Anthony Gay, who lls solary nfement ‘wrong, spible and horrible’, hop bill passed by lower hoe will bee law
Contents:
- AFTER 22 YEARS OF 'PSYCHOLOGIL TORTURE' IN SOLARY CONFEMENT, ANTHONY GAY FIGHTS FOR STATE LAW RTRICTG ITS USE
- ILLOIS’ ANTHONY GAY ISOLATED CONFEMENT REFORM BILL PASS HOE
- 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
* anthony gay isolated confinement restriction act *
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. ”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.
ILLOIS’ ANTHONY GAY ISOLATED CONFEMENT REFORM BILL PASS HOE
An Illois man is fightg agast so-lled psychologil torture – after a mor probatn vlatn first sent him to prison for seven years, and then a fight behd bars led to a 22-year nightmare solary nfement. Now out, Anthony Gay told CBS 2 Polil Invtigator Dana Kozlov why he is fightg for a law to keep others om endurg the same fate. * anthony gay isolated confinement restriction act *
”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. Now out, Anthony Gay told CBS 2 Polil Invtigator Dana Kozlov why he is fightg for a law to keep others om endurg the same fate. Gay read part of a letter he wrote: "Dear Reverend Mariah: I me to prison wh a seven-year sentence.
Such letters helped Gay om losg hope – and his md.
"When I wrote the letters, and she wrote me back – her and a few other people – ma me feel alive, " Gay said. Gay wrote the letters prison. A prison fight land him that dark, small cell – and Gay said he began actg out.
ANTHONY GAY’S S SOLARY NFEMENT LED TO SELF-MUTILATN. NOW A PROPOSED LAW TO LIM PRISONER ISOLATN ILLOIS IS NAMED HIS HONOR.
"It wasn't somethg that I wanted to do, but beme a survival mechanism for me, " Gay said, "bee psychologilly, I uldn't stand – so the physil pa would alleviate the psychologil pa. It beme a vic cycle – until 2018, when Gay got out and began fightg for a law pendg Sprgfield that would lim a prisoner's time solary to 10 days every six months. Peters is one of the sponsors of the bill, HB 3564, which would create the Isolated Confement Rtrictn Act – also lled the Anthony Gay Law.