TORTURE: Firsthand account from solitary in Michigan from a local organizer. "Just got a call from a young man put in solitary for a fight. His voice was so shaky and f*cked up. They didn't let him use the phone once. He’s now almost a year past his earliest release date." More: pic.twitter.com/hKrbPBQLtu
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) February 23, 2021
This young man is serving up to 40 years for drug possession. Black men are 7% of the population in Michigan, 54% of the prison population. 65-80% of solitary.
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) February 23, 2021
"And what we just did to his brain, to his spirit, he will likely never recover from. For what? For F*cking what?"