BELOW IS A LETTER I RECEIVED FROM BUTCH TODAY. HE WANTED ME TO POST PART OF IT TO YOU GUYS.

DEAR MOM

HI! I AM SITTING ON THE JOHN WITH MY WRITING PAD ON THE BUNK WRITING YOU THIS LETTER. I HAVE RECEIVED CARDS AND LETTERS FROM SEVERAL OF THE PTO FAMILY. TELL THEM I AM SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR MAIL. IT HAS MEANT A LOT.

I KEEP THINKING OF WHEN I WILL GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I GUESS YOU KNOW THAT THE DHO OFFICER TOLD ME WHEN I SAW HIM IN THE OFFICE THAT I WOULD GET ALL MY PRIVILEGES BACK IF I PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHARGE WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE HOLE, BUT HE CAME DOWN TO MY CELL A FEW HOURS LEATER AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS NOT GOINT TO GET MY VISITS UNTIL NOVEMBER 16TH. THIS IS SO CRAZY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WILL DO NOW. I HAS BEEN SO HOT IN MY CELL, THAT MY PILLOWS AND MATTRESS ARE SO WET FROM MY SWEAT, THAT THERE IS A PUDDLE OF WATER UNDER MY BUNK. IT WAS SO HOT LAST NIGHT THAT I WOKE UP SWEATING AND I COULD HARDLY BREATHE. EVERYTHING SMELLS LIKE AMONIA IN HERE BECAUSE IT CAN'T DRY OUT. THEY SAID IT WAS 96 OUTSIDE AND IT IS VERY BIT OF 110 IN HERE. IT DON'T EVER COOL DOWN. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS HOT IN MY LIFE. I JUST KEEP TELLING MYSELF THAT WHAT DON'T KILL ME WILL MAKE ME STRONGER. IT HAVE LOST ALMOST 20 LBS IN HERE WHICH IS PROBABLY GOOD.

WELL ENOUGH TALKING ABOUT THIS CRAP IN THIS CELL.


THEN HE CONTINUES ON ABOUT HOW WE ARE ETC. IT SEEMS THO THAT HE IS DOING ALRIGHT MENTALLY. I AM VERY PROUD THAT HE HAS HANDLED THIS SITUATION IN THE MANNER THAT HE HAS..

THANKS FOR THE PRAYERS GUYS... AND KEEP PRAYING... HE IS NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET... NOT UNTIL SEPT 16TH..

MY LOVE
DONNA

You should be proud Donna. It sounds like he's handling everything admirably and that despite the dismal/uncomfortable(to say the least) conditions, he's getting by pretty well.
:)

It is amazing what our loved ones can go through and maintain..... JD teaches me serious lessons about persistence and perseverance..... :) Glad to hear he is doing ok.....:)

Donna, I'm so glad that you heard from him and I can 'hear' Butch's strength in his words... Will you update us on what is happening the sixteenth of Sept.? and are they asking him to plead guilty to the charge of 'exercising' or does in have something to do with Renee?

My continued thoughts and prayers to all of you!

*hugs*

Pamela

thanks for sharing, mom! it's ridiculous that in these southern states, air conditioning is considered a "luxury"....these men are sentenced to prison, not suffering! *hugs*

PAM

NOW IT IS PURE HARRASSMENT... THIS CHARGE WAS OVER MY VISITATION FROM L7/2/02 TO 8/6/02 ON 5 SUNDAYS AND HIM MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS FOR 5 WEEKS. THEY SAID HE DID NOT HAVE HIS VISITATION PRIVILEDGES OR PHONE PRIVILEDGES RESTORED FROM THE LAST WRITE UP OVER THE EXERCISING.. HE SPENT 20 DAYS IN THE HOLE OVER THAT. THEN THEY PULLED HIM OUT ON AUGUST 6TH AND WROTE HIM UP OVER THE VISITATION ISSUE.

I HAD CALLED THE PRISON TO SEE ABOUT HIS VISITATION WHEN THEY MOVED HIM THERE ON 7/2. THEY TOLD ME TWICE THAT I COULD VISIT AND HE HAD PHONE CALLS. I AND MY HUSBAND VISITED FOR 5 WEEKS. THEN THEY WROTE HIM UP AND TOLD HIM IF HE DID NOT PLEED GUILTY TO THE CHARGE, THEY WOULD PUT HIM IN SEG FOR 90 DAYS. INSTEAD OF 30 AND TAKE HIS VISITATION FOR 6 MONTHS.

SO, HE PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHARGE EVEN THO IT WAS THE PRISON'S MISTAKE. I DO NOT KNOW WHY THEY FELT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE WHEN THEY TOLD ME, MYSELF, THAT HE HAD HIS VISITATION RESTORED. I AM THE ONE WHO WENT THERE. HE TALKED ON THE PHONE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY FOR OVER A MONTH AND NO ONE EVER SAID A WORD UNTIL THE WRITE UP.... DOES THIS MAKE SENSE... I HAVE SPOKEN TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ANY SORT OF POSITION IN THE DOC AND NONE OF THEM WILL RECEND THE WRITE UP.... SO.... HE HAS REALLY DONE VERY WELL ACCEPTING THIS SITUATION...

I AM PROUD OF HOW HE HAS HANDLED THIS..

LOVE YA
DONNA

donna- you should be proud-butch is a strong and capable man--just like his mom. me thinks!!! :)

Donna, Butch sounds like he is handling things well in there. Hang in there, and tell him to do the same. I'm still praying for you both.

Jodygirl
(can I ask, where is Butch locked up at?)

I am speechless over all of this. I just don't understand how the prison system gets away with the stuff they do. The system screws up and the inmate takes the punishment. Butch an dyou are handling this a whole lot better i think than I would. My prayers are with you.

Joy

Mom..
tell butch hello from me and that I am praying for him.. I am also praying for you.. I am so sad that they have to endure so much bs. I have learned so much from ant and his struggles .. What a strong man of charater you have to be to survive prison.. Amazing..