Let’s All Do Something Useful Today: Write to Manning and Kiriakou

January 6, 2015

Tags: Kiriakou, Manning
Posted in: Democracy

Let’s all do something useful today. Call it a New Year’s Resolution.

Prison sucks. Being in prison because you blew the whistle on our government sucks harder. Getting a letter makes it suck less.

So if you want to do something good today, write a short letter to one of these guys. It need not be anything more than good wishes, or just introducing yourself as a supporter (if you can’t say anything nice, go post your bile somewhere else).

You should assume what you write will be reviewed by prison authorities, so don’t write anything that could conceivable cause trouble or harm for the guy you’re trying to support.

Both prisoners receive a lot of mail. Understand that they may face restrictions on how many letters they can receive each day, and are often restricted in how many they can send out. So, you may not get a reply, or it may take awhile. The point is to send something today to them.

You must address the letter EXACTLY as shown below. You cannot change “Bradley” to “Chelsea,” for example.


Bradley E. Manning
89289
1300 N. Warehouse Road
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
66027-2304

I have been unable to locate information on what can and cannot be sent to Manning, so until/unless you know more, best to stick with short letters and no enclosures.

John Kiriakou
79637-083
Federal Correctional Institution
Loretto, P.O. Box 1000
Loretto, PA 15940

John is permitted to receive mail from anyone, and soft cover books and magazines only from individuals. Hard cover books may be received if sent directly from a publisher, a bookstore or Amazon.com.

BONUS: Info on conditions in Leavenworth. I have seen the place (from the outside), and it is grim– heavy, Gothic castle in appearance.

The photo is of John and me at his going-away party before prison. That’s the White House in the background. The location was chosen because we look down on criminals.

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