[Reposted from Blue Ridge ABC]
All Hands on Deck: Get Malik Washington out of Ad-Seg!
Several weeks ago, friends and supporters of
incarcerated freedom fighter Comrade Malik Washington were overjoyed to hear
that he was getting released, finally, from Administrative Segregation
(solitary confinement) at Eastham Unit in Texas--until TDCJ pulled a fast one, falsely claiming that he refused
to participate in the Ad-Seg Transition Program to get him released back to general
population.
This is a complete lie: Malik has been fighting
to get out of Ad-Seg from the moment he was thrown in there two years ago on a
bogus riot charge (which was, itself, retaliation for prison strike organizing and
agitating against inhumane, discriminatory conditions).
Here's what
actually happened: when Malik arrived at Ramsey Unit on June 21, he was assigned to a top bunk, which is prohibited
by his medical restrictions as a seizure patient. TDCJ had failed to transfer his medical restrictions records, or
had erased them, and are now claiming no record of these restrictions, which
have been on file and in place for the past ten years. Malik wrote a
detailed statement requesting to be placed on a lower bunk in order to avoid
injury; later that night, he was abruptly transferred back to
Ad-Seg at a new Unit (McConnell).
Malik
was
told that Ramsey staff claimed he refused to participate in the Ad-Seg
Transition program--this is NOT true, and he needs to be re-instated to
the program immediately! He also urgently needs his medical
restrictions put back into his records!
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We are extremely concerned for Malik's safety, and urgently need the help of
everyone reading this. Please take one or more of the following actions, and get a couple friends to do the same!
1. Call Senior Warden Phillip
Sifuentes at Malik's current facility (McConnell) and tell them Keith
Washington (#1487958) must be transferred out of McConnell and re-admitted to the Ad-Seg Transition Program!
Phone
#: (361) 362-2300 (**048) 00 -- ask to be
connected to the senior warden's office/receptionist--try to talk to someone,
but also can leave a message.
Sample Script: "Hello, I'm calling
because I'm concerned about Keith H. Washington (#1487958) who was recently transferred to your facility. I
understand he was transferred there from Ramsey Unit, because he supposedly
refused to participate in the Ad-Seg transition program there, but this is not true; Malik never refused to participate, and he needs to be re-admitted to the transition program immediately! I am also concerned that his heat
restrictions seem to have been removed from his records. He is a
seizure patient and has been on heat and work restriction for years, and these
restrictions must be reinstated immediately."
2. Flood TDCJ Executive
Director Bryan Collier with calls/emails! You can use the above
phone script as a guide for emails.
(936) 437-2101 / (936) 437-2123
3. Flood
TDCJ with emails demanding that Malik’s health restrictions and work
restrictions be restored: Health.services@tdcj.texas.gov
You can use the call script above as a guide;
you don’t need to mention the Ad-Seg situation, but just focus on the need to
restore his heat and work restrictions!
4. File a complaint with the Ombudsman's Office (the office in charge of investigating departmental misconduct); you can use the above phone script as a guide for emails.
5. Write to Malik! Every letter he receives lifts his spirit and
PROTECTS him, because prison officials know he has people around him, watching
for what happens to him.
Keith H. Washington
#1487958
McConnell Unit
Beeville, TX 78103
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