Anthony Gay’s s solary nfement led to self-mutilatn. Now a proposed law to lim prisoner isolatn Illois is named his honor.

Contents:

• KEV SPACEY EXPLAS WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY WHILE BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT
• ANTHONY GAY’S S SOLARY NFEMENT LED TO SELF-MUTILATN. NOW A PROPOSED LAW TO LIM PRISONER ISOLATN ILLOIS IS NAMED HIS HONOR.
• AFTER 22 YEARS OF 'PSYCHOLOGIL TORTURE' IN SOLARY CONFEMENT, ANTHONY GAY FIGHTS FOR STATE LAW RTRICTG ITS USE

KEV SPACEY EXPLAS WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY WHILE BEG ACCED OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT

After spendg 22 years solary nfement, Anthony Gay is tryg to make sure no other prisoner Illois has to experience the same level of trma that he went is the face of the state's Anthony Gay Isolated Confement Act, a bill veloped over the last 10 years that would lim solary nfement to no more than 10 days per six-month perd. "The worst part is beg trapped a cell 24/7, not beg able to receive social ntact and human ntact, " said Gay, who was released om prison 2018 after reprentg himself over 80 appeals before he was able to reta the help of a 's path to solary nfement began when he was 20 years old. "After spendg 22 years solary nfement, Anthony Gay is tryg to make sure no other prisoner Illois has to experience the same level of trma that he went, of Rock Island, Illois, said he was arrted durg his probatn for drivg whout a license.

"I had no ia that I was about to be tortured for s, " he servg time, Gay was volved another fight, which land him solary nfement. "Gay said he was the cell for 24 hours a day and that ocsnally he'd be let out for an hour.

ANTHONY GAY’S S SOLARY NFEMENT LED TO SELF-MUTILATN. NOW A PROPOSED LAW TO LIM PRISONER ISOLATN ILLOIS IS NAMED HIS HONOR.

Gay said the experience nearly broke him. Lashawn Ford drafted the Anthony Gay Isolated Confement said he don't thk people unrstand the importance of human ntact. Lashawn Ford to the solary nfement reform bill that now bears Anthony Gay's name.

"When we learned about Anthony Gay's suatn and how impacted him mentally, and what he had to do to get out of solary nfement, was vastatg, " said Ford. "Even now, Gay said there are tim when he cri at night. Anthony Gay said he was “tortured for s” by his isolatn for up to 24 hours a day a ld, ty cell he likened to a dungeon, and was nied accs to necsary mental health efforts sce his 2018 release to outlaw the procre as a punive measure is reflected a bill that bears his name now makg s way through the Illois legislature.

AFTER 22 YEARS OF 'PSYCHOLOGIL TORTURE' IN SOLARY CONFEMENT, ANTHONY GAY FIGHTS FOR STATE LAW RTRICTG ITS USE

”Gay was first arrted for robbery 1994 for his volvement a street fight, which he stole a hat and $1 om another participant. A subsequent probatn vlatn put him back jail, and a vlent altertn wh another mate land him solary there, Gay said, thgs snowballed.

”The Anthony Gay Isolated Confement Rtrictn Act would lim such extreme nfement for any dividual to no more than 10 nsecutive days any 180-day perd, and pel the Illois partment of rrectns to produce quarterly reports showg the e of the practice. Gay is the red shirt wh Frank Chapman.

Chigo, IL - Sce 2018, Anthony Gay has bee a symbol of the stggle agast wrongful nvictns Illois.

This year, Rock Island police brought Gay to feral urt on a bog weapon charge. Gay explaed, “The police robbed me and jumped on me, and I reported what the police did to me. Gay ntued, “They had three expert wns ttify.

Frank Chapman of the Chigo Alliance Agast Racist and Polil Reprsn, who attend a pre-trial hearg for Gay on May 9 Peoria, said, “I’ve never heard of somebody reprentg themselv and gettg a hung jury a feral trial. Chapman addrsed one other velopment the Anthony Gay story that helps to expla why the feds are g down on him.

WBEZ reporter Shannon Heffernan brgs the story of Anthony Gay, who was sentenced to seven years prison on a parole vlatn but end up wh 97 years add to his sentence. Gay liv wh ser mental illns, and after time solary nfement, he began to act out. Gay acknowledg he did some of those thgs but says the prison put him circumstanc that ma his mental illns worse – then punished him for the way he acted.