An announcement list for supporting Daniel McGowan.
Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist from NYC who is featured in the documentary If A Tree Falls. Daniel was charged with arson and conspiracy and given the “terrorism enhancement” for his involvement in two environmentally motivated actions in Oregon in 2001. He was threatened with life plus 335 years in prison for his role in two acts of property destruction against Pacific Northwest corporations. Together with three of his co-defendants, Daniel decided to risk more jail time by holding out for a plea agreement that required no cooperation and guaranteed that no one else would be implicated. He was sentenced to seven years, and the judge recommended he serve time in a low-security prison. Daniel began serving his sentence in a July 2007.
In May of 2008, Daniel was moved from the low-security federal prison to which he had been assigned, without warning and without explanation. After a few days, he was able to alert his family that he had been moved to a controversial Communications Management Unit (CMU) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. In early 2011, after a brief transfer to general population in Marion, Daniel was unexpectedly transferred back to a CMU, this time at FCI Terre Haute in Indiana.
He was released from prison on December 11, 2012 and is serving his last 6 months at a halfway house. Prisoner support doesn't end when a prisoner is released.
friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com
www.supportdaniel.org
Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist from NYC who is featured in the documentary If A Tree Falls. Daniel was charged with arson and conspiracy and given the “terrorism enhancement” for his involvement in two environmentally motivated actions in Oregon in 2001. He was threatened with life plus 335 years in prison for his role in two acts of property destruction against Pacific Northwest corporations. Together with three of his co-defendants, Daniel decided to risk more jail time by holding out for a plea agreement that required no cooperation and guaranteed that no one else would be implicated. He was sentenced to seven years, and the judge recommended he serve time in a low-security prison. Daniel began serving his sentence in a July 2007.
In May of 2008, Daniel was moved from the low-security federal prison to which he had been assigned, without warning and without explanation. After a few days, he was able to alert his family that he had been moved to a controversial Communications Management Unit (CMU) at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. In early 2011, after a brief transfer to general population in Marion, Daniel was unexpectedly transferred back to a CMU, this time at FCI Terre Haute in Indiana.
He was released from prison on December 11, 2012 and is serving his last 6 months at a halfway house. Prisoner support doesn't end when a prisoner is released.
friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com
www.supportdaniel.org
