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Glad Manafort got @FoxNews to pay attention to the “barbarism” of Rikers & solitary confinement. While they’re at it, & for consistency’s sake, here are some other people whose lives were devastated by Rikers & solitary they should care about. foxnews.com/politics/legal…
Tyrrell Muhammad. 7 years in solitary. For being late coming from rec area. “Once you get there, you dont see nobody, don’t hear from nobody. When youre vanished, youre left to your own thoughts, own behavior, whatever that was when you went in there, now it becomes exacerbated.”
Alicia Barraza’s son. “Ben could no longer endure the violence, brutality, inhumanity & loneliness. He had experienced & witnessed too many horrible events. While in solitary confinement, he hanged himself. He was 21 years old.” video.newyorker.com/watch/alicia-b…
Jerome Wright. Imprisoned at 18. Spent years in solitary. Released 30 yrs later. Beloved community member. Justice activist. Church deacon. Caregiver to son w/ down syndrome. But he’s been jailed for last 6 months. Why? Parole falsely claims he tested positive for drugs.
Kalief Browder. Arrested at 16. For allegedly stealing a backpack. Stuck on Rikers on $3500 for 3.5 years. Hundreds of days in solitary confinement. Committed suicide upon release. Pretrial detention and solitary confinement killed him.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/nyr…
Victor Pate. An organizer fighting to #HALTSolitary: "I was in solitary for 2 yrs, w/ the longest stretch 90 days straight for having too many sheets. It was torture. And other people have been in solitary for years & decades straight. It does nothing to make a person better.”
Albert Woodfox. This man survived *43 years straight* in 6x9 ft cell. Solitary confinement. “I woke up w/ the same thought: Will this be the day? Will this be the day I lose my sanity & discipline? Will I start screaming & never stop?”
Before going on. People! I am a public defender. I fight every day to free people from Rikers & publicly to end solitary & pretrial detention. I despise Manafort. But I am consistent in my desire to end mass punishment. Why? See:
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