[Ppnews] Update - Imam Jamil Al-Amin needs our help!

[Political Prisoner News]

Jamil Al-Amin needs our help!


After filing a complaint with prison officials that his legal mail
from his wife was being opened by guards, Jamil Al-Amin was moved to 
another area of the Reidsville Prison. The area he is currently in is 
reserved for mental patients, and those who throw their food at 
guards. When Imam Jamil asked why he was moved to that area of  the 
facility, he was informed that a guard (the same guard that illegally 
opened his mail) had put on his record that Jamil Al-Amin had assaulted him.


The food Jamil Al-Amin is being "served" is brought uncovered, and
fed to him through what can only be considered a trough (which is the 
way pigs and other farm animals are fed). Prison officials also use 
same opening used to push his food through to mop the dirty floor of 
the cell, furthering the possibility of contamination. This 
unsanitary food handling has prompted Imam Jamil to refuse the food 
from the Prison entirely, in essence Imam Jamil is on a hunger strike.

Jamil Al-Amin's defense team is asking that he be moved to another
facility because he is not
receiving fair treatment at Reidsville as a result of filing his
complaint.

We have an obligation to contact the Warden and ask for his fair
treatment.

Please write or call the Warden at the Reidsville Prison

Stephen Upton , Warden
Georgia State Prison

Reidsville, GA 30453
or call

(912) 557-7301


The initials of the guard that both opened Jamil Al-Amin's mail and
added the false assault incident to his record are "A.D".


Please remember not to make threats or allegations. Examples of
concerns to raise in your
correspondence would be the following:


Why was Jamil Al-Amin recently moved into an further isolation, and
to an area of the prison
reserved for patients with mental problems?


Why is Jamil Al-Amin still being held in Administrative
Segregation?


What is being done to ensure the best interests of Jamil Al-Amin's
safety and heath?


Please circulate this widely and do all you can to help Imam Jamil Al-Amin!


Jazaka' Allah Khairun
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