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Ricardo Jiménez was born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico on April 3, 1956. His family later moved to Chicago, where Ricardo became active in the struggle to assure community participation in the educational process at Tuley High School. He attended Loyola University and at the time of his capture, Ricardo was completing his studies at the Chicago Institute of Technology in Chicago. Ricardo is currently serving a 90-year sentence for seditious conspiracy and other charges.
During his 4-year incarceration in State prisons, Ricardo was transferred six times. Every transfer was abrupt, without explanation and carried out in total secrecy. His family and friends were never informed of his destination. His transfers have caused emotional and financial distress for his family.
At every prison he has been in, he has been denied access to any educational or cultural programs.
On one occasion, his legal materials and personal correspondence were withheld for several months. While Ricardo was incarcerated at Stateville, his paralegals were routinely denied visitation rights without any explanation. Ricardo's visitors and their cars were regularly searched by guards employing dynamite-sniffing dogs. Ricardo has endured physical and psychological harassment by prison guards. Although his family and friends live in Chicago, Ricardo is imprisoned several hundred miles away in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He is allowed only five people on his visiting list.
Ricardo Jiménez #88967-024 Unit A-2
Box 1000, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837
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