FEAR-List Bulletin, January 19, 1996 From: K.BERGMAN@GENIE.GEIS.COM@INET02# To: FEAR-LIST@SVPAL.ORG@INET02# Internet Gateway Sub: Contacts to help Sam Zhadanov Joe Partansky spoke to Eli Zhadanov today and obtained the following: Sam began his hunger strike today. He petitioned twice for a medical furlough last fall, but was given no response either time. Eli says the judge that should receive letters urging a furlough be granted is: Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr. U.S. District Courthouse 601 Market St., Rm. #14613 Philadelphia, PA 19106 Sam's warden at Allenwood, PA is: Michael Pugh, phone 717/547-1641 Joe was able to reach a public affairs person with the prison system and asked him some procedural questions regarding prisoners that stage hunger strikes. The system procedures in general are: 1. Yank person out of current facility 2. Put them in medical facility 3. If this doesn't result in them eating -- force feed them =END=