MARC EMERY IN SOLITARY

B.C.'s self-styled Prince of Pot, Marc Emery, has been placed in
solitary confinement for "unknowingly" breaking a rule, his wife says.

Jodie Emery told The Province that her husband was put in the
Security Housing Unit at Washington state's SeaTac Federal Detention
Centre June 3 after she recorded a phone conversation with him for
public broadcast.

"He was immediately remorseful," said Emery, adding that her husband
did not realize he had done anything wrong until he was served an
official citation.

Before he was put in solitary, Emery sent his wife an email, that has
now been posted to the Cannabis Culture web-site. He writes: "There's
nothing in my rule book that says you can't record my calls, so I
thought it was OK."

The recorded phone conversation was intended as a message to Emery's
supporters, similar to ones he made while in custody in Canada.

"It's just awful -- not being able to talk to him and not knowing
when I can talk to him next," she said. Emery will remain in the SHU
until the prison holds an internal "disciplinary hearing" at an
undetermined date.

"I don't know why they did this," Jodie said. "He never said anything
negative about them, was always very respectful of the rules."

Emery is not entitled to a lawyer during a disciplinary action, Jodie said.

No one at the SHU was available to comment. Emery is awaiting
sentencing after being extradited to the U.S. After his sentencing,
Emery can apply for transfer to Canada for the remainder of his sentence.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews will decide if Emery will be allowed
to come home.