Several people incarcerated in Toledo, Ohio claim they are placed in solitary confinement in retaliation for their political advocacy.Kinetik Justice Amun has sued the Alabama Department of Corrections, who he claims engaged in retaliation against him by placing him in solitary confinement.*The following was originally published at Solitary Watch. In early April, as reports of deaths from COVID-19 began to emerge from U.S. prisons and jails, Aaron Campell posted a desperate 20-minute Facebook Live video shot using a contraband cell phone. The video showed sick people gasping and coughing on...…Several people incarcerated in Toledo, Ohio claim they are placed in solitary confinement in retaliation for their political advocacy.Kinetik Justice Amun has sued the Alabama Department of Corrections, who he claims engaged in retaliation against him by placing him in solitary confinement.*The following was originally published at Solitary Watch. In early April, as reports of deaths from COVID-19 began to emerge from U.S. prisons and jails, Aaron Campell posted a desperate 20-minute Facebook Live video shot using a contraband cell phone. The video showed sick people gasping and coughing on...WW…

In September, Mark Hinkston spent five days in the dark at the Toledo Correctional Institution in Toledo, Ohio. Hinkston, who goes by the name Mustafa, was locked in a dimly lit cell, which he compared to a bathroom, for five consecutive days without respite. He had no books or anything with which to stimulate his mind.At night or when it rained, Mustafa said, “You can’t see your hand in front of your face.” Mustafa no longer considers himself a citizen of the United States. His studies and experiences in prison have made him a revolutionary and a prison abolitionist. His heroes...…In September, Mark Hinkston spent five days in the dark at the Toledo Correctional Institution in Toledo, Ohio. Hinkston, who goes by the name Mustafa, was locked in a dimly lit cell, which he compared to a bathroom, for five consecutive days without respite. He had no books or anything with which to stimulate his mind.At night or when it rained, Mustafa said, “You can’t see your hand in front of your face.” Mustafa no longer considers himself a citizen of the United States. His studies and experiences in prison have made him a revolutionary and a prison abolitionist. His heroes...WW…