Writer behind bars was told: “You can't write negative things about the prison"
Writer behind bars was told: “You can't write negative things about the prison"
Inmates can force positive change through journalism. But they need support from the outside world
… My personal property, including my manual typewriter, have been arbitrarily confiscated and never returned in retaliation for articles written for local human rights organizations that criticized ineffective prison practices. After my participation in an ABC News story highlighting the prison agency’s failed COVID-19 policies, I was tossed into solitary confinement for 23 months. Recently, a group of rogue prison guards showed up unceremoniously to my cell and viciously assaulted me with chemical agents as a result of my continuous coverage of a mass hunger strike by prisoners held in solitary confinement. …