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EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT!
Mrs. Rasco just received a phone call from Gladys Scott that both of Jamie Scott's kidneys have shut down and that she has been in the prison infirmary since last Saturday hooked up to IV fluids with a heavy build-up of toxins in her body. Jamie has yet to be sent to a hospital due to "paperwork." Jamie pleaded that Gladys not contact their mother because she didn't want to burden her with anymore worry on top of caring for all of the children.
Gladys has offered to donate a kidney to Jamie and was told that she cannot because she is a state prisoner and that it would be too expensive. The greatest heartbreak of all is that Jamie has asked to be allowed to die because she wants to come home so badly and no longer believes that it will ever happen.
JAMIE SCOTT, #19197, MUST BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY! Her physical and mental state require the highest levels of professional care.
Margaret Bingham, Superintendent of Central Mississippi Corrections Facility
(601) 932-2880
mbingham@mdoc.state.ms.us
FAX: (601) 664-0782
P.O. Box 88550
Pearl, Mississippi 39208
Christopher Epps, Commissioner of Prisons for the State of Mississippi
601-359-5600
CEPPS@mdoc.state.ms.us
723 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Emmitt Sparkman, Deputy Commissioner
(601) 359-5610
esparkman@mdoc.state.ms.us
Add'l Contacts for 1/18:
Health Svcs. Admin Paxton Paige (the one we're being told has the power to move her) (601) 932-2880, Ext. 6647
SDO Tina Lander (in charge today) (same phone #)
Captain Fillyaw (next in authority today) (same phone #)
We've been told that all of these people are out for the holiday today, but are able to leave VM's and also talk w/the prison operators so that it's known that we're calling about Jamie Scott.
Please reply back to us and let us know of every response you get so that we can keep track of what people are being told.
THANK YOU FOR REPOSTING THIS INFORMATION!!
Warm Greetings all,
Happy New Year to you all and may this be the year that the Scott Sisters are AT LONG LAST reunited with their family! Thanks to all of you who have written, called and e-mailed on their behalf, as well as spread the word of this case by forwarding and reposting, we need that to happen! We've received messages from as far away as Germany and as near as the smallest of towns here in the U.S. of people in support of these women, this is about as grassroots of an effort as it gets, we are counting on each person reading these words to ACT.
It's been reported that there was a recent article on the case featured in the Jackson Advocate (Mississippi) for which we are real grateful and will send out as soon as we receive it. Mainstream publicity largely continues to elude us, as you know they would rather focus on Tiger Woods or Mariah Carey instead of the wrongfully convicted who are suffering and dying behind the walls of the prisons in this country! It's gonna take hundreds of letters to these entities to get them to say a mumbling word about this atrocious case, so we're really calling on everyone to contact as many media outlets as possible with the information at our website.
With the help of legal adviser Jaribu Hill, the prison has agreed to allow the Scott Sisters to visit each other for two hours this month! This will mean the world to them as they have been terribly upset about not seeing one another. Both women suffer from depression, Jamie is in poor health, and they need to be in regular contact with one another and their family who love and miss them so much. There's a new photo at the website of the children and grandchildren of Jamie and Gladys so that you can see how much they are needed at home instead of being tormented in captivity like this, it is truly cruel and inhuman punishment!! This situation is really abysmal, it's just gotta get solved!
Please continue to send in your ideas and spread the word about this case, we need you!! Let us know when you contact media so that we can keep up with who has received the info. Also please bear in mind that we are still looking for a criminal attorney to work on this case, please share this information with any leads at all that will assist this family!
Don't forget to send in your letters and to ask others to do so as well! We can make anything happen, we have the power, we just need the MASS NUMBERS of people TO ACT!
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SAMPLE LETTER:
Attorney General Eric Holder
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
The Honorable Attorney General Holder:
I am writing to request that you investigate the cases of Jamie and Gladys Scott. The Scott Sisters were given double life sentences each in October of 1994 for armed robbery in the state of Mississippi. No one was injured or murdered. One witness states that about 11 dollars was netted in the armed robbery. All witnesses and victims of this crime have testified that the Scott Sisters were not involved in the robbery. Witnesses testified that they were coerced and threatened to lie on the Scott Sisters.
A 14 year old witness testified that he signed a statement which was prepared for him before he entered Deputy Sheriff Marvin Williams’ Office. This statement was signed by the 14 year old without an attorney present. He was told that he would be released from the local jail the next morning if he signed it. He was not released.
This is an egregious wrongful conviction and the Scott Sisters and their family has suffered now 15+ years.
Jamie and Gladys Scott are housed in Pearl, Mississippi at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. Their ID numbers are Jamie Scott #19197 and Gladys Scott #19142.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)
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Please also send a letter to Governor Haley Barbour:
Governor Haley Barbour
P.O. Box 139
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
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Oprah's last year is coming up and she should be pressured to do a show on this case from her home state, there's a contact form for her that you can fill in online at https://www.oprah.com/plugform.jsp?plugId=220. Imagine if she received 1,000 forms to do something on the Scott Sisters, perhaps she would be moved to do so, who knows? Also, please make sure to print some flyers out and stick them in your bag the next time you are going out among the people to spread the word, we can do this, we MUST! http://www.scribd.com/doc/22154749/Scott-Sisters-Flyer
Greetings everyone!
Mrs. Rasco has done several very excellent Blogtalk interviews of late and is working hard to get mention of this case in the mainstream, please help spread the word to anyone who may cover this story. We need y'all to link to and steer people to the website and distribute flyers as broadly as you are able to, even religious and spiritual houses should very definitely be involved in the struggle to bring these women home, this is madness!! One supporter recently suggested sticking flyers in the bulletins/programs, on the bulletin board, or in common areas of these facilities.
Gladys Scott wrote this update for you all: "Peace to all my supporters and friends for believing in me and Jamie's freedom. I would like to thank everyone! I'm so glad whenever I get mail and I will try to answer everybody when I have stamps. My life here has been bad, but I work and go to school and am trying to stay strong. Right now I speak to kids from different schools and try to tell them how prison is and so I am trying to turn a negative situation into a positive outcome. I miss Jamie so much. I wish that she was with me, but this prison is so wrong. The only thing I can do is pray and ask God to give me peace through all that goes on in here. I have seen so many people make it out and pray to God that I live long enough to make it out to be with my kids and grandkids, and I want to take care of my mother who I owe so much. She has been there with us since day one and I am so proud to be her daughter. She makes me not want to give up and I know that I have to stay strong for her, she is the inspiration of my life. Scott County told me that I was going to rot in prison but I know that's a lie. Justice will come, the truth will come out that we are innocent and the system is corrupted. We are going to keep on fighting until someone hears our voice for justice. Happy holidays to all our supporters and may God's peace keep you. Love, Gladys."
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Greetings all,
Mrs. Rasco, Jamie and Gladys Scott want to thank everyone who has called, written, faxed and e-mailed on their behalf!! It truly is making a difference, as has already been reported! Gladys Scott was recently told by the warden of that prison that calls and letters continue to come in, a testament to the perseverance of all of you who are letting these officials know that there are people worldwide watching what goes on with her and Jamie, which is very important as we agitate for their release!
Legal adviser Jaribu Hill is working with Mrs. Rasco to advise us on next best steps. One is that we undertake a greater and more consistent campaign of making Atty. General Holder and Gov. Haley Barbour recognize our resolve to have these women freed from prison hell with letters from around the country and world, the demand must be massive in order to make any impact at all. So please, EVERYONE, pass the word to send mail to these two officials ASAP.
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Warm Greetings,
Jamie Scott and others have reported that last week there were protestors out in front of the capitol building with signs on local TV talking about the conditions in their prison!! For two days there were news reports about the lack of medical care,
the way that they live, and their treatment by staff.
The hot water has now been fixed in the building and Jamie wants to very sincerely thank everyone for everything they are doing, not only to help support the Scott Sisters, but also the women of that building. They want someone in authority to come and visit there during a rainy day so that they can witness for themselves the way that the rain pours into the unit.
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PLEASE BRING SCOTT SISTERS FLYERS WITH YOU THE NEXT TIME YOU GO OUT!!
With the level of activities picking up, the Scott Sisters need to have a voice and be represented as fully as possible!
We're calling on everyone to please participate in helping to distribute Scott Sisters flyers at upcoming marches, rallies, speaking events, and wherever people will be at so that their case can receive as much publicity as possible.
But don't stop there!
Keep some flyers in your car and/or bag to hand to people or even to send out. Drop some off at churches, temples, hair shops, and even your local clubs and hangouts, wherever you can imagine!
With no resources, our mission has to be to do everything that we can so that we know within ourselves that we did our best to make sure that we informed as many people as we could possibly reach that this truly atrocious case exists. These women have been suffering in prison for 15 years and counting for no good reason while they watch people around them be released who were convicted of murder!!
The flyer is at http://www.scribd.com/doc/28847395/Scott-Sisters-Flyer-Black-23-Mar-2010-20
There's also a press release at the blogspot site that can be printed out and sent to publications, radio stations, tv shows, the gamut.
Thank you so much for your support of these women, this horrific, terrible wrong will get right with all of your continued responses, ideas, and action!
Together we can make their freedom a reality!! And what a fantastic day that will be!
IF YOU WISH TO DONATE, PLEASE SEND MONEY ORDER TO:
MRS. EVELYN RASCO
P.O. BOX 7100
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA 32534
