Sarah Jo Pender is currently serving a 110-year sentence for double homicide. Her conviction, based on forged evidence and the testimony of a snitch who, in exchange for testifying against her, received a lenient sentence in his own trial, has been widely disputed.
In August 2008, Sarah Jo escaped from Rockville Correctional Facility, living on the run until a neighbor snitched her out to the police a few months later.
Since being recaptured, Sarah Jo has been held in solitary confinement, in a concrete cell only 68 square feet. This punishment, which should have lasted a year, has been arbitrarily prolonged, and no date has been set for her release back into general population. In addition, other inmates in the segregation unit have been instructed not to talk to her under threat of punishment, and guards are only allowed to give her orders, and only in the presence of another guard. Sarah Jo has survived (as of January 2014) over 1850 days of brutal isolation.
Innocent or not, no one should be in prison.
PLEASE HELP SARAH JO!
Currently, Sarah and her attorney are attempting to convince Terry Curry, the prosecutor currently in charge of Sarah’s case, to support her release to general population. She is asking people to send letters of support to her lawyer, who will then forward them all to Curry. Please consider writing a letter about why you support Sarah Jo’s release. [Letters/emails should be sent by January 31, 2014]
Send support letters to:
Mr. Terry Curry, Prosecutor
c/o Wieneke Law Office
PO Box 188
Plainfield, IN 46168
Or email a letter to:
cara@wienekelaw.com
WRITE SARAH JO!
Sarah Jo Pender
#953968
IWP IDOC #11
2596 N. Girls School Road
Indianapolis, IN 46214
Helpful links:
Article about isolation units & Sarah Jo
Sarah Jo’s support site
Justice for Sarah Pender facebook