----- Original Message ----- From: "International Union" <internationalu@yahoo.com> To: <elanders@governor.state.al.us> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 3:45 PM Subject: His soul cries out for JusticeEmily A. Landers, Deputy Director
Dear Mrs. Landers,
I have great honor to greet you from the International Union "ERTOBA". I am not a resident of Alabama or even a citizen of the U.S.A. I am from Georgia. I would like to bring to your attention a prisoner-Patrick Swiney. Patrick Swiney has suffered three heart attacks, suffered the chronic pain of inflammatory spiral arthritis and emphysema. he is a dying man. Keeping him in prison doesn't serve any Justice. Patrick Swiney needs our help. He is in an unhealthy dangerous situation.
I think Patrick Swiney deserves his freedom and I hope you will find it in your heart. His heart longs for freedom and his soul cries out for Justice. Patrick Swiney must return to society. He and his family has suffered too much.
Please, Take the time to study his material. We must not allowed his death in Prison.
Yours sincerely,
Nana Saginashvili
President of International Union "ERTOBA"
D-Guramishvili 12-A. apt. 31 Tbilisi 380024 Georgia tel : 99532 617517
==========================
----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Sessions" <margarets5@hotmail.com> To: <elanders@governor.state.al.us> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: I also request
Ms Landers, I also request like Sherry Sweeny did, adequate care for Patrick Swiney. I have read all about his case and his problems and know that he does need to have considerations in his daily routines and his medications. Please contact the authorities and have them reinstate Patrick's medications. He has been treated so un American since he has been in prison, I tend to wonder how people are treated who have no one to care whether they live or die get along. Especially those that are innocent. And, you know, there are innocent people in jail these days as many are being freed up due to evidence that has been brought forward that was not available at the times of their trials or was squashed. Such is Patrick's case. Please, I plead with you as a fellow American to check his case out post haste and get him back on his medication so that he does not have another heart attack, and also get him a mattress and blanket for his cell. Thank you, Margaret Sessions
I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt I love this land, God Bless AMerica. by L E E G R E E N W O O D
==============================
----- Original Message ----- From: Taoss To: elanders@governor.state.al.us Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:28 PM Subject: In Re: Patrick Swiney 12-06-01
Emily A. Landers, Deputy Director Correspondence/Constituent Affairs State of Alabama, Governor's Office 334-242-7911 (office) 334-353-0004 (Fax) e-mail: elanders@governor.state.al.us
Dear Ms. Landers:
Another atrocity needs your attention. Alabama citizen, Patrick Swiney is being abused by prison authorities again and we need your intervention for two simple things: (1) his medication returned to him and (2) adequate sleeping arrangements provided for him.
Here are the details in brief:
1. On 11/30/01 Patrick Swiney AIS 154406, was transferred from Holman Prison, by order of warden Charles Jones, to Kilby Prison. Reason for the transfer is unknown. Warden Jone's previous actions toward Patrick over the years have been abusive and torturous - continuously. This is well documented and much of this documentation is already in the files of the governor's office.
2. Upon arrival at Kilby Prison, Patrick's medication was taken away by NapaCare, Inc. nurses and they stated they would not return it. Prison Medical records show that Patrick has suffered 3 heart attacks since he's been in prison, he suffers from emphasemya and the chronic pain of advanced inflammatory spinal arthritis. So NapaCare, Inc. is fully aware of the medical care needed and by this action of neglect has shown evil and knowing indifference toward Patrick's medical needs.
3. Prison officials have already acknowledged Patrick's medical condition.
4. At the Kilby facility, Patrick was placed in a 5' x 8' concrete lockdown cell. The mattress they gave him was filled with lumps so badly that it was not usable, forcing Patrick to sleep on a plain cold steel bed frame, for trying to sleep on this mattress was like sleeping on rocks.
5. Our investigative team, Patrick's family and myself have diligently tried to contact prison officials to alert them of Patrick's medical needs and the need for decent sleeping arrangements. We are being given the run-around and being ignored. We are being lied to by prison personnel. One nurse told me that she personally handed Patrick his medication on the night he arrived at Kilby. Another nurse said she could not tell me anything because this was privileged information. The assistant warden at Kilby told me he didn't know who Patrick Swiney was and transferred me back to the nusing station. That nurse told me all Patrick had to do was go to pill call in population. Patrick is in lockup, not in population!
6. Prison records show that Patrick was attacked by inmates at Donaldson and at St. Clair because he was a police officer before he was framed, convicted and arrested for a crime he did not commit. DOC procedures forbid the placement of an inmate into harm's way. Yet, Patrick has received word that he will be transferred to Donaldson. Members of our investigative team have been told that Patrick will be kept safe at Donaldson. We already know they've lied to us about the medication. What is to say they are telling us the truth now?
I am requesting that you look into this situation for us. Please demand of Kilby officials that Patrick (1) receive his medication back, (2) that he receives a decent mattress on which to sleep, and (3) that he is kept out of harm's way at Donaldson when he is transferred there from Kilby. Patrick is 57 years old. In terms of prisoners, he is an "old" man with serious medical needs.
We've been told they have an old folks dorm at Donaldson where he would probably be safe and well cared for.
I look foward to hearing from you soon. Time is of the essence.
Sincerely,
Sherry Swiney (wife) P.O. Box 1891 Alabaster, AL 35007 Tel: 205-621-7699 (after 6 PM) email: taoss@worldnet.att.net