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Arizona elected a new governor!

Katie Hobbs is already sworn in and hard at work. Almost immediately upon taking office, she appointed a new Director of Prisons.

Dr. Ryan Thornell hails from the state of Maine. He has a Master’s in Criminal Justice and a Doctorate in Political Science. Those residents of Arizona who care are eager to see what changes his leadership will bring.

The previous director, David Shinn, knew he would soon be out of a job and resigned before Governor Hobbs was sworn in. When Shinn was appointed by former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, the culture within the Department changed, too, and many current and former staff members agree this change was not for the better.

Throughout the Department, a cold trickle-down effect from Director David Shinn was felt by staff members and inmates alike. This backward slide of Arizona’s prisons has made them more than just a shitty place to be incarcerated, they’re also a shitty place to work.

“More and more, I’ve felt like I’m just a number and not a person,” said one officer during the final two weeks of a department career he was walking away from several years before the standard retirement.

The irony of his comment was not lost on me: A number and not a person? Welcome to every inmate’s shared experience.

In the above instance, the officer was talking specifically about Lumley Unit at Perryville Prison, its current Deputy Warden and that man’s boss, Perryville’s now-former Warden. The latter has since departed the complex.

Low levels of staff have been an ongoing problem at The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry for years — long before rebranding with a fancy mouthful of a name, long before extra money in the form of economic stimulus checks began flowing into correction officers’ bank accounts, and long before “the great resignation” or “quiet quitting” or whatever one calls it began to trend.

With the election of Governor Katie Hobbs comes the hope that improvements are on Perryville’s desert horizon. Hobbs believes in prison reform, and while she did not campaign heavily upon this point, we the disenfranchised have high hopes that her incumbency will bring much-needed improvements to an ailing institution.

Inmates aren’t the only ones who have dared to hope for improvement. Recently, I listened as one officer reminisced about better days in her career with the department. She has watched the staff morale sink ever lower over the last several years. “Maybe she’ll appoint a female director,” she said the week before Mister Dr. Thornell’s appointment.

Inmates’ families also hope for change. Some of us, myself included, simply want back the pre-pandemic privilege of food visits.

Others have been petitioning for an intervention that makes wanting food visits look very shallow by comparison: Many a prayerful parent hopes that Katie Hobbs will commute his or her child’s death sentence to life. Those prayers were answered in part around January 20th when it was announced that Governor Hobbs, this heaven-sent angel of anti-death, paused all executions of Arizona inmates pending an in-depth review of the process by which the government murders its captives.

Last week, staff at Perryville were abuzz with news that Dr. Thornell is the new top dog. Women at Perryville, especially those who have done a lot of time, remain a bit more apathetic, having grown accustomed to things not working out.

I’ve always remained hopeful that society will lurch forward in fits and starts, even in states like Arizona where progress has traditionally been slow. Your typical gun-totin’, tobacco-chewin’, cowboy-hat-wearin’, long mustache-sportin’ extremists who believe secession from the US should be Arizona’s next move are, thankfully, in the minority.

As my friend SJ always says, “Onwards!”

Jodi Arias
January 2023

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ArtByJodiArias.com – UPDATE

Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. You can also check out Jodi’s art on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

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And Remember folks… as I always say – each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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Leave your thoughts & comments below…
SJ
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With over 11 million page views & well over 7 million visitors since 2012 — December 21st 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of our Jodi Arias Is Innocent .com website launch.

So with Christmas just a few days away – I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support over the past 10 years – and thank you in advance for your continued support moving forward through 2023 and beyond.

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Here is Jodi’s Christmas 2022 Message:

“The Happiest Season of All

One thing SJ and I wholeheartedly agree on: This is the best time of the year.

The holiday experience varies for the women at Perryville, but most are in a better mood, enjoying the cooler Sonora Desert and loading up on Christmas commissary items.

To prevent anyone from harshing my own holiday cheer, I adopt a zero-tolerance policy for anyone exhibiting drama, rudeness, disrespect — pick a noun, any noun. They’re all banned. People are free to behave how they want, but those in my circle exhibiting such traits are banished until after the New Year. I simply decline to entertain their negativity. This time is too fleeting to let it slip by while being distracted by muttering malcontents.

My last roommate was a Christian fundamentalist of some kind who didn’t celebrate Christmas because of the holiday’s Pagan beginnings. I thought, Pagan beginnings? Yes, I’ve read Dan Brown’s novels. So what? Get me some sparkling ornaments and shimmery plastic tinsel then point me to the nearest fake evergreen and I will show you a decorated tree.

Really, though, I love everything secular about Christmas:

I appreciate fancy marketing and free enterprise. I enjoy walking into a mall draped in garland and twinkling with lights while faint yuletide carols waft through speakers unseen. I miss entering Michaels, with its holiday craft supplies and Christmas fluff strewn about, or seeing a barista decked in a Santa hat while he or she makes my favorite hot drink.

Post-Halloween, many obnoxious TV commercials are recast in warmth with their pleasant holiday jingles. Cheesy Hallmark movies inspire daydreams of a brighter future. Even the Golden State Warriors have tipped off every Christmas Day since I became an avid fan of the team several years ago.

The merriment is everywhere.

This morning while cleaning my room, I listened to Christmas music instead of my usual Coffee Break German podcast. (Ja, ich lerne Deutsch.) I love holiday tunes and I confess: Sometimes I jam to them in the middle of June. Off season, I also enjoy rewatching Jim Carrey’s brilliant and hilarious interpretation of The Grinch.

I’m aware that not everyone shares my rosy views about the season, and their reasons are valid. Hey, I’ve been through some crap, too. It’s not a contest, but if it were, I’d take home the bronze medal at least.

My cheer is not forced or false. It is intentional. These cooler desert days are a limited resource within my finite life. Each year, they are gone too soon. I do not waste them.

May you also find joy during this season. Your life is good. Go appreciate it!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Happy holidays — Happy Merry Everything!”

<3 — Jodi Arias

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ArtByJodiArias.com – UPDATE

Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. You can also check out Jodi’s art on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

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To finish off this festive update, here’s Jodi’s evergreenly awesome rendition of “O Holy Night.”]

Enjoy!

And Remember folks… as I always say – each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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I wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a safe, peaceful, prosperous & awesome 2023.

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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By: Jodi Arias

“Thanksgiving at Perryville is a time when the weather is cooler and most people are in a better mood. In the spirit of tradition, many of us get together and share good food and warm drinks (hot chocolate, coffee, mocha, or cappuccino).

For me, Thanksgiving is always a reminder to reflect on my blessings. I feel profound gratitude for the warmth and kindness and support sent from people all over the world. I wish I had the bandwidth to thank everyone individually. I feel your love and I’m grateful!”

<3 — Jodi

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Remember, folks… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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SJ
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“The Moment I’ve Been Waiting For.”
By: Jodi Arias

The Vampire Chronicles, adapted from the novels by Anne Rice, is set to air on AMC next week on Sunday, October 2nd!

I’ve been working my way through Anne Rice’s books with an intentional slow burn since high school, not wanting them to end. I’ve even reread some of them. When I read an article last year announcing that AMC had optioned the rights, I literally shrieked and shouted, “Oh, my God! I’ve been waiting my whole life for this!”

I became a walking advertisement for the show. I went around the yard thrusting the article at every person who loved her books, too. I brought it to work at the library — along with all my enthusiasm — and shared it with every patron who showed even the slightest interest in Anne Rice’s novels or any other vampire fiction.

A few weeks ago, I finally saw a trailer for the show. It shows great promise of being faithful to the “savage garden” through which Anne Rice’s vampires stalk. These characters — “Children of the Night” — are not Stephanie Meyer’s sparkling Twilight beauties. Exquisitely noir and a little disturbing, the show is definitely for diehard fans like myself, but producers and the cast hope it will gain a vast new audience as well.

Vampires may not be your goblet of wine, and that’s fine. But I am beside myself with anticipation about The Vampire Chronicles finally coming to life on screen in a treatment worthy of the woman who dreamt up this intricate cosmology.

Late last year on a dark December morning, I awoke to a friend’s email that said, “I’m sorry about Anne Rice. I know she is important to you.”

Knowing what that meant, I turned on the news — because why wouldn’t the news be broadcasting the noteworthy passing of a remarkable author? All the TV media outlets were talking politics, as though politics were all that mattered in a world that no longer included one of my favorite authors.

I turned off the TV and opened the news app on my tablet. There, I found Anne Rice’s picture. She was smiling, beautiful, with salt-and-pepper hair cut to a clean bob. Thankfully, the Associated Press thought this phenomenal woman’s final night among the living was worthy of mentioning.

I couldn’t read the article, not because of the tears that began filling my eyes, but because I wasn’t a subscriber. I immediately bought a subscription and read that she died at the age of 80, a mere baby in the lifespan of her undying characters.

Later that month, I published a tribute to her and her work titled “The Immortal Maven of Vampires.” It was difficult to fathom that she would write no more novels giving life to the characters I had grown to adore. It felt as though they, too, had all died. Their exploits were ceased, their eternity frozen. But now her literary world is being resurrected and new life will reanimate her characters.

The stories Anne Rice gave us, while largely defined by vampires, were hardly confined to vampires. She also wrote about werewolves, witches, mummies, and Atlantians. She wrote about ghosts and angels and demons. She wrote a series of erotica and even a memoir. Above all, she wrote about humanity and the implications of immortality.

Her Vampire Chronicles alone are replete with immortal characters both ancient and young whose stories could not have been fully explored within the span of a single human lifetime. Had Anne Rice lived another 80 years, she could have continued churning out still more explorations into the characters who appear in her books.

I harbor the hope — and I’m certain I’m not alone in this with fans of her work — that she authored forthcoming books which have not yet been published. Many creative people of renown (writers, musicians, painters, poets), among whom Anne Rice must surely be counted, release posthumous work.

Production of the show began before she died and I’m heartened to know that, before she left us, she knew her vision would finally be translated to the screen on her terms. Her son Christopher Rice, an executive producer of the show, will undoubtedly do his mother’s legacy justice.

She once said in an interview, “I want to be immortal.” I hope it was enough for her to know that her words, her works, and her worlds are immortalized in the masterpieces she bequeathed to us.

<3 — Jodi Arias

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Remember, folks… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#108) for May 2022:

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Lumley Unit, where Jodi resides at Perryville, has once again undergone changes imposed by higher-ups… those corporate heads who neither live nor work at Perryville, but sit in air-conditioned offices an hour away in Phoenix with grand ideas of fixing what isn’t broken and ignoring what is. Much of the population at Perryville was recently moved around to various units.

In Arizona, most prison inmates fall under one of four custody levels in the following descending order:

1. Maximum
2. Close
3. Medium
4. Minimum

Jodi is medium custody. Maximum custody was eliminated at Perryville. Close custody, from 2018 until last month, was split between two units. Now, all close custody inmates reside on Lumley Unit. One yard remains medium custody. Another houses a mixed bag comprising the mental health unit (close-custody adjacent), detention (those under investigation), and inmates awaiting classification.

Jodi moved off the yard with air conditioning last November and in with a smoker who, out of courtesy, stopped smoking inside the cell while Jodi housed there. Now, Jodi lives with a nonsmoker in a room with a swamp cooler.

She’s working full-time. She’s not taking college courses anymore. She hated them, despite her 4.0. She wants to learn German. She’s still making awesome art – check out ArtbyJodiArias.com and Instagram.com/ArtbyJodiArias for more info.

Earlier this month, she hugged her family for the first time since before the pandemic. Visitation had been cancelled since March 2020, then was re-implemented in June 2021 with lots of social-distancing protocols. This month, the Department began allowing visitors to hug again, so Jodi practically had the air squeezed out of her by family who missed her dearly.

One of the most nonsensical things that persists in Arizona’s prisons is the mask requirement for inmates and officers. Despite Arizona’s governor having long since declared an end to the state of emergency from the pandemic and the CDC lifting mask mandates, Perryville remains ever behind on the times.

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And remember, folks… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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Leave your thoughts & comments below.

SJ
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Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#107) for March 2022:

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There is not much new to report in Jodi’s world. She has enjoyed the cool desert winter, taking life one day at a time. Over the last year, she took a college English course and is happy to finally have completed it with a 4.0 grade-point average.

The fight to overturn Jodi’s wrongful conviction entered the PCR phase (post-conviction relief) last year. Her attorney has spent much of the year combing through over one hundred boxes of files and CDs, many of which are mislabeled and poorly organized, having come from several different offices and at least five different attorneys. Trying to arrange and make sense of such a mess has delayed the process.

Meanwhile, donations are still being accepted at Justice4Jodi.com to support her legal struggle until she obtains justice. It is no secret that Jodi deeply regrets what she did, but no woman should ever lose her life or her freedom for successfully fighting off her abuser.

Lastly, Jodi has continued creating art, which you can find at Instagram.com/ArtbyJodiArias. You can also read her latest blog post about one of her favorite drawings, called Tears, at ArtbyJodiArias.com. All purchases made from the Art site support Jodi.

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And remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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With over 11 million page views & well over 7 million visitors since 2012 — December 20th 2021 marks the 9th anniversary of our Jodi Arias Is Innocent .com website launch.

So with Christmas just a few days away – I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support over the past 9 years – and thank you in advance for your continued support moving forward through 2022 and beyond.

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Here’s Jodi’s Christmas Message:

“Hi, Everyone!

“We don’t need the New Year to refocus our goals and aspirations, but it’s always a great reminder to do just that. A friend of mine asked me around this time last year, “What do you want to accomplish in 2021?” Off the cuff, I answered, “I wanna write a book.” She said, “Me, too. Let’s do it.” Then, neither of us did.

“Instead, I decided to take another college course, thinking I could work on that and write a book (and hold down a job and churn out beautiful art and…) I told another friend in a celebratory tone, “Degree, here I come!” But the course taught me something I did not expect to learn about myself: that I don’t want a degree that badly. I’m glad to be finishing with a 4.0 and I’ll be glad to soon have it behind me, but I think I hated it. I’ll definitely not be taking anymore courses in the near future.

“As for the book I probably won’t get around to writing, of the few people with whom I’ve shared my idea, one was a naysaying nag and the rest had really big reactions. So let me just stem any excitement about this tentative project: I will not be publishing this book in my name, I will (probably) not promote it as one I have written, and it would be a very niche, nonfiction topic that would only draw a small audience of readers — if any. The goal is not to sell copies. I just want to get it written because when I went looking for this exact kind of book just over a year ago, it didn’t seem to exist.

“Enough of that. I want to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas or whatever you might be celebrating, and a very happy New Year. Thank you all for your warm love, your undeserved kindness, and your steadfast support.

“Much love and gratitude to you always!”

— Jodi Arias

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ArtByJodiArias.com – UPDATE

Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. You can also check out Jodi’s art on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

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To finish off this festive update, here’s our all-time #1 favorite Jodi-Christmas classic — “O Holy Night.”

Just like me, it never gets old.

Btw… I was planning to liven things up a little this year, and go with one of my other yuletide faves: “Snowflakes Melting On An Open Fire” – but ultimately opted to play it safe with “O Holy Night.” Enjoy!

And Remember folks… as I always say – each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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I wish you a very Merry Christmas, and a safe, peaceful & prosperous 2022.

SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Hi, everyone!

SJ has allowed me to utilize this platform to say, “Happy Thanksgiving!” and tell you how grateful I am for your continued support. For those outside the US, Thanksgiving is celebrated here in November. (Canadian Thanksgiving comes a little earlier in the fall.)

A lot of people ask me what this holiday is like at Perryville. It’s really just another day, except we get two meals instead of three. This is unfortunate for some people who can’t afford their own food, but since one of those meals usually involves turkey and pumpkin pie, most people are cool with it.

I’m grateful that so many amazing people have stood by me through what would otherwise surely be a lonely nightmare. You have enriched my life in ways I can never repay. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I would like to share this quote I came across attributed to Helen Keller, who puts it much more eloquently than I ever could:

“My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation.”

Much love and gratitude to you all!

<3 — Jodi

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ArtByJodiArias.com – UPDATE

Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. You can also check out Jodi’s art on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#106) for October 2021:

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Some of you may have already noticed at Justice4Jodi.com that the balance of the JAA Appellate Fund has jumped substantially this year. This is thanks to the collective efforts of many awesome people who donated since last spring. Around that time, an anonymous supporter of Jodi’s pledged to match every dollar donated to the fund until the end of this year, up to $35,000, for a doubled increase of $70,000.

Sometime in late August, along came another angel donor and topped off the match to bring it up to its now doubled amount of $70,000! This person basically shocked the hell out of everyone, including Jodi, who is humbled, amazed, and grateful.

Jodi’s appeals have now entered the PCR (Post-Conviction Relief) stage. She was appointed new counsel this year and they are just beginning to get their feet wet on this wildly complex case. Because of the volumes and volumes of reports, transcripts, and records, PCR is expected to take several years to complete. This gives Jodi a moderate buffer of time to continue raising money for her appellate fund.

Depending on what transpires during PCR, the funds in the Appellate trust will be needed for different things. One possibility would be to retain new trial attorneys. If her conviction is overturned, this doesn’t meant there would be another trial, but she would still need new lawyers to represent her. If her conviction is upheld, the funds will be needed to retain a lawyer (or lawyers or a law firm) to guide her case through the labyrinthine federal circuits.

Jodi’s defense during the previous trial and pretrial phases cost millions of dollars. Therefore, the fund will continue accepting donations at Justice4Jodi.com to enable her to fight her wrongful conviction and position her to retain the most competent legal counsel available.

In the meantime, Jodi’s personal efforts to raise money for her appeals continue through the production of her art, which is sold at ArtbyJodiArias.com. Her art admin supports her efforts by running this “side hustle” of sorts on her behalf and taking none of the funds. The time and effort he devotes to this process (filing the taxes, trips to the post office every week to ship art) are an invaluable contribution.

If you are interested in another way to contribute to the cause, any purchase at ArtbyJodiArias.com is a legitimate way to support Jodi. Her art is also featured on Instagram @ArtbyJodiArias.

Jodi and her family want to thank everyone who pulled together this year to help her along in her formidable legal fight. She is grateful beyond words.

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APPELLATE FUND UPDATE:

The JAA Appellate Fund total currently stands at $170,144.95 — so let’s be sure to keep the momentum rolling so the fund total can push on towards the ultimate target of $250,000. That in turn will help towards covering all the legal fees associated with appealing Jodi’s wrongful conviction. All donations via Justice4Jodi.com go directly to the fund. It is also the ONLY website authorized to collect donations.

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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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Here’s the latest Jodi News Update (#105) for August 2021:

Late last month, Jodi was uprooted from her assigned room and moved to a different area of Lumley Unit. At first, the staff were evasive about the reasons she had to move, but later, several staff members revealed that they were briefed about a guy who had been making threats to break Jodi out of Perryville, and who had actually begun driving to Arizona from the east coast to carry out his moronic plan.

This moron, who will remain unnamed here, was already known to the staff at Perryville. Since last spring, his photo has been posted at the front entrance where staff enter the prison for work. With it was a warning to look out for this asshole should he be spotted anywhere on the premises.

So what changed? According to one corrections officer, late last month, Mr. Moron was pulled over somewhere east of the Mississippi because he had been driving erratically. He admitted to the police officer who pulled him over that he had been lost for two days and was trying to get to Arizona where he was going to “rescue Jodi Arias.” However that strange conversation must have proceeded, the police officer was concerned enough that he or she reported this information and, through the appropriate channels, the Arizona Department of Corrections was informed.

It was because of this tip that the prison decided that this guy may in fact be more unstable than was previously estimated. What had been treated as a mild threat and a warning about a random person had suddenly been elevated because of this person’s decision to act upon his fantasy of rescuing damsel Jodi so they could live happily ever after in non-reality.

Jodi, in her Perryville bubble, remained unaware of these developments until one afternoon while at work in the Lumley Library, two Sergeants informed her that, per the Major (the Warden’s right hand person) she had to move. They weren’t allowed to tell her why. But as the following days unfolded, she learned that because the yard on which she was housed had a direct view to Perryville’s ungated parking lot, this was cause for concern. Also, the yard to which she was moved has an extra razor-wire perimeter fence, providing a little extra security.

She had a difficult time adjusting. On her previous yard, Jodi had settled into a quiet routine of schoolwork, library work, and nursing sapling palm trees. She even had a sometime pet pigeon named April who would land on her hand if Jodi bribed her with sunflower kernels. She also had a decent roommate. But she had to leave all of it.

One tradeoff that Jodi doesn’t hate: Her new room has air conditioning. Thousands of women are housed at Perryville, but many of them are forced to suffer the dangerous summer heat because the Arizona Department of Corrections will not invest in converting all housing units’ wimpy swamp coolers to more efficient air conditioning.

While it seems preposterous that one guy should be cause for concern — a guy who is so out of touch with reality that he actually believes he can bust Jodi out of there and they’ll be blissfully wedded spouses — the Department isn’t taking any chances. Earlier this year, two men escaped from a different facility in Arizona, causing the Department national public embarrassment.

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NEW MATCHING FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN FOR JODI’S LEGAL FIGHT!

We are pleased to announce that an anonymous donor has pledged to match all donations made to the JAA Appellate Fund at Justice4Jodi.com, dollar for dollar, up to $35,000! Any amount you donate between now and the end of the year will be DOUBLED. The goal is to raise $70,000 by year’s end. Doing so will place Jodi within reach of being able to obtain legal counsel after the standard petitions funded by the state are concluded.

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Remember… each day that passes takes us one day closer to Jodi’s release date.

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SJ
Team Jodi #WINNING <<<

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