09-11-2020
The good news is the Florida prison secretary announced on the news today that family visitation will resume. No word on WHEN visits will resume, or the conditions we'll have to deal with.
Orlando TV channel nine reported there have been over 15,000 prisoners tested
positive for the coronavirus, out of 94,000, with 111 inmate deaths as of
Tuesday, Sept. 8th, and over 2,700 staff tested positive. Lowell C. I., in
Ocala, the women's prison, had 1,003 inmates tested positive. They WILL NOT be
having visits until those numbers subside. Other Florida prisons have high
infection rates, too.
A nurse told me last week that there have been no positive virus tests at Tomoka
C. I. since May. They have opened back up some of the education programs, and
chapel volunteers are coming in for socially-distant religious services. No
Wellness Programs have yet resumed.
Bad News—my mother is still in Brandon Hospital, and now has pneumonia and low
enzymes. The doctor has not released the pancreatic cancer biopsy results, for
some reason. They may put her in another hospital, and although the doctor said
she's getting better, she can't go home until they get this low enzyme situation
back to normal. To me, it doesn't seem like she's better, but worse.
No one has talked to her in over a week. I've called several times, as have
Libby and Aunt Alice, but she doesn't answer. I'm worried this hospital ''No
Visiting'' policy is having an adverse effect on her, she wants to go home, be
with her loved ones, and if she can't, she's giving up.
All we can do at this point is pray for her.
Libby and I are fine, all things considered. I'm working on this face mask
lawsuit in Tallahassee circuit court, fighting the bogus D. R. I got in May,
with Libby's help electronically filing everything. The Attorney General's
office has already sent me a threatening letter, so I must be doing something
right.
We are working on a submission seeking a new parole hearing in a couple of
months. So much to coordinate. We are working on a Photo Exhibit Supplement for
2015--2020, a collection of my essays Libby is compiling, along with more of my
artwork. I would be lost without Libby's love and determination to fight these
forces of evil keeping me confined.
We need new letters of support from reputable citizens stating they believe I
deserve to be released. More on that later.
For now, best regards and wishes to you and yours.
Charlie
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