasionally, but has not been released into general circulation in her unit yet.

Mason asks that people hold off sending any books for the time.

The hearing for her appeal for re-sentencing is set for October 19 in Cincinnati. Mason will not be there, but it will be open to the public to attend.

Marie Mason’s case is one of three examples discussed in Peter Gelderloos’s new article “The Decline of Resistance from the Red Scare to the War on Terror”, available on Counterpunch.

Mason is now at the federal prison in Carswell, Texas.

For many years, it has been rumored that this is the location of a third of the previously secret CMUs (Communications Management Units). For more on CMUs, see here.

Please write to Mason:

Marie Mason #04672-061
FMC Carswell
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 27137
Fort Worth, TX 76127

According to the BOP inmate locator, Marie Mason is at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. Although rumors continue to swirl, there is no confirmation at this time as to where Mason will end up.

Please drop Mason a line. If you are writing a longer letter, we recommend you photocopy it, in case she is gone by the time it arrives. This way you can resend it again later.

MARIE JEANETTE MASON #04672-061
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[Mason has now been moved]

On Thursday (July 1) Marie Mason was placed in solitary confinement. Her cell is very small and windowless, and since then she has only been allowed to stand outside (in a small cage) for under an hour, in total.

She cannot send email and can only make one phone call a week. She has also lost access to the vegan food she was buying from the commissary, and so she has an extremely limited diet.

She has been told that she has been ”re-classified”, although exactly what this means is unclear. They may be preparing to transfer her.

Mason can still send and receive letters. However, she asks that supporters do not send pictures at this time.

If anyone has information about what process is being initiated, please contact us at supportmariemason at gmail. We encourage all supporters to write her and keep her spirits up.