Posted on 10/17/2024 4:28:31 PM PDT by Morgana
CV NEWS FEED // A pro-life advocate and grandfather was put in “one of the most notoriously violent federal prisons in the country” this week, following the criminal prosecution over his participation in a peaceful protest outside an abortion facility, according to a recent The Daily Wire report.
The Daily Wire reported that Calvin Zastrow, 63, was set to enter the Federal Correctional Institute Thomson in Illinois on October 15.
The Daily Wire’s Leif Le Mahieu wrote that the prison “has made headlines in recent years with reports of rampant violence and abuse,” as there were five suspected homicides from 2019 to early 2023 in the special management unit. In the same unit during this time, there were also two suspected suicides. Further, in 2022, there were almost 300 reports of sexual misconduct against prison employees, according to the Daily Wire report.
In July, a federal judge sentenced Zastrow to six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. As CatholicVote previously reported, Zastrow was among several pro-life advocates who were prosecuted after they participated in a peaceful protest outside of a Tennessee abortion facility in 2021.
Zastrow was the only defendant to receive prison time. An Associated Press report on the sentencing stated that he was regarded as “one of the main organizers” of the pro-life demonstration.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Wire before he entered the federal prison, Zastrow said that he was praying in preparation.
“I’m praying to be able to be able to witness for Christ,” he said. “If I’m miserable there and can’t sleep well then I’ll just suffer with honor for Jesus.”
Zastrow also commented on the cognitive dissonance of where the federal government directs its personnel’s efforts. “They don’t have enough federal agents protecting former presidents from getting shot in the head,” he said. “But they’ve got plenty of Marshals to go hunt down and find pro-lifers and put them in prison.”
In January, Zastrow and several co-defendants were convicted of violating the controversial Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and of “felony conspiracy charges,” according to CatholicVote. In August, CatholicVote reported that Texas Rep. Chip Roy’s office found that since the FACE Act was established in 1994, 97% of all FACE Act prosecutions have been brought against pro-life defendants.
I have a feeling he will be okay and that this is a Daniel in the Lion's den kind of thing, please hear me out.
Many of you remember when I posted about Kermit Gosnell and that trial. Well when he was in jail, (and sent to prison) every day the other inmates would yet at him "BABY KILLER! BABY KILLER!". It was shocking that these men hated abortionist.
I am hoping that when they find out what this guy is in for and he talks to them about abortion he will give them a change of heart.
Still pray he will be okay
Criminals ought to be able to choose what prison they go to.
Hopefully in a little over 3 months, President Trump will pardon and release America’s political prisoners.
I’ve been trying to find in that pesky constitution thingie where the fed was granted the right to regulate medical clinics.
This gets tried periodically for decades. Many of the incarcerated wind up winning over a decent number of the other prisoners. Fr. Norm Weslin comes to mind.
>> It was shocking that these men hated abortionist.
No secret that prison populations despise pedos
I hope that happens too.
It’s not in there.
No shame in going to prison representing King Jesus!
Still the same old piece of cr@p you always were.
I see you've toned down your NeverTrumping for this election cycle...
If pro-lifers flip the switch and seek to be arrested, it could be like the civil rights movement, when going to jail became a communal religious experience. A bit of hymn singing, and you might have the normal inmates becoming welcoming. Just get the right protestors involved, single young men and women and local pastors.
And the name of the federal judge is? He gets a job that he doesn’t even have to show up for and still gets paid. Then he gets is full retirement. What is his name? or is it a woman?
ALL DEMOCRATS ARE PURE EVIL!!! DEMONIC!!!
rarely is vincible ignorance proclaimed so unequivicolly.
Yep, then they could choose the country club prisons the elite get to go to.
AMEN. This man can testify about His glory to those that need to hear it. Then again, we all could do with that.
Rapin' Bill stooge Aleta Trauger of the Middle District of Tennessee.
SHe's just carrying on Big Bill and Hillary's Satanic legacy...
Still okay to protest at pro-life places.
She’s not only pro-abortion it seems
but also pro-same-sex marriage
Brilliant!!
The January 6th prisoners say the same thing. They are welcomed.
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