Would anyone like to handle next month's batch of books for Vincent? It would be for delivery around 25th April. You would need to open an account at Blackwells - who are the only approved vendor for his prison. Their delivery time within the UK is about a week. You would need to ask him what he wants. The last batch was £50 for four books.

Or I can ask him on you behalf, if you prefer.

I wrote to Julian Assange in HMP Belmarsh, a "category A" (maximum security) prison.

The thing is, from everything I've read, is that the operation of Belmarsh is completely capricious and unpredictable, with communications taking months to receive a reply. I sent the letter by recorded mail over a week ago, including my (mobile) phone number, and have received no reply. I got his date of birth from Wikipedia, so the letter follows all the rules. It was signed for by "Belmarsh" the day after posting. But i have no idea whether the prison administration or Assange's mental state is to blame for the lack of reply. His medical interviewers state that his intellect has declined from high to below average, reportedly having trouble recalling his name in a court hearing.

Why Assange, you might ask? Why not! He passes the test of the channel, especially given that most of us might agree that anything that embarrasses the people that run the US government is quite OK.

I also sent a letter over a week ago by recorded mail to Kris Kearney (Charlie Big Potatoes) at HMP Chelmsford (a category C prison, a men's ordinary prison). No reply. That letter's addressing did not include his date of birth (DOB, nor his prisoner number); I sent it anyway because we know that mail sometimes gets through despite not having such items in the address. That letter was signed for by someone in the prison administration. I don't know if it was delivered to the prisoner.

I've been contacting private investigators for quotes to find out his DOB, and it's been a mixed bag, of excessively high, to one that was quite reasonable but he chickened out because of the nature of the charge. I should have a couple more replies of quotes on Monday.

As we grow, this process of information-gathering will get easier, because one of us will have it or will know someone who has it.

I've been absent for medical reasons for three weeks but I have now returned.

I got the latest batch of books to Vincent, a month late.

Anyone know where Sven Longshanks AKA James Allchurch is imprisoned?

I have Kris Kearns prisoner number but there is a systematic communications problem (not just with him) that needs to be aired here (to keep people up to date):

1. Mail and e-mail to and from Vincent always arrives and with a delay of about one day extra over normal mail transit times. He is in the Scottish prison system, which is a separate organisation from the English prison system.

2. There are two cases of prisoners in the English prison system that I know about as regards their ease of communication with the outside world. Both situations are terrible: no mail or e-mail was/is passed on in a timely manner. everything either takes many weeks, in either direction, or is lost altogether.

It's a stark contrast! That's why I call it a systematic problem. It's not some local issue.

I don't know why this happens, but it needs investigating. It seems wildly at odds with high-sounding statements that I've come across in system documents to the effect that communication between prisoners and their families and friends is important to the prisoners wellbeing and should be facilitated.

To be continued.

On this week's PWR, in the intro, Mark Collet says:

"We [PA] do not throw under the bus anyone who goes down for a speech crime, or there's some form of infraction of justice, we stick by them 110%. So if somebody has been wrongfully charged, if it's a speech crime or if it's self-defence, then we stick by these people 110%."

That is an untrue statement, Mark! If it were true then this channel would not be necessary. Counter-examples include Alison Chabloz (no mention by PA, ever), Kris Kearns (no mention for a year and still no publication of his contact details), and Vincent Reynouard (no mention ever).

If PA has already managed to raise £2k for Sven Longshanks/James Allchurch then those three might reasonably anticipated a similar response.

Here is the contact information for Sven that Mark refers to: https://gab.com/MarkCollett/posts/110383398486318129

UPDATE I received no response to my letters over a month ago to Kris Kearney and Julian Assange, so I'm making a fresh start of testing communications, but with greater attention to doing everything properly.

Today I sent postcards to Sven/James and Kris as well as an e-mail to each including a reply sheet. I simply asked them to let me know if they get the card by say this coming Friday.

Regarding Assange, I would visit him except that visitors have to be on the prisoner's approved list, Catch-22! I'll make enquiries with the people around him.

To make more room on a postcard, write the recipient like this. Royal Mail can work it out:

James Allchurch - A5903EY
HMP Swansea
SA1 3SR

A reminder that the e-mail service is found here:

https://www.emailaprisoner.com

It's funny how some people can't grasp the concept of white solidarity. The NJP propagandists are absolutely correct - this is how we win. Not just exemplary individual whites but any whites at odds with non-whites, deserve our support. If that can become the norm, and it is amongst non-whites, then we win in short order.

Good news! I received a reply e-mail from James/Sven.

I sent my e-mail on Saturday evening and he received it on Sunday. a transit time of less than 24 hours.

NOTE: A;ways check the box to request a reply (unless you really don't want a reply) which will include a reply sheet that the prisoner can write a reply on and hand to the guard for scanning and e-mailing to you. This saves expense and time for the prisoner.

As of yesterday (Tuesday) the postcard I sent is still in transit,

Considering the great promptness of this communication, I am reconsidering what might be accomplished, and how the system works. The two English cases discussed above had been, briefly, a little discouraging.

More later.

The thing is, the very prompt turn-around time for James' e-mail suggests strongly to me that the prison officials at Swansea might actually be human beings rather than spiteful demons.

In other words, maybe they have rules for prisoners to interact with the outside they that they enforce loosely.

As another example, Vincent (whose next and perhaps last hearing is on 8th June) mentioned that some person in France was able to send him some books DIRECTLY. So much for the rule about books only to be sourced from Blackwells.

James needs an electric shaver, the only kind of shaving gear they are allowed. OK, I'm going to take a punt on this and get an E-bay seller to send him my preferred make and model (which I know is good) and see what happens. The non-demons might accept that he does after all require it.

If James somehow ends up with more than one shaver then he can use the spare for barter.

The postcard I sent to Kris was returned today, with no marking or notation to indicate why it came back. It seems likely, because it only took three days, that it was refused at the prison (Chelmsford) because he is no longer there.

Does anyone know Kris' status? Is he out or has he been moved?

If you want to send questions or comments to James without identifying yourself you can IM them to me for inclusion in one of my e-mails to him.