Today, after 62 days in jail, a member of staff rushed up to me with forms on how to use the phone.
I've been here for over 2 months without any access to a phone call and have been ignored every time I ask, but after this tweet, they panicked and brought me phone instructions within 30 minutes.
I should have had a phone call on day one.
Imagine every man held here before me.
If I were just a normal American citizen here without a global voice, they would have ignored me forever.
Is FDC where men get thrown in holes and can’t contact their families, based on accusations from another country? Events that supposedly happened 15 years ago?
This is how FDC Miami is treating American citizens being held in prison PRE-TRIAL. UNCONVICTED.
There are thousands of men in this building who do not have a large enough Twitter account to get their rights respected.
The jail is reading every post. They are afraid. They are breaking laws daily and they know they are.
It is time for somebody senior at @OfficialFBOP to visit and audit this facility URGENTLY.
Anyone who ignores what is happening here is culpable.
Most of the men in here, whether innocent or guilty of alleged crimes, are UNCONVICTED.
If it is innocent until proven guilty, there are innocent Americans in these conditions.
They have reduced my food to half a tray, stone cold. They’re trying to punish me.
I would never kill myself.
What they've done to the Tate brothers is wrong. 61 days in solitary confinement. No trial. Not even charged with a crime in America.
This comes after yrs of house arrest and 3 mos in a Romanian prison w/o trial.
As of now this looks much more like lawfare than it does justice.
The mother of my daughter was in a serious car crash. She is in hospital.
Since I came to FDC, I have not been afforded a single phone call in 60 days. Not one.
This is against the law.
In Romania, I had phone calls. Here, I have zero.
I asked the staff urgently for my first phone call in 60 days, to speak to the mother of my child who’s in hospital after a car crash.
They declined my call.
Walked away.
Nobody has been outside of my cell for 12 hours since, I have nobody to protest to.
@OfficialFBOP
My situation is deteriorating.
Despite spending 61 days in the SHU, the punitive unit for inmates who attack other prisoners and guards, I have once again had my conditions downgraded.
Since the time I have come into this jail I have been forced to endure punitive housing.
During my time here, I have watched men come and go, men who have stabbed other inmates.
These men are only forced to stay in these cells for 7 days until rereleased to general population.
I have been here for 61 days and counting.
Today, I was informed that I was finally changing cells.
However, I was moved to another cell inside the same SHU unit in far worse condition than my past one.
I no longer have hot water of any kind.
I no longer have air conditioning of any kind.
I have a serious roach infestation, with 10/15 visible roaches on the ceiling and walls at any one time no matter how many I kill.
I have stone-cold water and filth. That’s it. NOTHING else.
My last cell was already the minimum which could be attributed to me inside of this prison, they’ve found a WORSE cell and forced me to move.
There is absolutely no reason for this to be happening.
I understand FDC Miami has received thousands of complaints due to the conditions they house inmates in.
I understand that after large-scale protests, ICE detainees are no longer held in the SHU unit because of the damage done to their physical and mental health. So illegals are too good for these rooms, but I’m in one.
I, an American citizen, here legally, with zero criminal record globally and no accusations of crime in the United States, am held in the SHU unit.
This is a cruel and unusual punishment. This violates civil rights.
This is being done to me on purpose.
I have done nothing but show respect to every single guard. I have been kind to everyone. I have sat in the SHU for 61 days, longer than anyone currently in custody, sitting in the dark and filth focused on my breathing. I have endured.
Yet they do not respect me for this, in fact the senior staff sees me as a fool for being patient and respectful. As prisoners who flood cells and attack guards get moved to better conditions and I am ignored.
I have repeatedly requested the attention of senior staff regarding my conditions who are now refusing to talk to me. Last time their attention was requested he apparently replied “fuck that guy”
Why? I've only been nice to him. I called him sir. I smile and nod my head. I've done nothing to this man which could be considered negative by the furthest stretch of any imagination.
The last time he spoke to me, was two weeks ago, when during Rec he stormed into the yard with other guards, handcuffed me and Tristan behind our backs and screamed in our faces.
He screamed with rage, as if somebody kicked his dog, foaming at the mouth… because we had extra books in our cell. He lost his mind over books. I've never seen a man so angry, over a book.
I felt sorry for him.
Tristan and I said nothing and apologized despite the fact it was pathetic.
I haven’t seen him since, and he’s downgrading my conditions and leaving me to rot.
I would like to add there are good staff here, hard-working men and women who know what is happening to me is unfair and understand this place isn’t fit for humans. They repeatedly apologize to me and state that the senior staff have never treated other high-profile prisoners this way. I'm the only one.
Nobody knows the reason why this is happening. But someone is ordering it. This is my life, I am living it and it is brutal.
I have been left with no choice but to take legal action against FDC Miami for the conditions of my confinement. This is a civil rights issue. I do not ask for special treatment.
I asked to be treated the same as any other prisoner and American citizen.
In fact, I ask to be treated as well as an ILLEGAL.
Not only am I in jail, I have been downgraded by 95% from what normal prisoners receive.
I have prepared a package, currently with my legal and PR teams, of every single infraction I have witnessed in this facility. The corruption, the lack of recreation, the filth, the unsanitary conditions.
ANYONE who has previously complained against this facility can contact my legal team. I understand they have tortured thousands of people, and all of them were not even treated as badly as I am being treated.
There is no ambiguity here - what is happening to me is against the law.
There is absolutely no reason for FDC to be treating men this way, whether they are American citizens or otherwise. They are deliberately torturing me.
The Romanians treated me better than this.
To all Main Stream News outlets, if you want to understand why this facility received thousands of complaints, I have the story and the proof - contact my team immediately.
I would never kill myself.
We aren't just going to defend the Charlie statue
We are going to put up TEN MORE Charlie statues
We are going to have Charlie Kirk Free Speech Corners on campuses across America
This is what we do
Charlie once said we should be building two statues for every statue that they tear down. His instinct was always to build, not to destroy.
They thought a bullet would silence my husband’s voice but it only made it louder. They think spray paint can obscure his legacy, but it will only spread it further. Every attempt to tear down what Charlie built makes us root deeper and work even harder.
And if you think crossing out the name of Jesus Christ will silence Christians, history has already proved you wrong. We know what it costs to stand firm for Christ and we will stand anyway. God will not be mocked.
We’ll put His name right back where it belongs, clean up the mess, restore Charlie's statue, and keep building.
We will never give up and never surrender.
I reread this every year.
I cry like a baby every year.
Todd Beamer died a father, husband, and hero.
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Todd: Would you pray with me?They pray the Lord’s Prayer. Then: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Todd: God help me. Jesus help me.Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
Say what you want about Ron DeSantis, but if there was ever a president who could translate conservative principles into actual government policy the way Ron DeSantis has done in Florida, America would look a hell of a lot better today. The guy truly knows how to govern.