Letter from the inmates at Nevada State Prison

NAME NUMBER D A T E P. O. Box 607, Carson City, Nevada 89701 To whom it c o n c e r n s ____________ _____________________ _______ Sc Pgr yon ^ave heard onhr *he Wardens pido of +he s~ory. 5. s to Triform ?vo1' ^hST we heve a leg^tamice complaint , as PqI^qv?p:_________ _______ 1. harden Hookers, on *be basto of a r^yoy, Tochad ns in o^r o o j s nr.d r?f?s?d to fe^d us on To* ns out?- for four days._______ __ ____________ ________ 2. A wort: s^riVe was organised tq begin *he fo1Towlnp' ' onca-1 ,___________ *o bring q^-Tentjon ->-0 +'-e Warde n and bis PoTicte s._____________________________ ____________ A. Warden ocher need bm *cli t v on e jnTrae, ^onp -in?______________ p' * ernrad ftcwTifi. Tho irmate boedcnP^er and FTT-lcn^ at ~ve ??tpq. Fnr~ er______ force war no-?- re ^ p s r *o T-es^ain Pjm. The > ^ c n Von- shon+ing; "T___________ o ugh-'_T-n 1H 7 1 - . 11 a-? ^ i s irra+o w^-sie vp woe hps-Hnr Mm. TVi s w^r________ V'i"?nested V gl,,1_-?-he i^nnrp e v-rn-e-M ^-n ??-e raa?- -rl d o of -?-he ce~P blooV_______ / , , x He was intoxicated and barely able -L&bcnT 100 oen^__________________________ ________ ________ _t_o_ __w_a_l_k_ _s__t_r_a_igi_h_t_,________ ____________ B, On previous food strike, -?-he warden -promised us the food would improve. The food only Irrmrcyyf for two days,_______________ _________3? Birring this las* inciden* the Warden save us his word in writing that no one would be punished, unless fhsy destroyed property or became violen*. Attached find ib is statement. So far 34 wen have been locked uo. This proves that Warden Hocbe^s word is no good as___________ far c? we inmates are concerned. Hndo ubtedly *he Warden has mary_________ excuses for punishing these men.__________________ _______ A. Today Koch or issued orders to strip sotre 34- ce lls of wri+ing tables and personal possessions such as pictures of fam ilies etc . This has at time of this writing,beon accomplished._______________________________ _______ 5. Both Warden Hooker and Ooverno r Laxslt, in close conspiracy, hove bragged about the noves ahead in rehabilita tip n urograms h--r? and other gen- ?y?~! improvements. Such ars exaggerations for the d-mtng of +h^ public. We oan s ge no ftmrr^yaFents rhat bene*** * per rchohil 5 Nation._______________________ Correspondence Rules on Reverse Side?Please Read Carefullv NAME NUMBER P. O. Box 607, C a r s o n City, N e v a d a 89701 D A TE I t might be added that the recen t so called food s tr ik e ttss in n icia ted more fry Hooker than the inm ates. We were locked in o ur c e lls and then starved fo r f o izr fa y s vjhile he mage a hip play on i t to b e n e fi4- Vp s o~n p o l i t i c a l aims - f c r AV - ? ?hi.'c.____________________________________________________________________________ His treatment o f the Negro pop u lation and other m?nority gr? uns i s snh^hnman. Some r h ite guys to re ou t th eir dorms and nothing happened. Then so me Negros to re ur th eir c e lls and in sta n tly they rere tear gassed and b ru ta lly m istreated. The NAACP and other such grc ups should he n o tifie d o f things lik e th i s . We the inmates o f NSP s in ce re ly hope that th is yd1! be publish*d and that-something can soon be done to co m e e t the in to le ra b le s itu a tio n ou t h ere a t the o r is o n .__________ _________________________________________ R esp ectfu lly Submitted THE I MATES OF NSP Correspondence Rules on Reverse Side?Please Read Carefully