Thruthwillprevail has posted a letter from Raymond to his family, and they wanted to share it with us. He is undergoing what Texas calls “Classification” which is a 60 day process. I will explain what this process entails following his letter. Raymond can, by Law, receive mail from anyone who wishes to write him. He is restricted to sending mail to a certain number of people on his “Approved” list, and that list will most certainly be filled with family.
Raymond can overcome this restriction by sending out generic responses via Truthwillprevail, and I hope this will be the case. There are thousands of people who support Raymond and his family, and it is vitally important that he be made aware of that fact. One of the hardest things about prison is the lack of knowing what’s going on on the “Outside”. Keeping “In touch” is in itself a huge comfort to people in prison, and I sincerely hope you will keep him in your prayers and in your hearts. He is in the belly of the beast and needs to know that he does not walk alone. I highly doubt that the system will put any of the men together, they will try their very best to keep them as isolated from each other as possible, much like they did to the children. You can expect to see them placed from one end of Texas to the other and for no other reason than to pour as much salt into their wounds as possible. Allan and Michael will follow Raymond, and until the Appeal is one and they are all freed, there will likely be more. Write to each one if possible, it WILL be the best possible thing you can do for them.
Letter from Raymond Jessop to His Family
2010-02-01 23:45:21
January 12, 2010
Well Hi everybody. It is about 9:00 am. I am in Huntsville, Texas. I think it is about 60 or 70 miles [actually over 100 miles] east of Austin. They transported me over here yesterday. I think we got here at about 1:30 pm. Is everybody doing all right? Is everybody healthy and strong? I am doing fine. This is very much a new experience and Wow! All I can say is, it is a new experience. I know Heavenly Father and the Angels are close by. I only pray for the strength of Heavenly Father to bear me up and help me be a good representation. I pray our dear Prophet will have health and strength and that he will be delivered. It is my Yen’s [daughter Millennia’s] birthday today. Please give her a big hug for me. Mary, please tell Grandfather where I am. I hope to be able to get commissary in a few days so I can write more letters and get envelopes and stamps, etc. I don’t know how long I will be here. It could be up to 60 days. No family visits, no phone calls. Only attorney visits. This is a classification unit and it takes 45 to 60 days for them to classify you and then send you to the big prison. I don’t know how big this place is, but I am guessing there must be two or three thousand inmates here. (Just guessing) Well, I surely do miss everyone. I am praying for you and I know you are praying for me. I so much love all of you. I hope all of you know it, from the oldest to the youngest. You are all in my prayers. Please write back and let me know how you’re doing.
P.S. Mary, you might have already done it by the time you get this letter, but all my stuff is over at the Sheriff’s office. Just call them and make arrangements to pick it all up. By the way, I forgot to tell you, one of the first things they do when you come in here is shave your head, so my head is very much shaved right now. It feels like my face does when I haven’t shaved for 2 or 3 days so I am sure my buzz is a lot more buzzy than Par’s. The only thing they let you wear is a pair of white boxer shorts and a pair of white coveralls without any sleeves, so things are a little breezy. We won’t even talk about what it’s like at shower time. Wow! Might as well be a herd of cows getting ran through the chute. Sure grateful for the shower though. I discovered that the County Jail is slightly clean compared to here. I was flipping roaches off my bed and off the wall through the night. I am doing ok, though. I want you to know that. It’s just “welcome to the pen.” I hope an attorney will come and see me and let me know how the appeals is going. 
I do have my Triple [Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price]. I also have five picture pages. I am so very grateful they would let them in. I am just a looking forward to your return letter. Man, that sure was a blessing to get to talk to you on the phone every day and see you once a week. Oh, guess what else, there is a huge window right in front of my cell, and I can see sunshine and trees and grass and hills and cars going past. I am on the second story in a tiny 5’ x 10’ or so cell. I share it with another man—pretty squishy. I have the top bunk.
Love, Ray
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