Funds for Marie are dangerously low. We need to ensure money is kept in Marie’s commissary at all times. Marie is a long time dedicated Vegan and does not receive adequate vegan food from the jail. What little she can purchase from commissary she literally needs to survive. Collect phone calls from the jail cost Marie’s 70 year old mother $18 for 3 minutes. She has already racked up a $300 phone bill. These calls are important to maintain the bond between Marie and her teenage daughter. There is also the need for funds for gas money to ensure Marie’s family can make the 2+ hr drive one way visit her while she is in County jail.
Talking with Marie’s attorney we still will need to hire a physiologist for the pre sentencing report, cover the mitigation experts expenses, and pay her attorney fees.
Marie’s family has absorbed the majority of these costs up until now to the best of their ability but can not shoulder this financial burden any longer. The situation is quickly spiraling to one of desperation. If you are able please consider donating to Marie’s support fund or purchasing some of the support merch found here.
How To Help
We are asking folks to support Marie in one (or more) of the below following ways.
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At this time please DO NOT send Marie any radical/revolutionary literature or discuss her case or the Green Scare in general. Letters are read by authorities and can be used against her at sentencing. Again DO NOT attempt to discuss or bring up her case, co defendants, the Green Scare or any illegal acts with her. To do so will be putting her at risk..
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Donate to Marie’s Commissary Account
Marie is a long time dedicated Vegan and is unlikely to be able to sustain herself on a standard jail house meal.
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If you would like to donate to Marie’s jail commissary account so that she can purchase the necessities she needs while at Clinton County Jail you can find info to do so below. If you prefer you can donate directly to Marie’s support Crew and we will ensure funds are spent where Marie needs them most. For more info on how to donate directly to Marie’s support Crew check out here and here.
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Money in the form of cash or a money order can be brought directly into the jail and deposited into the inmates account the or or mailed in for an inmate, and will be put into that inmate’s account.
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All mailed money must be in the form of a money order, (Personal checks and credit or debit cards are not accepted.) Please write Marie to let her know if you sent her any funds (funds can be sent with a letter to Marie).
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The mailing address is:
Inmate’s Name
1347 E Townsend Rd.
Saint Johns, MI 48879
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Send letters of support to Marie!
We are encouraging folks to write Marie while she is incarcerated. Letters from the outside will serve as a lifeline and help keep her spirits up.
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Letters of support must have a complete return address and must be addressed exactly as below for them to be accepted. Further mail rules and restrictions for Newaygo County Jail are listed below.
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If you send Marie a letter and it gets returned to you, please let us know about it so we can add any other restrictions to the guideline list.
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All letters must have a return address on the envelope. Also put a return address on the letter itself, as prisoners are almost never given the envelopes. Avoid using white-out, stickers, tape, colored ink/paper or glitter. Written correspondence and drawings may be in pencil, standard ink pen, typewritten, or computer generated. No felt pens, markers, crayon, or colored pencil, etc. All personal artwork must be in black & white, copied pages can be in color. Most facilities do not allow torn pages from books, magazine or newspaper clippings. Photocopies, however, are accepted. Keep in mind that all mail is read by authorities. Again, DO NOT bring up or attempt to discuss Marie’s case, her co defendants, illegal acts, or the Green Scare when writing her. Please remember that, even if unsolicited, mail can still result in sanctions against a prisoner.
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Send letters of support to -
Marie Jeanette Mason
Clinton County Jail
1347 E Townsend Rd.
Saint Johns, MI 48879
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Visiting Marie
Marie can only receive one 30 minute visit per week of up to 4 visitors total with 2 visitors able to see Marie at a time. All visitors must show a government issued photo ID before being allowed to visit Marie. Priority for visits will go to her family.
We are compiling a list of non family friends and supporters that are able and would like to visit her in Clinton County Jail in the case a family member cannot make it that week. If you would like to be put on this list please email freemarie@riseup.net with a your complete name, phone number and general idea of your availability to visit Marie. (example – I could go see Marie at a moments notice or I would need at least a weeks advance notice in order to see Marie.)
Though we appreciate people wanting to visit Marie please do not show up to visit her without contacting us first. We have already had an incident where someone visited Marie without contacting us and her daughter made a trip only to be denied seeing her mother because Marie had already had a visit that week.
