Walter Bond

37096-013

USP Marion CMU

PO Box 1000

Marion IL 62959

Walter Bond is being held in a controversial type of U.S. prison called a Communication Management Unit (CMU), which was set up by the Bureau of Prisons during the administration of George W. Bush. The prisoners held in a CMU are considered terrorists by the U.S. government and their every means of communication is severely restricted, regulated and monitored. When Walter arrived at the Marion CMU, he was given a notice explaining the official reason why he is there, “Your current offenses of conviction are for Use of Fire or Explosives to Damage or Destroy Property in Interstate Commerce, Force, Violence and Threats Involving an Animal Enterprise, and Arson Damaging Property in Interstate Commerce. Your offense conduct including significant communication with and providing assistance to the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a group considered a domestic terrorist organization and in which you have claimed membership. Your communication with the community requires heightened controls and monitoring.”

Part of the rules are that Walter may not speak of anyone in the third party, or receive third party information about others. He asks that you write to him directly, rather than ask someone else to pass along a message or question. Walter must formally request permission beforehand from his jailers for each person he writes to, calls or from whom he receives a visit. He has access to a monitored form of email, so you can include your email address, if that is of interest.

Although the CMU is undeniably and unrelentingly invasive, punitive, cruel and unjust, Walter reports, “Since I arrived here my sense of serenity has increased. I do not feel shaken or erratic in my emotions… I see how fortunate I am. My prison sentence is so short compared to many, my hardships in life so few compared to so many others.”

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