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Armed and Dangerous
Loaded on May 15, 1995
by Ray Luc Levasseur
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1995, page 25
By Raymond Luc Levasseur
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Prison Industries,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
Location:
United States of America.
When I was transferred to the U.S. penitentiary in Marion, Illinois in December, 1989, Panama was being invaded by U.S. forces. Amidst the wholesale destruction, mass graves, and lies by U.S. politicians and military leaders was an awesome display of American firepower designed to impose its …
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- WA Prisoners Help Elect Republican, by Paul Wright
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- Armed and Dangerous, by Ray Luc Levasseur
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More from Ray Luc Levasseur:
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- Sewing Our Own Destruction, Nov. 15, 1997
- Trouble Coming Every Day; ADX-The First Year, July 15, 1997
- Armed and Dangerous, May 15, 1995
- The Fire Inside, Oct. 15, 1994
- RICO Expanded by Supreme Court, June 15, 1994
- Marion Prisoners to be Moved Soon, May 15, 1994
- Letter from Exile, Feb. 15, 1993
- Prison's Water Contaminated, Feb. 15, 1991
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