TO: JHODY D. POLK
CT
FROM: Nick Holland


DEAR JHODY
I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN PRISON LAW LIBRARIES FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. I HAVE A NO NON SENSE REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS PRISONS WHEN IT COMES TO LAW.
I'VE READ YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT THE INITIATIVE AND ITS A VERY GOOD VISION.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE REGISTERED WITH YOU AS ONE OF THE INITIATIVES FRONT LINE SUPPORTERS. I AM CURRENTLY REPRESENTED
BY AN ATTORNEY DOWN SOUTH WHO IS VERY OPEN TO DIFFERENT INITIATIVES. WE ALSO HAVE A PARALEGAL FIRM BEING ESTABLISHED UP IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.
IN 2018, I PRESENTED A CONCEPT VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES PRESENTED IN THE INITIATIVE AND THE LAWYER WAS ASKING ME TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS PLAN/MODEL THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED
I KNEW THAT WE WOULD FIRST NEED TO BUILD A MASS ORGANIZATION OF LAW CLERKS CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT THE AGENDA. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT ALL CLERKS THAT MAY HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAINING COURSE OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE NOT CAPABLE OR WILLING TO FOLLOW THE SIMPLEST INSTRUCTIONS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MUST STRESS THE FACT THAT I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THOSE MEN OR WOMEN.
I DO HAVE A SELECT LIST OF LAW CLERKS THAT I PER-SONALLY KNOW CAN SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE.
IF AT POSSIBLE, PLEASE UTILIZE THE JPAY EMAIL SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE. ITS THE PRISONERS SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK.
ALSO, I AM REQUESTING ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THE METHODS THAT WE INTEND TO FUND THIS INITIATIVE . I HAVE MANY MANY IDEAS. TO MUCH TO LIST HERE. MY MOST IMPORTANT GOAL RIGHT NOW IS GETTING REGISTERED WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION AND RECEIVING ANY INFORMATIONAL PACKETS.


SINCERELY, Nick Holland

Nick


Re: Towards Shaping a Narrative for Deeper Conversations
Date: February, 2023


SPECIAL THANKS TO THE JLI TEAM IN ITS ENTIRETY. I AM RESPONDING TO THE CALL FOR INPUT FROM OUR LEADERS WHO OUTLINED 15 POINTS FOR DISCUSSION ON PAGE 7 OF ISSUE NO. #6, NOVEMBER 2022 OF OUR JAILHOUSE LAWYERS INITIATIVE NEWS LETTER.
I AM SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING POINT #5, INADEQUATE LAW LIBRARY /LEGAL RESOURCES UNATTAINABLE. I WORKED IN FLORIDA PRISON LAW LIBRARIES FROM 1999 THROUGH 2020.
ON OCTOBER 23, 2020 I WAS FORCED INTO AN EARLY RETIREMENT BY PRISON OFFICIALS. DURING COVID-19 I DID NOT REST BECAUSE PRISONERS NEEDED ACCESS TO THE LAW LIBRARY, LEGAL MATERIALS AND CERTIFIED LAW CLERKS SUCH AS MYSELF. OUR CORE GROUP OF LAW CLERKS WERE ALLOWED TO ACCESS THE LAW LIBRARY FOR SHORT PERIODS JUST LONG ENOUGH TO FILL A COUPLE REQUEST FROM INMATES. NEEDLESS TO SAY OUR ADMINISTRATION BECAME FRUSTRATED WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS WRITER APPLIED MANAGEMENT SKILLS. MANY
INMATES MISSED THEIR DEADLINES AND WAS NOT AFFORDED THE SERVICES THEY WERE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE.


THERE IS A COMPANY THAT HAS PLACED COMPUTER TABLETS INTO THE HAND OF EVERY PRISONER INSIDE THE FLORIDA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS. THE TABLET ACCESSES A CLOUD DATABASE THROUGH A WI-FI CONNECTION. THE COMPANY IS SECURUS AND JPAY. THESE TWO COMPANIES HAVE INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO MULTIPLE STATES BY HARDWIRING KIOSKS AND WI-FI NETWORKS.


I HAVE WATCH JLI'S ADVANCEMENTS SINCE 2020, ALONG W/ THE AFOREMENTIONED COMPANIES.
IN APRIL 2022, THE JLI DISTRIBUTED ITS MODULE ON LEGAL RESEARCH & LEGAL WRITING. THE MODULE INCLUDED THE LEXIS ADVANCE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE.
OF THE GUIDE I VIEWED THE REACH OF LEXIS ADVANCE TO ALL THE STATES AND TERRITORIES. I'M HELPING AN INDIAN HERE IN FLORIDA THAT WAS INTERSTATE COMPACTED (TRANSFERRED) FROM OKLAHOMA PRISON SYSTEM, HE HAS NO ACCESS TO OKLAHOMA LAW AND HAS RECENTLY LOST AN APPEAL.


PLEASE FIND OUT HOW TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO
USE LEXIS NEXIS ADVANCE LEGAL RESEARCH SERVICE ON A MULTI-USER NETWORK OR ON PAYMENT OF THE
MULTI-USER FEE. ONCE WE CAN GET THAT LICENSE
TO USE LEXIS ADVANCE ON THE SECURUS / JPAY TABLETS
CLOUD PLATFORM, THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT TO WHAT WE
CAN ACHIEVE. IN FLORIDA ALONE OVER 60 OR 70 THOUSAND INMATES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO LEGAL RESOURCES.


JPAY HAS AN APP CALLED JPAY LANTERN WHICH


ALLOWS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PLACE THEIR EDUCATION MODULES ON THAT PLATFORM. THE PLATFORM ALLOWS EDUCATORS TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS OVER THE WIFI NETWORK. JLI TEAM MEMBERS CAN INITIATE QUESTIONS TO ANY PRISONER ON THE PLATFORM. I REQUEST THAT OUR JLI NEWSLETTER IS NOT PLACED ON THE JPAY LANTERN PLATFORM. BUT ONLY THE MODULES. OUR JLI MODULES WILL ENTER EVERY STATE WHERE INMATES HAVE JPAY/SECURUS TABLETS.

SECURUS IS GOING TO SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IF IT PROVIDES PRISONERS ACCESS TO LAW RESEARCH MATERIALS ON ITS PLATFORM THAT WILL BASICALLY SECURE ITS CONTINUED CONTRACTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.


THE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 33-210, 102 (4)
ESTABLISHES THAT, " INMATES SHALL BE ALLOWED TO PREPARE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND LEGAL MAIL IN THEIR LIVING AREA".
33-210.102 (12) F.A.C. STATES THAT, INMATES MAY
ASSIST OTHER INMATES IN THE PREPARATION OF LEGAL
DOCUMENTS AND LEGAL MAIL...

I DO INTEND TO ADDRESS SEVERAL OTHER POINTS OUTLINED IN THE NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER IN FUTURE WRITINGS


IN SOLIDARITY
Nick Holland

Note: This letter was in response to misinformation about Jhody Polk's death. The JLI team reached out to Nicholas, and he was relieved to know that Jhody is still with us.


FROM: Nicholas Holland
[redacted] FLORIDA
TO: TYLER WALTON, ESQ. & JLI TEAM JAIL HOUSE LAWYERS INITIATIVE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
DATE: FEB 13, 2023 @ 10:47 P.M.


MY HEART IS HEAVY. I JUST GOT OFF THE JAIL PHONE WITH AN ADMINISTRATOR IN FLORIDA AT THE [redacted] LAW FIRM IN MIAMI. HE WAS EXPLAINING TO ME HOW BUSY HE HAD BECOME DUE TO PREPARATIONS FOR A MONTH LONG TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR MARCH. JAMAR WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON A FEW MONTHS AGO ON A SATURDAY. MONDAY MORNING HE WAS AT ASILIA LAW. THE NEW FIRM HAS TWO INTERNS AND [redacted] WAS STRUGGLING.


I ASKED [redacted] TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND FIND OUR LEADER JHODY POLK BECAUSE SHE COULD GIVE THE FIRM SOME GUIDANCE AND MORE ORGANIZATION. WHEN HE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET HE BECAME QUIET. HE FINALLY SAID THAT HE SEES AN OBITUARY RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2023 AND JHODY WAS GONE.


I'VE BEEN INCARCERATED FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. MY MUM PASSED IN 1992, THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER MY ARREST ON ANOTHER CASE. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER [redacted], A ROSEWOOD SURVIVOR SPEARHEADING THE ROSEWOOD VICTIMS REPARATIONS BILL IN THE EARLY 1990'S. I LOST MY SONS MOTHER IN 1998, HE WAS
ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. IN 2001 MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED. I HAD
LOST MY PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER IN 2020. OVER THE YEARS IN PRISON I LOST MANY WOMEN THAT I LOVED MUCH. I COULD NOT GRIEVE IN HERE. TO THIS DAY I HAD NOT SHED ONE TEAR IN THE FACE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE.


LAST NIGHT I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP. WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING ITS FEBRUARY 14, 2023 @ 7:34 A.M., VALENTINES DAY. TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, I WANTED TO WRITE JHODY BUT I WROTE NYU AND ADDRESSED ONE OF POINTS OUTLINED IN A NEWSLETTER. IT WAS MY FIRST LETTER TO JLI.


I WANTED TO ESTABLISH THE JHODY POLK PRIVATE SCHOOL OF LAW UNDER FLORIDA STATUTE 623. I INTENDED TO KEEP THE SCHOOL A SECRET UNTIL ALL OF US AT JLI COULD COME TOGETHER AND SUPRISE HER ONE DAY.

RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TRIBULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN FLORIDA AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ISSUED BY GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS. WE CANT EVEN PROTEST IN FLORIDA FOR FEAR OF RETRIBUTIONS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. HBI HAS RECENTLY BEEN SENT BACK DOWN TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT FROM THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL.

I ASK THAT WE ALL AT JLI CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF JHODY AND THE PATH SHE HAS OPENED FOR ALL OF US. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HER IN 2024 UPON MY RELEASE ON PAROLE, BUT NOW WE MUST CARRY ON. JHODY WILL FOREVER BE WITH US IN OUR HEARTS AND EVERY VALENTINES DAY WE CAN REMEMBER HOW MUCH WE ALL LOVED HER. PLEASE TELL [redacted] THAT I HOPE SHE'S READY TO CARRY THE TORCH FOR HER MOTHER JHODY, AND ALL OF US. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN.


IN LOVE & SOLIDARITY
Nick [redacted]
JLI VANGUARD PARTY


P.S.


I ASK THAT EACH OF OUR JLI LEADERS TAKE DUE CARE AND ADDRESS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT OUR MEMBERS DO NOT BECOME AFRAID OF WHAT'S AHEAD OF US AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
PLEASE DEVELOP A LETTER TO EACH OF US THAT WILL PROVIDE CALM, STRUCTURED INFORMATION ABOUT
THE LOSS OF OUR FOUNDER. I COME FROM A WILD
TRIBE AND I DON'T WANT MY PEOPLE TO LOSE
HOPE AND BECOME DESPERATELY UNPREDICTABLE. WE
CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THIS.

FOR SOME OF US, ALL WE HAVE IS THE JLI AND THIS COMMUNITY SO PLEASE DON'T TELL THEM THEIR LEADER IS DEAD. TELL THEM THAT JHODY LIVES THROUGH EACH ONE OF US. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERY THING YOU ALL HAVE DONE ARE DOING AND WILL DO IN THE FUTURE.


AGAIN IN SOLIDARITY
Nick [redacted]
JLI VANGUARD PARTY