To: Warden Deborah Denham, Warden, FCI Englewood and Ms. Sarah Revel, Supervisor, Bureau of Prisons, Kansas City
Demand that the Federal Correctional Institution at Englewood provide Jeffrey Sterling with neede...
U.S . law requires that correctional institutions provide adequate medical care for their inmates as a human and civil right. You at FCI Englewood and the Bureau of Prisons are denying this right to Jeffrey Sterling, who has had serious symptoms of heart distress for several months. Despite phone calls, letters from legislators, vigils and a public information campaign, you continue to disallow Jeffrey to leave the jail to seek care from a qualified cardiologist. Your story about losing his initial medical records does not hold water. We the undersigned demand that you allow Jeffrey to be seen by a qualified cardiologist outside the prison system for testing and treatment. You will not be allowed to kill an innocent man.
Why is this important?
Jeffrey Sterling, who was convicted of espionage for sharing a small amount of information with the journalist James Risen about a plot to start a new war in Iran, has been incarcerated for over a year in the Federal Correctional Institution at Englewood. He was a CIA employee who was passed over for a promotion based solely on his race and filed a complaint against the CIA. As a consequence, he has been vilified, tried, convicted and imprisoned. His plight is dire at this point. He has suffered symptoms of heart distress for several months without being allowed to leave the prison for a cardiac consultation and testing. While he was promised that he would get this care by August 29, nothing has happened to this date. Activists are calling the jail and the Bureau of Prisons regularly and Arn Menconi, the Green Party candidate for senate in Colorado, has held two vigils outside the prison, all to no avail. Even our senator, Michael Bennet, has written and demanded a copy of Jeffrey’s medical records which FCI claims to have lost.
Please sign my petition to demand that Jeffrey receive the medical care that is his human right. You can email Warden Denham at [email protected] . Also please call FCI Englewood at 303-763-4300 and the Bureau of Prisons (ask for Sarah Revel) at 913-621-3939. Jeffrey’s inmate number is 38338-044. Thank you!
Jeffrey's wife Holly, who is very distraught and reaching out to everyone who can help, will be very pleased at the show of support while we await a positive result of our continued pressure.
Please sign my petition to demand that Jeffrey receive the medical care that is his human right. You can email Warden Denham at [email protected] . Also please call FCI Englewood at 303-763-4300 and the Bureau of Prisons (ask for Sarah Revel) at 913-621-3939. Jeffrey’s inmate number is 38338-044. Thank you!
Jeffrey's wife Holly, who is very distraught and reaching out to everyone who can help, will be very pleased at the show of support while we await a positive result of our continued pressure.