Jordan got another returned letter from Hal C. in Austin, Texas.

Jordan Halliday
#15922-081
Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna
PO Box 3000
Anthony, New Mexico 88021

If you’re not sure of what to write, here is a helpful post to give you an idea.

You can write Jordan at the address above and/or donate with PayPal to the email xwritejordanx@gmail.com

Jordan is very thankful for your support.

www.supportjordan.com

-Mari

*PS from Jordan:

I have got a returned mail from a Yatzel in Austin, TX… A Philip in Bloomington, IN…. An Amanda and an Alex in Seattle, WA…. Who all wrote me and I responded but… There was something wrong with the addresses they provided and the post office returned all the letters I sent them. So they should write me again with updated addresses please.

apparently the guard thought the way he was wearing it meant he was in a gang(?) 

Jordan just called me and told me he was put into 24 hr solitary because a guard didn’t like how he was wearing his hat… he is ok now.

-mari

Hey, just wanted to remind you all to please write Jordan a letter (he hasn’t been getting letters in the last few days), it really means a lot to him! and donate if you can.

Jordan Halliday
#15922-081
Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna
PO Box 3000
Anthony, New Mexico 88021

You can write Jordan at the address above and/or donate with PayPal to the email xwritejordanx@gmail.com

Jordan is very thankful for your support.

www.supportjordan.com

-Mari

First of all, thank you so much! Jordan really appreciates the books he gets and all your support.

I have this short list of books that were sent to him and he should have recieved by now, but hasn’t, so if you were the one who purchased it, please contact Amazon to find out what happened:

-Romancing the impossible

-Lost at sea

-Siddhartha

Please let me know if you find out what happened.

I will keep you updated if he gets them or if there are any other books that seem to be taking too long to get to him.

Thanks again!

-Mari

4-24-12

Hey friends,

I just wanted to tell you all hello and let you know how I am doing.

I am doing pretty well, besides this stupid cold I just can’t seem to kick. I bought some medicine off comissary. The doctor here is pretty useless. As I mentioned before. I got another promotion in Laundry. I am now making a whooping 17 cents an hour. I will see this paycheck in June sometime. I have a conservative cell mate who I just can’t help but get into seriously heated debates with almost daily. We always end on good terms. But, it is just so fun to get under his skin. He is your stereotypical conservative christian. tonight we just ended a heated debate that went from fur farming to horse carriages to child labor to corptocracies. It’s just so fun to mess with him. He is really intelligent and you have to have your facts with him. He is the kind of person who just likes to debate, just to hear himself talk I think. I was talking with another cell mate about laser pointers that the beam is visable. He said “I am not calling you a liar, but laser beams aren’t visable, I have been down 4 years though, but I just don’t believe it, you’d have to show me proof.” I was like… “why would I make something up as stupid as that?” Oh well, Hope you all are well. I love and miss you all. Keep in touch!

Much Love,

Jordan

To All My Friends,

First, I just want to say thank you for all the support. Even a simple post card that says “Thinking of you” can brighten an inmates day. I look forward to making many more friends and also having much correspondence with all of you. I would love to promise a response to all of you. However , I’m only allowed 100 contacts and I am not able to respond to anyone residing outside of the United States. Luckily, I’ve been able to respond to all non-international letters so far and I want you all to know I will absolutely read every piece of mail that is sent and isn’t denied and I will try my hardest to respond. If I am ever unable to respond please don’t think I am ungrateful or ignoring you.

I was asked by Because We Must to write a bit about grand juries. As I’ve mentioned countless times in the past, I just want to reiterate the need to read up on the grand jury system. I know it may seem overwhelming and like a lot of information at first, but the best way to protect yourself is to learn. Knowledge is power. I think Crescenzo Vellucci said it best.

“To understand the threat and power of grand juries is to empower yourself. And if you can become empowered, you will not feel fear. And without fear, the state and the abusive grand jury system cannot do anything to you.”

I was recently reading about the anti-war group the “Lexington Six” who were jailed for their refusal to collaborate with a grand jury almost half a century ago, yet what they said still holds true today. “People must MOBILIZE AROUND THESE ISSUES. To do this, people must first become familiar with the grand jury and its abuses, PUBLICIZING THE FACTS AND EDUCATING OTHERS AS TO THEIR RIGHTS. Secondly it is important to engender in others a commitment to the resistance of these abuses including, but not limited to ones refusal to testify before the grand jury. Thirdly, it is necessary to keep in mind that while court battles can be fought and sometimes won, these abuses of the law are not abnormalities in a basically good system. They rather illustrate the true intentions of a BAD system more openly and graphically than other insidious practices (and) THIS SHOULD DOMINATE OUR THINKING AS WE ORGANIZE.

The grand jury systems goal aside from harassing and intimidating activists is to gather information on them, their friends, their family, and the community. So, as a community, we should have a similar goal to gather information on the grand jury process. So we will all be prepared to resist its abuse when an agent comes knocking. Another thing we should do is inform our “non-activist” friends, family, and co-workers. Help them learn their rights. Ask them not to cooperate and to let you know if they are ever approached or contacted. For in the end, they are just as much a part of the community as we are.

As was the case with some members in my own community, I was asked “What’s the harm of testifying if you know nothing?” An old lawyers joke use to say “a grand jury could indict a sandwich if it wanted.” Because in a grand jury there is no defense attorney and people can be indicted from mere rumors, innuendo and hearsay. And to choose to just testify and get it over with enables you to be put on a list of people they “know will talk” and your chances of being subpoenaed again and harassed in the future are increased significantly. But even more important is the fact that grand juries are a violation of our basic civil and political rights. And its abuse needs to be addressed and protested. Trust me, I had no desire to go to prison for refusing to testify about something of which I had no knowledge. But, some issues are more important than saving my own skin. And this is one of them.

For the Earth, For the Animals, For Ourselves,

-Jordan Halliday

“Fear of knowledge is natural: all of us experience it, and there is nothing we can do about it. But, no matter how frightening learning is, it is more terrible to think of a man without knowledge.”- Don Juan Matus

becausewemustdotorg:

We have started a new blog series called “Its Coming Though the Air; Writings from Prison”. Our good friend Jordan Halliday, who is currently in prison for resisting a grand jury was able to give us a statement discussing the importance of resisting grand juries and the harmful effects they will have on your community if you cooperate. After reading, please share with others!

Hey, just wanted to remind you all to please write Jordan a letter and donate if you can! 

Jordan Halliday
#15922-081
Federal Correctional Institution, La Tuna
PO Box 3000
Anthony, New Mexico 88021

You can write Jordan at the address above and/or donate with PayPal to the email xwritejordanx@gmail.com

Jordan is very thankful for your support.

www.supportjordan.com

-Mari