[Peace] jail phone petiton

[Sandra Ahten]

At the AWARE Meeting people wanted to know how they could help with the 
getting the jail phone sitution changed. Here is the easiest thing:
Please cut and paste the info below **********into an email to send to your 
personal address book. In your own words asks your peeps to sign the 
petition. For the subject line use: Jail Phone Extortion.

Also please mark your calandars for Jan. 20 and plan to be at the County 
Board Meeting (Brookens Admin Building 7pm)
Sandra





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Did you know that Champaign County gets a kickback of $14,000 per month from 
the telephone company that services the inmates calls from the county jail?
To sign a petition to let the Champaign County Board know that you don't 
approve of this practice go to: 
http://www.petitiononline.com/cucfpj/petition.html (You must use your first 
and last name.)

To learn more about this atrocious practice read the article at: 
http://www.ucimc.org/feature/display/22865/index.php

To get a copy of a paper petition to collect signatures; if you have had a 
friend or family affected by this or the jail visiting room practices; if 
you would like a speaker to talk about this issue with your group; or if you 
would like updates on this topic:  Please call or email: CU Citizens for 
Peace and Justice c/o Sandra Ahten, 217-367-6345, spiritofsandra at hotmail.com

Please forward this to any resident of Champaign County. Time is of the 
essence. The telephone contract is due to expire Feb. 1 -- and this is issue 
will be discussed at the Jan. 20 County Board meeting, when signatures will 
be presented.