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A.J. CDC&R #P689103
Currently located at California Mens Facility P.O. Box 2000, Vacaville, CA 95696. He's been incarcerated for 25-plus years. We met in 2004 in New Folsom 4 yard, and we became cellies and best friends as I worked on his case. He achieved an AA degree in behavioral social science and an AA degree in small business. He has also remained a dedicated student of Siddha Yoga, a study course I sincerely advocate and love. Unfortunately, he was forced inside a dorm with infected COVID-19 inmates and contracted COVID-19 which almost ended his life inside there. I helped him start a civil suit that is pending for this issue in the Superior Court of California for Solano County in Case No. FCS058844 . He is incarcerated with a life sentence for the charge of assault and battery with serious injuries when he was 22 years old in 1998. Currently, A.J. is a peer support specialist dedicated to uplifting and empowering the incarcerated community with their recovery and rehabilitation needs.
Anthony Welch (Blink)#D93492
Karl Coakley #6729603
Currently located at Correctional Training Facility P.O. Box 705, Soledad, CA 93960. He's been incarcerated for more than 36 years now. We met in 2000 at Tehachapi prison 4 yard when I was 21 years old and he was in his early thirties. He achieved his paralegal certificate. He was a mentor and still is. He's a positive influencer, and was the one who came up with the idea of "Lifer's for Change." In the 1980's he was charged with murder as a juvenile. Although the actual perpetrator is free, Blink took a plea deal based upon his attorney's advice for 16 years to life. Until this day, he has not been given a parole date.
Currently located at Los Angeles County Jail, Terminal Annex Booking #6729603, Los Angeles, CA 90086. I met Karl Coakley in 2010 months after I paroled and married his cousin. I recall when he became a locksmith. I know him to be a positive influence and impact on his family. He was very supportive. I have never witnessed Karl engaged in anything violent, and neither have his family and friends. The most disturbing part about Karl's case is that he is currently falsely accused. Karl Coakley was never involved in any crime with which he is being charged, he has never been involved in any crime, has never been incarcerated, and does not have a criminal record.The judge in his case has set his bail at an enormous $5 million. The bail amount itself speaks volumes about the injustice so far. The current judge involved in Karl’s case lives in Lancaster. Lancaster California Superior Court system is so racist that 99% of criminal defense lawyers will admit that they would rather not take on a case that is in that courthouse due to the racist and prejudicial ways that the entire courthouse is designed, and unconstitutional practices that infringe upon the family members attending court proceedings.
We included names, CDC&R numbers for those in the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation system, and booking numbers for those in the Los Angeles County Jail. Therefore, if you want to reach out to them directly and provide support directly to them by sending books, support letters, adding money to their booking numbers or CDC&R numbers through J-Pay, you can help with the canteen and packages as well.