SOS From the American Gulag: “The World Needs To Know This Immediately!!!”

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Sep 8, 2022

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By Diana West September 05, 2022

Today's raw, real-time posts at the Telegram channel American Gulag Chronicles document only the latest in the acts of daily brutality committed against the January 6 prisoners who are being held in their sub-constitutional conditions at the Central Detention Facility in Washington, D.C., also known as the American Gulag.

What is happening to our political prisoners is so awful it's unreal.

12:03 pm

Lt Lancaster just assaulted Macabe for not wearing a mask, she pushed him first then sprayed him ... she also sprayed him while he was cuffed and on the ground at point blank range

12:43 pm

Message from James McGrew indicated a DOC officer assaulted a J6 prisoner, Ron Macabe. Barton Shivley confirms the abuse in the following message. Please call the US Marshals service and file a complaint. Message follows:

Good afternoon

We just had an situation here at the jail one of our guys was assaulted by a officer here at the pod....we were doing nothing wrong and she came in causing all kinds of problems...so she told the CO to cuff him and we all stood together in defence..so they came in full force macing everyone ...

We are currently on a hunger strike in the pod.!!

Please tell the world about this terrible situation....she needs to be fired....she does nothing but cause [...] problems every time she comes in here.... its not right.

Please tell everyone you can we are all on a hunger strike the world needs to know how bad were being treated!!!!!!

Thank you God bless America...

12:52 pm

Text from James McGrew

They just took Bart Shively and Ryan Nicoles out of here in hand cuffs for saying they are going on a hunger strike they are bringing them to the hole, Bart Shively is currently undergoing chemo therapy for Cancer.

Please call the US Marshals service in DC and file a complaint.

1:21 pm

From DC Gulag: James McGrew

They just brought, Mac back into the unit, they are placing him on lockdown in an upstairs cell here with us on the unit... This is all well more than Bullshit, we want Answers to why Officers that are named in Lawsuits for their conduct against us as January 6th defendants are still working our units. We want answers from the Department Of Justice and the US Marshall's Service. We need people to demand these questions are Answered. [Emphasis added.]

Ok, they have everyone back in the unit, however, they are placing them all on lockdown in upstairs cells.

Semper Fi

James McGrew

2:33 pm

This msg relayed from Guy Refitt by Randy Ireland.

Lt. Lancaster just came on the unit and assaulted Ronald McAbee. Everyone saw what happened. She spayed him O.C. spray and ERT came and locked down the unit. McAbee was cuffed up. The Correction Officer opened the door to let MacAbee get his morning meds from the nurse. He walked approximately 25 feet to the nurse and was alone and distanced. She grabbed him and then sprayed him in the face. She sprayed him a second time while he was being cuffed. All over him not having a mask on.

12:45am [DW: pm?] they brought Ronnie Sandlin back and 15 minutes later they brought McAbee back in but relocated him to a different cell with very limited view of the camera. A Ryan Samsel situation is brewing.

They took Ryan Nichols, Bart Shively to the hole and they are expected to come back but relocated to different cells. Not sure why the moves are happening. This place has lost its mind today.

Ryan and Bart arrived back on the unit at 1:15pm and relocated into different cells. The electronic grievance system has been broken for over a month and they won't hand out paper forms. This place is falling apart fast.

It appears they don't want any of us in the hole because it interferes with their drug operations. Every since the videos got out, they literally refuse to put us in there.

2:34 pm

This msg from Peter Schwartz related by Randy Ireland

We were attacked again. Please let the world know. Today, at 11:45, Ron MacAbee was going to get his medication. He was confronted by Lt. Lancaster, who then proceeded to mace him directly in his face for not complying fast enough. (Notably, he was already at the med cart where he would need to have his mouth uncovered to take his meds anyhow.) When the pod, rightfully got up in arms about an unjustified assault; the ERT team, (which is this jail's version of SWAT), came running in to assault the rest of us. Several of the officers were grabbing people by their necks and jamming mace canisters against their faces as they shoved people into their cells so they could rough handle Mac without interference. He was maced at least twice in the face, that I saw, and probably more than that. Everything was completely peaceful before this. Most people were still sleeping or reading in their cells. These people at this jail are sick, racists with a violent political agenda. The world needs to know this immediately!!!

-peter schwartz

2:43 pm

James McGrew

Update

They are trying to Charge Ryan Nicoles, Bart Shively, and Ronnie Sandlin with assaulting Officer Lt. Lancaster. These guys did nothing wrong other than come to the aid of a brother who was on the ground after being tackled. They literally stood around and yelled at officers to stop assaulting January 6th defendant Macabee . Mac was sprayed by officers at point blank range, all for being non combative and demanding answers to why he had been hit and sprayed repeatedly. America, this is gross abuse of power and has to stop. We need your help.

Semper Fi

James McGrew

American Gulag Chronicles also offers help for readers interested in demanding humane treatment for the J6 prisoners.

The phone number of the US Marshals is (703) 740-8132.

The mailing address is:

United States Marshals Service

Office of Professional Responsibility

Internal Affairs

Landover Operations Center

3601 Pensy Drive

Landover, MD 20785

You can also go here to download a form to file a complaint on behalf of the J6ers.