Spoke to Mr Diz on the phone just now.
He's in very good spirits, being in the company other dozens of others in his situation at the prison. He told me that many of his new friends have been there awaiting charges for months...one guy in particular, who has been there ten months, just had his seventeenth birthday.
The problem is, he tells me, they just make up the rules as they go along. There is no procedure to follow, and this is why so many are just sitting in purgatory without so much as knowing what they're charged with. They lose their jobs, their homes, their lives.
It's not very reassuring to know that this seven days has the potential to turn into a year, and we need to act fast. We're putting a petition and press release together, and hopefully we can get Diz and the others deported and home safe.
Diz will receive your letters on Sunday, and I'm continuing to send them to Scotty as they come in. Please keep them coming. Even though our conversation could be measured in terms of seconds, he wanted to make sure you all knew that he was very grateful.
Keep those stories coming. Website goes live tonight, and we begin sending our press releases.
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