MIM(Prisons) is a cell of revolutionaries serving the oppressed masses inside U.$. prisons, guided by the communist ideology of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
If you haven't forwarded MIM ULK 81 to I.I. then please forward it on to me. You received it several days ago. I'm sure you're going to confiscate citing "STG." Or should I say you've already retaliated and forwarded onto I.I.
Please respond.
Thank you
Action: First, no retaliation. Second I have not confiscated anything as of 8:00AM 5/15/23. Nor has anything been sent to OII. Thank You.
By: [signed] Chambers 5-15-26 [sic]
05/19/2023
prisoner appealed
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On 5-16-23, I received a notice and report of action on Correspondence State Form 11984. This was a notice by Mailroom Chambers that material from MIM Distributors ULK 81, Spring 2023 had been confiscated and denied OII "STG" front page New Afrika. On 5-14-23 I sent Chambers a request asking her if she had already confiscated MIM's No. 81 and forwarded to Internal Investigations citing "STG." Chambers responded on 5-15-26 as of 8:00 am 5-15-23, I have not confiscated anything, nor has anything been sent to OII. Chambers comments are very subject and cannot be believable as the MIM No. 81 arrived at Pendleton prior to 5-15-23. Say it did arrive after 8:00 on 5-15-23, Chambers doesn't have time to stop what she is doing, get the MIM material to I.I., and I.I. doesn't have time to go through the entire material which would stop what they are doing. Then Chambers would have to stop what she is doing to communicate with I.I., then type up a notice and report of action, then put it in the mail so I can receive it on 5-16-23. I'm sorry folks. This just isn't possible for all of this to transpire in a single day. This is pure censorship and retaliation by mailroom Chambers and Internal Investigations.
Chambers + I.I. continue time after time to censor MIM's material by allegedly citing "STG." This just isn't the case. They continue to block MIM's material from coming in. MIM's material/books that keep getting censored is knowledgeable material and will allow me to grow as a person but how can I when Chambers and I.I. continue to censor it.
Chambers + I.I. Houchins continue to cause me great pain + stress.
State the relief you are seeking:
1. I want MIM's No.81 to be released to me.
2. I want Chambers + I.I. Houchins to stop censoring and confiscating MIM's material citing "STG."
3. I want Chambers + I.I. Houchins to stop retaliating against me for writing this grievance and past grievances against them.
4. For an and all just proper relief.
05/26/2023
MIM Distributors appealed
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MIM Distributors
PO Box 40799
San Francisco, CA 94140
CENTRAL OFFICE LEGAL SERVICES
302 W Washington St W 341
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204
26 May 2023
RE: 16 May Notice of Action Taken on Correspondence
To Whom It May Concern,
We are in receipt of five notices dated and postmarked 5/16/2023 from Pendleton Correctional Facility’s mail room. This letter is responding to those notices because we do not agree with the decision to censor our mail.
All five notices give the reason: “DENIED OII STG FRONT PAGE NEW AFRIKA"
As I’ve notified you of in my previous letters, there is a pattern of Pendleton labeling MIM Distributors’ literature “STG” for spurious reasons. In this case the reason cited is “FRONT PAGE NEW AFRIKA”. New Afrika is a name for people of African descent who were brought to the new world of North America to be slaves and continue to live in this country. New Afrika is not a Security Threat Group, it is a nationality made up of diverse people.
I never received a response to my previous appeals, but I do know that the prisoners did not receive the literature, so I am assuming that you upheld the previous decisions that our mail was “STG” material. Therefore I am requesting the IDOC’s rules that defines how material can be deemed to be “STG” so that we can be better equipped to avoid these problems in the future.
Once again, I am requesting that you deliver the mail in question (which I believe to be Under Lock & Key Issue 81) to their intended recipients as soon as you are able to.
