</s>UNITED STATES PENTENTIARY, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF MAIL LIST (No request for change of Correspondents or Special Purpose Letters will be considered unless this form is properly completed. All questions must be answered fully and instructions followed exactly. Correspondents will be added only under exceptional and highly urgent circumstances.) TO PAROLE OFFICE REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS I request that the following persons is added to a list of correspondents. (Give reason for request in space at bottom of page.) NAME RELATION OR SINGLE OCOCUPATION ADDRESS (11) (Griant) (Grip) (Grunt) SPECIAL PURPOSE LETTERS (Permission to send a Special Purpose Letter will not be given unless it is submitted along with this request. Indicate in the proper column the number of Special Purpose letters in space correspondents you will require to complete your business. Give reason for your request at each page.) NO. OF NAME RELATION OCCUPATION ADDRES LETTERS COUNTS COUNTA COUNT BUILDING (11 CERK OF COURTS CHERK (Grind) (Grint) (12) (Grin) CHANGE OF ADDRESS Please change the address of my correspondent. (Attach letter notifying you of change of address: (If you are in one of the industries, are you sending part of your earnings to (tha)person(YES ) (NO ) The request is submitted for the following reason(s) (Cg) clear and full explanation If additional space is necessary, use/verse side.) Aor lgle pruppusue ne cen YOUR NAME YOUR NUMBER 72498 CELL LOCATION A-Dnm-D-2- WORK ASSIGNMENT Porky 8 DATE May-26-57 MAIL ROOM DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE CENTRAL FILE Date: MAY 2 9 1957 By: 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: The document consists of prison administrative records from the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth (USP Leavenworth), primarily containing inmate files, financial data, and procedural documentation. It references inmates such as James Earl Ray (BSP #72498-L) with details including dates of incarceration (e.g., 5/3/68, 5/16/68), financial accounts, probation status, and mail preferences. Administrative forms include requests for special purpose letters, address updates, and classification/release information. Legal references mention U.S. Probation Officers, Federal Building Kansas City, and probation-related documentation. Miscellaneous entries include demographic data, file logs, and incomplete or fragmented records with errors (e.g., "COUNTRN: Coola," "X FREDERING CON WOTION COUTH"). The text also notes a potential link to the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike through references to "Month of Industries Earnings" and "Meritorious Earnings." Redacted social security numbers are present but not included in the summary.  

Key People: James Earl Ray, Earl Harris, Paul Harris, Richard H. Johnson, Carl F. Zart  
Key Locations: United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth (USP Leavenworth), Federal Building Kansas City, Missouri State Penitentiary  
Key Events: Inmate incarceration dates, financial account management, probation status updates, mail preference changes, classification/release procedures, reference to 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike  
Key Organizations: United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, U.S. Probation Office, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BSP), Missouri State Penitentiary

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