The following Email News Letter was sent out by on August 27, 2013.
Dear Friends, I was honored to be invited by leaders of the National Organization of Women Judges to accompany them when they met with Charles Samuels, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and his staff last Friday for an hour and a half, the discussion concerned the transfer of female prisoners from Danbury, CT, to Aliceville, AL
This was followed yesterday with a 45-minute meeting with the Deputy Attorney General James Cole and his staff. The Deputy AG is the person from the Attorney General's Office that has a special relationship with the Bureau of Prisons.
Both meetings were very productive and we appreciate the time and information shared. However, we still cannot support transferring the female prisoners from Danbury, CT, to Aliceville, AL, or even the closing of this female prison and making it a male prison.
Below is an email we received from Judge Brenda Murray who facilitated these meetings and has asked us to generate communications from the people that will be affected by the Danbury closing to women prisoners.
We know it may be hard for you to help in generating these communications. However, even if you cannot do this, you may want to contact the Senators below (especially if you live in his or her state).
Charlie
"Charlie and Pauline:
Persons in the offices of the 11 Senators concerned about Danbury, specifically, Christopher S. Murphy (CT), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (NY), Patrick Leahy (VT), Charles E. Schumer (NY), Bernard Sanders (VT), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Robert P. Casey, Jr. (PA), Angus S. King, Jr. (Maine), Elizabeth Warren (MA), and Edward Markey (MA), want to hear from incarcerated person or their families in the New England and mid-Atlantic states about why Danbury should remain open to women. .
A delegation from the women judges met recently with the Deputy Attorney General and the Director of the Bureau of Prisons and it appears there will no longer be a women’s prison in the Northeast or mid-Atlantic, including the District of Columbia, unless people speak up.
Here is the contact information for all the Senators from this area. Simon, Sam (Judiciary-Dem) ; and Anya McMurray (Anya_McMurray@judiciary-dem.senate.gov) are also interested in hearing from people directly involved.
Brenda
Connecticut
Blumenthal, Richard - (D - CT)
Class III
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2823
Contact: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/
Murphy, Christopher - (D - CT)
Class I
303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4041
Contact: Yoon, Hayne (Murphy)
Delaware
Carper, Thomas R. - (D - DE)
513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2441
Contact: carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-senator-carper
Coons, Christopher A. - (D - DE)
127A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5042
Contact: www.coons.senate.gov/contact/
Maine
Collins, Susan M. - (R - ME)
Class II
413 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2523
Contact: www.collins.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email
King, Angus S., Jr. - (I - ME)
Class I
359 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5344
Contact: www.king.senate.gov/contact
Maryland
Cardin, Benjamin L. - (D - MD)
Class I
509 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4524
Contact: www.cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Mikulski, Barbara A. - (D - MD)
Class III
503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4654
Contact: www.mikulski.senate.gov/contact/
Massachusetts
Markey, Edward J. - (D - MA)
Class II
218 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2742
Warren, Elizabeth - (D - MA)
Class I
317 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4543
Contact: www.warren.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
New Hampshire
Ayotte, Kelly - (R - NH)
Class III
144 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3324
Contact: www.ayotte.senate.gov/?p=contact
Shaheen, Jeanne - (D - NH)
Class II
520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2841
Contact: www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/
New Jersey
Chiesa, Jeff - (R - NJ)
Class II
1 RUSSELL COURTYARD WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3224
E-mail: Senator_Chiesa@Chiesa.Senate.gov
Menendez, Robert - (D - NJ)
Class I
528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
Contact: menendez.senate.gov/contact/
New York
Gillibrand, Kirsten E. - (D - NY)
Class I
478 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4451
Contact: Michele Lawrence Jawando (Michele_Jawando@gillibrand.senate.gov)
Schumer, Charles E. - (D - NY)
Class III
322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6542
Contact: www.schumer.senate.gov/Contact/contact_chuck.cfm
Pennsylvania
Casey, Robert P., Jr. - (D - PA)
Class I
393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6324
Contact: www.casey.senate.gov/contact/
Toomey, Patrick J. - (R - PA)
Class III
248 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4254
Contact: www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=contact
Rhode Island
Reed, Jack - (D - RI)
Class II
728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4642
Contact: www.reed.senate.gov/contact/
Whitehouse, Sheldon - (D - RI)
Class I
530 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2921
Contact: www.whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/
Class I
Vermont
Leahy, Patrick
437 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4242
Contact: www.leahy.senate.gov/contact/
Sanders, Bernard - (I - VT)
Class I
332 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5141
Contact: www.sanders.senate.gov/contact/"
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