REVEREND EDDY LEPP - Prisoner

[Payaso]

Well it's official, Eddy Lepp is in prison at Lompoc, California.

No matter what one feels about Eddy Lepp, it is grossly unfair for ANYONE to serve time in prison for growing cannabis.

Please don't forget Eddy and how often he pushed the envelope for all of us...how he stood up to the FEDS and refused their plea-bargain, and went to jail instead of the 1800 or so folks who paid to grow plants on his property...

This information is from the Bureau Of Prisons:

FCI Lompoc
Contact Information

Prison facilities have a number of different addresses -- the one you use will depend on whether you are sending something to an inmate or to a staff member, and on the type of mail carrier you select. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is normally the exclusive means for inmates to receive mail and packages.


Inmate Mail/Parcels
Do not send funds to this address; for more information go to the Inmate Money page. Use this address when sending correspondence and parcels to inmates confined at this facility.

INMATE NAME & REGISTER NUMBER
FCI LOMPOC
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
3600 GUARD ROAD
LOMPOC, CA 93436


Physical Address (Do not use for mail unless it is the same as the mailing address listed.)
Use this address for in-person visits.

FCI LOMPOC
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
3600 GUARD ROAD
LOMPOC, CA 93436
MapQuest® Map and Directions1

Phone: 805-736-4154
Fax: 805-736-1292
E-mail address: LOX/EXECASSISTANT@BOP.GOV2


Apparently we can send cards and letters but NO packages to Eddy.

Visits can be arranged by writing the email address above.

Please don't forget about Eddy Lepp!

This is Judge Patel, she put Eddy in Jail.



Eddy at one of his parties...

 

[B.C.]

That's all I can say..... BC

 

[Payaso]

Inmate Money

Deposit Fund History

In 1930 the Department of Justice authorized and established a Commissary at each Federal institution. The Commissary was created to provide a bank type account for inmate monies and for the procurement of articles not regularly issued as part of the institution administration. The purpose of individual inmate Commissary accounts is to allow the Bureau of Prisons to maintain inmates' monies while they are incarcerated. Family, friends, or other sources may deposit funds into these accounts.

Funds may be sent to Federal inmates via the United States Postal Service or via the Western Union Quick Collect Program. In either case, the inmate must physically be housed at a Federal Bureau of Prisons' facility before funds can be received and posted. If the inmate is not physically in a Federal Bureau of Prisons' facility, the funds cannot be posted and will be returned or rejected.

U.S. Postal Service

Inmates' families and friends choosing to send inmates funds through the mail must send those funds to the following address and in accordance with the directions provided below:

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Insert Valid Committed Inmate Name
Insert Inmate Eight Digit Register Number
Post Office Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001

The deposit must be in the form of a money order made out to the inmate's full committed name and complete eight digit register number. Effective December 1, 2007, all non-postal money orders and non-government checks processed through the National Lockbox will be placed on a 15 day hold. The Bureau of Prisons will return funds that do not have valid inmate information to the sender provided the envelope has an adequate return address. Personal checks and cash cannot be accepted for deposit.

The sender's name and return address must appear on the upper left hand corner of the envelope to ensure that the funds can be returned to the sender in the event that they cannot be posted to the inmate's account. The deposit envelope must not contain any items intended for delivery to the inmate. The Bureau of Prisons shall dispose of all items included with the funds.

In the event funds have been mailed but have not been received in the inmate's account and adequate time has passed for mail service to Des Moines, Iowa, the sender must initiate a tracer with the entity who sold them the money order to resolve any issues.

Western Union Quick Collect Program

Inmates' families and friends may also send inmates funds through Western Union's Quick Collect Program. All funds sent via Western Union's Quick Collect will be posted to the inmate's account within two to four hours, when those funds are sent between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. EST (seven days per week, including holidays). Funds received after 9:00 pm EST will be posted by 7:00 am EST the following morning. Funds sent to an inmate through the Quick Collect Program may be sent via one of the following ways:

1) At an agent location with cash: The inmate's family or friends must complete a Quick Collect Form. Click here to view a sample Quick Collect Form. To find the nearest agent, they may call 1-800-325-6000 or go to www.westernunion.com.

2) By phone using a credit/debit card: The inmate's family or friends may simply call 1-800-634-3422 and press option 2.

3) ONLINE using a credit/debit card: The inmate's family and friends may go to www.westernunion.com and select "Quick Collect".

For each Western Union Quick Collect transaction, the following information must be provided:
1) Valid Inmate Eight Digit Register Number (entered with no spaces or dashes and immediately followed by Inmate's Last Name)
2) Committed Inmate Full Name entered on Attention Line
3) Code City: FBOP, DC

Please note that the inmate's committed name and eight digit register number must be entered correctly. If the sender does not provide the correct information, the transaction cannot be completed. The Code City is always FBOP, DC.

Each transaction is accepted or rejected at the point of sale. The sender has the sole responsibility of sending the funds to the correct inmate. If an incorrect register number and/or name are used and accepted and posted to that inmate, funds may not be returned.

Any questions or concerns regarding Western Union transfers should be directed to Western Union by the sender (general public). Questions or concerns should not be directed to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

For additional information concerning inmate Commissary account deposit procedures, please see the Bureau of Prisons Trust Fund/Warehouse/Laundry Manual (PS 4500.04) or 28 CFR Parts 506 and 540. For information concerning a specific deposit, please contact Federal Bureau of Prisons' staff at 202-307-2712 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET.

 

[Payaso]

Clarification - NO PACKAGES

Personal Property

For security, safety, and sanitation reasons, the Bureau limits the amount of property (jewelry, photographs, books, magazines, etc.) inmates may have and the types of publications inmates can receive. The institution issues clothing, hygiene items, and bedding, and provides laundry services. Inmates may purchase other personal care items, shoes, some recreational clothing, and some food items through the commissary. Civilian clothing (i.e., clothing not issued to the inmate by the Bureau or purchased by the inmate from the commissary) ordinarily is not authorized for retention by the inmate.

The only packages an inmate may receive from home are those containing release clothing. Release clothing packages may only be received with prior approval by the inmate's unit team or authorized staff member within the last 30 days of confinement.

Inmates may only possess those items they are authorized to retain upon admission to the institution, items issued by authorized staff, items purchased by the inmate from the commissary, or items purchased or received through approved channels (to include that approved for receipt by an authorized staff member or authorized by institution guidelines). All other items are considered contraband and will be seized and disposed of (destroyed, mailed out of the institution at the inmate's expense, etc.) in accordance with Bureau regulations. Contraband that threatens the security of the institution may result in disciplinary action and/or criminal prosecution for the inmate.

 

[charles_bronson]

damn that sucks.

 

[justalilrowdy]

OMG this literally makes me sick.. its a sad sad day and let us all hope that its ends very soon for everyone who has spent time in jail or prison for our sacred herb..
Say a prayer for Eddie and all who remain unfairly and unjustly incarcerated.
No one should ever go to prison for marijuana.

 

[motaloca]

He stood up for everyone of us, and I mean everyone, regardless of his, her opinion about him
Respect.
No one belongs to jail for smoking, growing, caring about a plant.
love and respect from south east asia.

 

[Sleepy]

amazing...

OUR SYSTEM IS BACKWARDS.

 

[Payaso]

It sure is Sleepy...amazingly enough when some other countries legalized drugs (i.e. Portugal) personal use actually went DOWN, not up. And still our government lies to us...

 

[Payaso]

From the "Lake County News" is this update on Eddy Lepp.

Lepp reports to prison, supporters lobby for release
Written by Elizabeth Larson
Thursday, 16 July 2009

UPPER LAKE – A local marijuana advocate surrendered himself to authorities last week in order to begin serving a 10-year federal prison sentence.


Charles “Eddy” Lepp, 57, of Upper Lake turned himself in on July 6 to federal authorities in Lompoc, according to his wife, Linda Lepp.


In May Lepp was sentenced to two concurrent 10-year terms after having been convicted in September of 2008 of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and cultivation of more than 1,000 marijuana plants, as Lake County News has reported.


A federal jury convicted Lepp of growing 24,784 marijuana plants on his 20-acre property in Upper Lake.


Lepp, who was indicted in 2004, has maintained his innocence. He has been a proponent of legalizing marijuana and is a Rastafarian minister who has alleged that authorities have violated his freedom of religion and his ministry.


He was the first person in California to be acquitted in a prosecution under 1996's Compassion Use Act, Proposition 215, which allowed patients to use medical marijuana with a doctor's recommendation.


Linda Lepp said an appellate lawyer has been assigned to her husband's case, and the attorney has estimated that it will take two months to go through the materials and filing an appeal will take another six months. The case could be in court in June of 2010, Linda Lepp said.


Eddy Lepp is being held at the Federal Correctional Institution in Lompoc, which is a low security facility housing male inmates, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.


Now Linda Lepp and her husband's supporters are starting a push to get the attention of President Barack Obama.


“We have already sent over 7,000 letters to the president,” she said, but there's some concern that the messages were faxed to the wrong number, so they're starting over.


They're also responding to thousands of e-mail messages sent to Eddy Lepp's e-mail and working on his MySpace page, www.myspace.com/eddylepp , which Linda Lepp said has had 24,000 hits. They're also planning to post a Facebook page next week.


Linda Lepp said at some point in the future she'll be able to visit her husband. They married last September and then, in light of his conviction, Eddy Lepp had their marriage annulled. However, they remarried March 19.


She said she's received messages of support from all over the world. “It's pretty unreal, the support we're getting from well wishers.”

Courtesy of elarson@lakeconews.com

 

[Mrs.Babba]

much love to Eddy! ...even tho he doesnt know me, I want to send him a letter payaso!
Thats just about the saddest news ever

 

[Payaso]

That's a great idea Mrs. B ~ I am sure Eddy would love to hear from you and everyone here at ICMag.com...here is that address again...

CHARLES EDWARD LEPP 90157-011
FCI LOMPOC
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
3600 GUARD ROAD
LOMPOC, CA 93436

 

[Mrs.Babba]

perfect,thanks!!

 

[Hazy Lady]

This effectively amounts to a life sentence, that is simply unacceptable.

 

[BigForest]

he did not get life?

 

[Babbabud]

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[subrob]

thanks for the info p. i know how much a letter can mean, even when its from a stranger, under circumstances like this. my hope is everyone who reads this thread will send him a card at least once.
--please keep us updated if anything changes. im assuming this is a mandatory minimum case? i know cali is gettin ready to do a prison purge, but i assume also that its state only?

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

how does eddy get weed (medicine) in prison? can he even get it from a "caregiver", or is it off limits to him. Is he still being denied his religious right as a rasta to smoke too?

How in the fuck can they send a nam-vet to fucking prison????????!!!!!!!! this makes me far beyond ANGRY. the government has trampled over his rights.

WE HAVE TO FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO DO WHAT WE WANT! ITS TIME TO START MASSIVE ACTS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. I HAVE BEEN OPENLY SMOKING IN PUBLIC FOR 2 WEEKS NOW. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND CONTINUE TO EVADE POLICE WHEN THEY TRY TO STOP ME!!!!! I WANT EVERY POT SMOKER TO DO THE SAME. FUCK THE GOVERNMENT! UNTIL THEY LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, I WILL DISOBEY!!!!

 

[Hazy Lady]

he did not get life?

No he didn't, thank heaven's.
I said "this effectively amounts to a life sentence", you're 57, starting 10 years, how many life plans would you be making? It's a disgrace, pure and simple.

@ Hash Zep' too funny, can you rope in a third guy and give him a camera/Edit never mind, i just saw your edit!

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

I am hoping he appeals to the U.S. supreme court and wins. I think that is his goal. A solid federal court decision on his side would be a huge victory for the whole country. Eddy is literally "doing what jesus would do". I am not religious, but.... the man is a role model (following a role model) for all of humanity, and our government punishes him for his good morals. I cant help but compare him to jesus. He sacrificed himself for the well being of many others, by standing up against a government that punishes people for doing good. If he wins a U.S. supreme court case then he in a way saves us all from the hell of prison. If this was Roman times he would have been crucified. I'm not saying worship him or anything, I am just pointing out the similarities to show the hypocrisy of america.