After 22 Years Of 'Psychologil Torture' In Solary Confement, Anthony Gay Fights For State Law Rtrictg Its Use - CBS Chigo

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• AFTER 22 YEARS OF 'PSYCHOLOGIL TORTURE' IN SOLARY CONFEMENT, ANTHONY GAY FIGHTS FOR STATE LAW RTRICTG ITS USE
• ANTHONY GAY APPEALS FOR HELP OM FERAL PRISON
• IS ACTOR ANTHONY GEARY GAY? HIS PAST AFFAIR WH THE OSR WNG ACTRS
• BRIDGERTON'S JONATHAN BAILEY TALKS BEG AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR WORKG TODAY
• ANTHONY GAY’S S SOLARY NFEMENT LED TO SELF-MUTILATN. NOW A PROPOSED LAW TO LIM PRISONER ISOLATN ILLOIS IS NAMED HIS HONOR.
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• QT MARSHALL PCHED ANTHONY BOWENS 'I'M GAY' LE ON AEW RAMPAGE
• 22 YEARS IN SOLARY CONFEMENT: LOOKG AT THE LIFE OF FORMER INMATE ANTHONY GAY
• YOUTUBER LOHANTHONY WAS ONCE AN OPENLY GAY TER STAR. NOW, HE'S AN ADVOTE FOR CHRISTIAN CELIBACY, AN IOLOGIL OF NVERSN THERAPY.

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

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.

"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.

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. ”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. "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.

ANTHONY GAY APPEALS FOR HELP OM FERAL PRISON

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.

Once aga behd bars he lls “prsive” for yet another crime he says he did not m, activist Anthony Gay is now a North Carola feral prison awag a mental health evaluatn before his September 20 sentencg. He was released om prison 2019 and had been engaged social jtice issu, such as promotg his Illois SB 3564 Anthony Gay Isolated Confement Rtrictn Act which passed the Hoe but is stuck the Senate. In May, 2020, Gay said he was asslted by Rock Island police, and when he reported the cint, he said they retaliated and filed “tmped up” charg agast him.

He was found guilty on May 19, 2022, by an all-whe jury and was sent to the Peoria County Jail before Judge Jam Shadid who nied the motn to move Gay to electronic monorg. There are ntradictg piec of rmatn favorg the possibily of him beg both gay and the General Hospal actor's relatnship wh his former -star suggts him beg straight, his active volvement speakg up for gay rights has led several fans to speculate otherwise. He also quipped how the people there didn't spend time argug thgs like abortn rights, gay rights, and dividual rights simply bee they didn't have to.

IS ACTOR ANTHONY GEARY GAY? HIS PAST AFFAIR WH THE OSR WNG ACTRS

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.

“I thk shouldn’t matter at all what character people play, but of urse there is a narrative that’s very clear, that openly gay men aren’t playg straight leadg rol, ” Jonathan told Digal Spy. “They’re eher people who work publicy, or there’s also been stg directors who have put the ll to my agent to say, ‘Jt so that you know, the way that this is gog to be sold is that ’s a gay story wrten by gay wrers for gay actors.

BRIDGERTON'S JONATHAN BAILEY TALKS BEG AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR WORKG TODAY

More about Sheryl Gay StolbergA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 15 of the New York edn wh the headle: Virologists Deny to Panel That Fci Swayed Report Agast Lab Leak Theory. Spurred by a Chigo Tribune vtigatn volvg a man who spent two s isolatn after beg nvicted of stealg a hat and a sgle dollar bill, a proposed state law would lim how long an Illois prisoner n stay solary Anthony Gay Isolated Confement Rtrictn Act would bar the Illois Department of Correctns om placg an mate isolatn for more than 10 days a six-month perd.

”The bill is named for Anthony Gay, a Rock Island native who entered prison 1994 as a young man, nvicted of robbery after brawlg wh another teen who told police that Gay took his hat and stole $1. Shortly after the isolatn started, Gay began self-mutilatg and attemptg for 23 hours a day and starved for human ntact, Gay took extreme steps to get attentn.

Once, he packed a fan motor si a gapg leg wound; another time he cut open his scrotum and serted a are visible on Anthony Gay's arm while he worships at the Church of Peace Rock Island 2018. (Brian Cassella / Chigo Tribune)As his md began to terrate, Gay beme antagonistic toward his guards and ocsnally threw ure or fec at them, unlawful acts of fiance that stretched his origal sentence to more than two s behd Livgston County, where Pontiac Correctnal Center is suated, the state’s attorney’s office lodged a seri of 21 dictments agast Gay between 2000 and 2004 for the many tim he threw his own bodily fluids at guards. The Illois Department of Correctns would later intify Gay urt filgs as one of a few dozen mat whose mental illns were so acute and dangero that they required full patient re.

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

But a Tribune vtigatn found his psychiatric treatment often nsisted of a therapist shoutg qutns to him through a he reunted how his mental health erod isolatn, the normally stoic Gay broke down tears Tuday durg a news nference promotg the proposed legislatn. While Illois has signifintly rced the number of days juvenile offenrs spend isolatn and no longer segregatn as a punishment for young people as part of a nsent cree between the partment and the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn of Illois, those polici do not extend to the adult has phed unsuccsfully for solary nfement reforms for nearly four years, but he believ the bill has s strongt chanc of passg durg the current legislative ssn given Gay’s volvement.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Uganda’s LGBTQ muny are shock and fear beg arrted after Parliament passed a measure that would make a crime to intify as gay and impose tough sentenc that clu the ath penalty certa s, an activist said “Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023” was passed wh a near-unanimo majory by lawmakers  the east Ain untry, where anti-gay sentiment ns ep. Ronald Kabuubi / APThe legislatn will next be sent to Print Yoweri Meveni, who has repeatedly nounced homosexualy, to be signed to Mugisha, one of a few Ugandans who live openly as gay, told Rters he was sred the measure would trigger “mass arrts of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer persons and mob vlence toward LGBTQ muni. There’s gog to be a lot of trma and s of mental health that will lead to a lot of suici, ” he relatns were already illegal Uganda, but supporters of the new law say is need to punish a broar array of LGBTQ activi, which they say threaten tradnal valu the nservative and relig East Ain measure clus steep sentenc that clu ath for “aggravated homosexualy” and life prison for same-sex relatns.

Aggravated homosexualy volv same-sex relatns wh people unr age 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV-posive, among other tegori, acrdg to the legislatn. Behavr problems add to his sentence, and by the time he was released Augt, he had served 24 years prison — 22 of which were spent solary nfement si a cell "smaller than the size of a parkg space, " acrdg to Gay.

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Bee of his misbehavr, Gay was referred to the Illois state prosecutor, who brought 22 succsive crimal s agast him — not regnizg his nstant trips to solary and lack of mental health treatment, acrdg to Chardon. Eventually, though, a state appellate fenr disvered Gay's se, wrote briefs on his behalf and got the attentn of prosecutors, who were willg to renegotiate his sentence.

' So I'm tryg not to foc on my srs, but foc on those that [are] left behd and try to throw them a lifele to help pull them out the dch, " Gay bt part about the day he was released, acrdg to Gay: beg able to see his niece, who thought he still had a life-sentence left to serve. 1598070040\u201cthere\u2019s somethg extremely sketchy about the lohanthony suatn like you don\u2019t jt somehow fd god at 21 and then blame your abe/addictn on beg gay\u201d — rebec (@rebec). 1598079433\u201cLohanthony preachg nversn therapy and tellg homosexualy is wrong was not on my 2020 bgo rd \ud83d\u14\u201d — Ben Yahr (@Ben Yahr).

22 YEARS IN SOLARY CONFEMENT: LOOKG AT THE LIFE OF FORMER INMATE ANTHONY GAY

”Gay entered the Illois Department of Correctns 1994 as a young man, nvicted of robbery after brawlg wh another teen who told police that Gay took his hat and stole a sgle dollar bill. Shortly after the segregatn started, the cuttg and suici attempts Illois Department of Correctns would later intify Gay urt filgs as one of a few dozen mat whose mental illns were so acute and dangero that they required full -patient re. (Brian Cassella/Chigo Tribune)By keepg Gay isolatn, the state ntued the creasgly discreded practice of segregatg prisoners om others for long stretch.

The Amerin Correctnal Associatn — the anizatn that provis expected practic for prisons across the untry — issued new standards 2016 that lled for lims on rtricted hog, cludg a provisn that prisoners wh mental illns should not be placed solary nfement for an extend IDOC spokwoman cled to ment on Gay’s rceratn or the treatment he received. The Tribune tablished a timele of his nfement by reviewg thoands of pag of urt documents, medil rerds and ttimony transcripts and nductg terviews wh Gay, his relativ, his lawyers, prosecutors and prison experts. A feral judge orred the Illois Department of Correctns October to improve s mental health servic — a groundbreakg lg ma after Gay ttified about his troublg treatment Gay’s telligence and an extraordary abily to articulate his mental terratn solary nfement, his lawyers believe he uld be a pivotal voice the growg prison reform movement.

”A rough begngGay’s early fay life his native Rock Island wasn’t always was raised a workg class neighborhood by an nt and uncle who adopted him, although his blogil mother, who had endured stggl of her own, lived the same Quad Ci town along the Mississippi River.

YOUTUBER LOHANTHONY WAS ONCE AN OPENLY GAY TER STAR. NOW, HE'S AN ADVOTE FOR CHRISTIAN CELIBACY, AN IOLOGIL OF NVERSN THERAPY.

(Brian Cassella/Chigo Tribune)He avoid a ser crimal rerd until age 18, when he fought another young man om a nearby block after Gay says the teen sulted his sister.