From Tampa Bay Times:
He knew if he talked to those in the cells next to him, there would be consequences.
Pepper spray. Removal of his possessions, except for his boxers, for at least 72 hours. Nowhere to sleep except the cold, hard concrete floor.
The guards didn’t want to talk to him. Sometimes, another prisoner would scream and kick the cell door.
St. Petersburg resident Chez-Armand Blackwell spent about 12 of his nearly 15 years in Florida prisons in what the civil rights nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center defines as solitary confinement.
The 39-year-old said he was first placed in solitary after an argument with a guard that turned physical. After that, Blackwell said, guards continued writing him up, extending the time he spent alone as he served his sentence for burglary. Continue Reading >>>
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