A twitter thread shared by Brad Geyer relays a letter presented by a jailed J6 detainee held inside the Washington DC Department of Corrections. [Twitter Link Here] The content of the letter written by a detainee named Nathan DeGrave is very disturbing. The allegations within the letter are alarming; however, they are supported by other detainees who have described similar conditions.
Dear fellow Americans:
I never thought I’d write a letter like this, but we’re living in very different times. This is my cry for help.
My name is Nathan DeGrave, and as a non violent participant at the Jan 6th rally, I’ve spent the last 9 months detained as a political prisoner in pod C2B at the DC Department of Corrections (DOC) otherwise known as DC’s Gitmo.
The conditions here for Jan 6ers have been inhumane. In fact, some inmates are even begging to be transferred to GUANTANAMO BAY, where even THEY have more acceptable standards.
Class action LAWSUITS are being filed against this prison; and even the ACLU has gotten involved. Senators Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene have since attempted to gain access to this facility and inspect the conditions of the jail, only to be denied. The vile filth of what has become our daily life is being illegally HIDDEN from the members of OUR OWN CONGRESS.
So let me tell you about what me and many of the other Jan 6ers have been experiencing in DC’s Gitmo. It is my hope that with MEDIA EXPOSURE and the awareness of the American public, that SOMETHING may be done and this never happens to anyone ever again.
♦ OUR CONDITIONS – For the first 120 days in DC’s Gitmo, Jan 6ers experienced DAILY LOCKDOWNS for 23-24 HOURS before being allowed to leave our small 120 sq. ft cell. The PHYSICAL and MENTAL ANGUISH that results from this kind of SEVERE ISOLATION has caused many people to go on a RAPID mental decline.
As a result, a large percentage of us are HEAVILY MEDICATED with anti-anxiety and anti-depressant drugs, which helps to cope with the psychological and mental ABUSE we endure.
Many times, the little rec we DO receive is STRIPPED AWAY if our cell isn’t up to the standards of the guard on duty. This changes from day to day. Jan 6ers have lost rec time and out of cell activity ANY TIME news interviews about the jail are aired on TV, people speak up about our conditions, or rallies are held in our name. We’ll probably have a lockdown upon the publishing of this letter. So I have already warned those I know in advance.
Masks are WEAPONIZED and used against us, even though we NEVER leave the facility. Officers have walked in with the SOLE INTENTION of needing to write 20-30 disciplinary reports against Jan 6ers, which adversely effects our chances of release and causes loss of privileges, phone time and commissary. Masks need to be covering both the nose and mouth AT ALL TIMES or we are threatened and locked down in our cells. Jan 6ers are always respectful to the employees around us, but CO’s maintain the need to invent reasons for discipline.
PRIVILEGED LEGAL DOCUMENTS have been CONFISCATED and gone missing from various cells, and HIGHLY SENSITIVE discovery (video evidence under attorney/client privilege) is watched by employees during our legal calls.
Jordan Mink, for example, had all discovery TAKEN by ERT officers on August 23rd despite the objection of his attorney. They handcuffed him, searched his room, and then proceeded to take all video evidence in his possession. Additionally, legal visits take 2-3 WEEKS or more to be scheduled, leaving little time to discuss our defense and prepare for trial.
The EXTREME medical neglect in this facility has caused a variety of adverse illnesses and disease. Some show signs of scurvy. And some even have Covid like symptoms, but medical personnel have refused to treat it.
Christopher Worrell, for example, is an inmate with Cancer, who also broke his hand in prison and requires surgery. Both have been completely ignored. Federal judge Royce Lamberth got to the point where on October 12th, he filed contempt of court charges against the warden of the DC DOC, claiming that Worrell’s civil rights have been violated, and demanding the U.S attorney general inquire further about his and other possible violations.
Another inmate, Peter Stager, WAITED FOUR MONTHS to receive his CPAP breathing machine, and has needed an MRI since spring, which has also been ignored by staff.
The harsh, unlivable conditions of our unit has caused health hazards that defy Department of Health regulations. And on at least five occasions, RAW SEWAGE has overflowed our unit, causing human fecal matter to flood the floors and rooms. That’s also in addition to the MOLD on cell walls, as well as the rusty pipes, and DIRTY WATER that flows from these sinks. White rags TURN BROWN when exposed to the water from our faucets.
We are undergoing SEVERE NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES and STARVATION. For breakfast this morning, I received a tray of flavorless paste, two slices of bread, and a slice of bologna. Lunches usually consist of rice and beans, but we’ll get cold chicken/beef patties if we are lucky. For dinner, we are sometimes fed a diet of cheese sandwiches, and bologna and cheese 4 to 5 times per week.
Without commissary, people like myself are FORCED TO STARVE. I suffer from HEADACHES and NAUSEA on an almost REGULAR BASIS from the malnutrition and constant hunger I am subjected to. I have lost ALMOST 15 POUNDS since I’ve been detained.
Our rights to personal hygiene are also totally neglected. Razors are PROHIBITED, and inmates are forced to either go unshaved and grow long beards, or use a razor free cream that BURNS and IRRITATES the skin. But many other jails have allowed the use of razors without incident. Haircuts are also PROHIBITED from unvaccinated inmates.
For me, it’s been nearly 9 months. I look VIRTUALLY UNRECOGNIZABLE in the condition I’m in. I fear even my family would not recognize me.
Contact with the outside world, from legal visits to seeing loved ones is HIGHLY RESTRICTED. After in-person visits, legal or otherwise, we are forced to undergo humiliating STRIP SEARCHES, despite ALL visitors being thoroughly checked for contraband. If it’s a legal visit, we are placed in a 14 day quarantine, with no out of cell time; EVEN IF your attorney is VACCINATED and tests NEGATIVE for Covid. Visits with friends or family members, for unvaccinated inmates, are NEVER ALLOWED.
As a result, many people have skipped critical meetings with their council, and NEVER get an opportunity to see friends or family. VIDEO VISITATION, while available to the rest of the jail, is RESTRICTED in the Jan 6 pod. Mail is delayed for MONTHS, and phone calls are limited to a MAXIMUM of pre approved 12 numbers. If there’s anyone else in our extended family or otherwise we’d like to call, we’re pretty much out of luck.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES, protected by the 1st amendment, are NOT provided to Jan 6ers. Neither are in person classes or other activities available to the rest of the jail. An inmate named Ryan Samsel, instead attempted to organize his own bible study inside the pod, until he was viciously BEATEN and LEFT FOR DEAD by correctional officers. He suffered a broken eye socket and brain damage as a result of the vicious attack. He’s now permanently blind in one eye. On another occasion, Scott Fairlamb was confronted by an officer in the middle of the night, and his life was threatened, once the officer’s body cam was disabled. Many, like myself, are afraid they could be the next victim.
And last but not least, we experience racism from many guards on a daily basis, being the ONLY WHITE REPUBLICANS in the entire jail. The false narrative is has been passed around the jail and to corrections officers that we are “white supremacists” (we are NOT). The inmate population is predominantly black, so we are at risk being here because of this false narrative. The guards are mostly liberal migrants from Africa who have been conditioned to hate us, and hate America.
Jan 6ers have been mocked, beaten and ridiculed by guards for singing the National Anthem. The Corrections Officers despise our politics and the love we have for this country. At one point, an officer even yelled “FUCK AMERICA!”, and threatened to lock us down FOR A WEEK if we attempted to sing the National Anthem again.
♦ THE TRUTH ABOUT MY STORY – Finally, I feel like I should touch briefly on the government and prosecutor’s portrayal of who I am as a person.
No, I am not a terrorist, extremist or any of the other names I’ve been called by the government. More than anything, I am a red blooded patriot and I love this country more than anything.
I am being unfairly prosecuted and definitely overcharged. I never assaulted anyone, destroyed property, or stolen anything. I walked through wide open doors to enter the Capitol, along with my camera crew hoping to get the rally on video. I was never even armed at any point inside the Capitol.
Our goal was to make a documentary, and get likes and shares on social media. Yes I wore a costume (that the prosecutor refers to as paramilitary gear and body armor) but it was for the movie and was nothing of the sort. And yet, 9 months later here I sit, with 10 years worth of charges and no hope for a future. The surveillance footage shows absolutely no signs of assault, and despite attempts by media companies to get it released to the public, the government has denied it.
I think that’s because they are fully aware that this footage is questionable at worst, and exonerates me at best. Please don’t be fooled by the media. I am a loving and peaceful person with no history of violence.
This weaponized DOJ and their blatant resentment of my respect for President Donald Trump is putting me in a situation that makes me feel helpless in my current situation.
HOW YOU CAN HELP – Despite me and other Jan 6ers experiencing these unthinkable conditions, all of us remain POSITIVE and HOPEFUL that, in the end, JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL. We maintain a LOVE for this country and the Constitution like no other. The only thing keeping us going is our undying patriotism, the camaraderie between one another and our faith in God.
Please…SHARE THIS LETTER with EVERYONE you know: friends and family, senators, representatives, political organizers, civil rights groups and media outlets.
The truth HAS to get out. And the jail MUST PAY for what they are doing to this country’s citizens.
As a result of this unlawful detainment the last 9 months, I have lost everything. The successful business I spent 13 years of my life working on, my apartment in Las Vegas, social media accounts with a lifetime of memories… you name it.
The government has essentially CANCELLED ME. Not only that, but following the arrest, my best friend of 12 years robbed my apartment, stole my cat, and hacked my personal Instagram with 100,000+ followers. Since then, I often go between feelings of hopefulness and moments of depression. I wonder if I can ever recover from this, but I have to remind myself to never give up.
There are major medical complications I now struggle with as a result of the jail’s neglect of my health since being here. If there is any way I hope to recover, my only hope are the ones who are reading this. I was on top of the world once upon a time, and that life seems now only like a distant memory.
If there’s anything you can do to help, I would appreciate anything at all. Inmates here are being extorted with lack of nutrition, forcing me to spend most of what’s left on commissary which I can no longer afford.
I need desperate help with my legal expenses and just help staying alive in here with commissary and all the expenses I still have on the outside as my livelihood and life has been stripped away from me. Thank you for any her you can afford, even if it is a few dollars it goes a long way in here.
Sincerely and with love,
Nathaniel DeGrave
Maybe ok Sean hannity should take a break from talking about karate and how he used to wash dishes and show this on his corporate media show.
And don’t forget – he used to be a painter…
He needs to stop talking over his guests and let them talk. Hannity needs to learn the art of listening.
Link to GiveSendGo for Nathaniel DeGrave: https://www.givesendgo.com/dcpow
To donate to the commissary fund for a prisoner see instructions in 10/23 post on https://t.me/s/ThePrisonersRecord
ThePrisonersRecord also has links to other prisoner’s GiveSendGos
Nathaniel’s GiveSendGo is: https://www.givesendgo.com/dcpow
Also GatewayPundit has a site with all the prisoners & updates : https://americangulag.org/
They are going held at DC jail?
Go to their website and it tells how to send money.
It also has Inmate handbook you can download and read.
Commissary is limited to $75.oo per week. Commissary usually consists of snacks etc. There are not kitchenettes or even a mini fridge in their rooms…joke
And there are restrictions to bartering/giving food. They frequently use Commissary to pay off gambling debt. So that one inmate would be able to share Commissary is questionable. More gambling in prison/jail than a Vegas Casino..joke
Or they operate “store” in prison/jail. They get food stash..then if another inmate wants snack..or anything else …..
Food/Commissary is money/bartering in prison.
I advise everyone to read handbook…including telling inmates…do not clog toilets! Keep your room clean. Keep the noise down. Procedures (page 10-11) for filing Grievance,etc. Medical, legal and regular mail procedures. It’s all in there.
Phone calls are limited to 12 verified numbers they can call. Normal procedure. Automated. Inmates can’t be calling victims and threatening them. Cartels/mafia making deals.
Question is…are they being treated differently than other inmates.
Priority should be to get legal fund to get them attorneys.
How do you know these prisoners will get what we send? Sounds like the prison is run by a bunch of heartless baboons. I expect they would steal everything from these people. Sounds like a real hell. If a place of correction ever needed some ” good Ole boy” justice, this would be the place.
Am sure the DeepState is not happy about Tucker Carlson’s expose’ of this coming next week.
Question now is will Fox News allow it to be aired?
I want to see if Tucker’s expose cover this treatment.
What’s up with this; Murderers don’t get treated this way.
Also, how did his letter get past the Gestapo Sensors?
Isn’t there some kind of Internal Affairs type department for abusive guards? Those who violate prisoners’ rights?
I was under the impression that complaints from detainees are made regularly – and often confirmed.
Experience
Cannot continue. Cannot. Continue.
Time to storm the Bastille.
Yep
The corrupt Biden and polluted money-grasping DoJ are behind these vile atrocities. Interesting to note that the millions of illegals the Biden Pedophile Child-Trafficker allowed into the US have more rights, concerns, and allowances than these American prisoners who are actually DoJ hostages, quiet as its kept. Unfortunately it seems they’ll never be released, just killed off one by one, because they’re WITNESSES to the Biden-DoJ atrocities against them. One prisoner was already suicided/killed while in captivity.
I am sorry, but when will the pedophile rings be exposed for ALL to see (if they so choose)? THAT, I think, would take a LOT of folks, from both sides of the aisle and all walks of life (I’m looking at you Hollyweird) out!!!!!
Not that it will do anything, but I sent a link to this article to Robert Barnes. It is time that the legal community gets active in this.
It couldn’t hurt! How about Sidney Powell? Of course, she probably has too much on her plate, even for these poor political prisioners!
Now that Robert is apparently clear of the Rittenhouse case, which he himself today stated was his priority and why he’s avoided the J6 cases, he’s stated he’ll be focusing in on the J6 stuff now.
My opinion is he’ll put a bullseye on John Pierce, who is the attorney of record for Degrave and a number of other clients, and put him in the hotseat as much as possible to get things moving for those clients. No love lost there.
More details on those actions here:
Welcome to the REAL world. Not the fantasy world you used to live in. At last you understand that evil exists all around us every day. The uniform it wears is a disguise of integrity and propriety, but underneath is the guy who wants to kill ants with a magnifying glass on the school playground at recess.
You’ve been “red pilled” by your own Government. You’ve probably been given Covid “vaccine” as well. They just told you it was a TB shot.
“Oh how our hands burned in the camps…”
Indeed.
DeGraves’ fate is what that GOP and Dems have in store for anyone resisting the current system. And Conservatism, Inc doesn’t want to be bothered.
Where are Steve Miller and America First Legal? Time for some heavy hitters!
Sirach 27:32 They shall perish in a snare those who are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
Every one of the jailers in the DC DOC Jan. 6th unit MUST BE FIRED and then prosecuted for violating the civil rights of those detained ILLEGALLY. This looks like “Habeus Corpus” has been violated.
Please go to DC jail website.
Download inmate handbook. Very informative.
Are J6 prisoners being treated any differently than other inmates?
That is what must be determined.
The guards didn’t take them off the street, arrest and book them. DOC ..Department of Corrections didn’t do that.
They shouldn’t be in there on such chump charges.
We need to get legal defense to get them out.
There’s a special place in hell for all of them.
What kind of human being works as an employee/jailer in this facility treating other human beings this way? Its the textbook definition of sadism. Is Nazi concentration camp guard training provided in pre-employment? Sick and depraved. I read stories like this and my already low regard for typical human behavior takes another dive.
“They” are NOT like us, and that is the problem. We, normal, everyday, regular people, try to live our lives according to the Golden Rule or even the more basic “Live and Let Live”. We also assume that everyone is just like us and they are NOT. What they are is Sociopaths and Psychopaths, people with out any conscience or morality. Even though We vastly outnumber them, there are enough of them to indelibly stain our entire culture.
Whatever happened to Habeas Corpus? Meanwhile the J6 congressional hearings go on despite the FBI’s findings that there wasn’t an “insurrection”
How about putting a face to it? Meet Mr. Booth: https://doc.dc.gov/biography/quincy-l-booth
Need a million citizen March to this Political prison site and stay there until a Congressional hearing of every person involved We must end this torture–we must not be afraid of our Government so help me God
Yeah. Look how it worked out for these poor people. This is an outrage.
Yes. I think DJT should put money up for legal council for these guys. A million citizen invasion sounds like fun though.
Where are the other conservative new media why are they not also reporting? This is a big deal and should be brought up every day . Why are reporters not at that prison demanding an answer from the warden ? What is the wardens name? Who are these american haters torturing these men? What are their names who is behind this ? Find out these answers so they can be held accountable which will force members of congress to look into it because it wont go away until they do something. Sad to think that those we elected are so worried about being associated with Jan 6th they are turning a blind eye to the stealing of basic human rights. The treatment of these men imprisoned is unacceptable, unconstitutional and dangerous! I fear it could be a rough copy to taking away all of our rights by force and fear if something is not done.
So disappointed in our GOP representatives. Silent, again, just like after the election was stolen.
Yep
MSM is owned by the leftist billionaires and democraps.
Would it do any good to claim he is a woman and needs a sex change operation?
Simply unreal.
What’s really disturbing is that the regime keeps persecuting these people as if they have no fear of ever having to face consequences for their actions, as if they know for certain that the opposition party will never come back into power.
I hate to ask the Captain Obvious question but how do they get around the sixth amendment? Maybe they don’t care if they get in trouble as long as they intimidate people.
Where is Amnesty International now? This is truly shocking, we must all try our best to expose it. God bless thse innocent men.
Amnesty International? ROFLOL!!! Seriously?
I agree with Anonymous II.
This sounds a lot like a prison camp in communist Romania, or a Gulag in the USSR, especially the barbaric beating they gave the man who only tried to have a Bible study!
We need to present this immediately before our congressmen. And if that method fails…break them out ourselves!
Never leave a comrade behind.
OMG, what 3rd-world country are these prison guards from?! This is not an American style prison!
Even someone attempting to start a Bible study group got beaten to death for it!
The guards are mostly liberal migrants from Africa who have been conditioned to hate us, and hate America.
This really stands out to me. Reminds me of what they want to do with the Blue Helmets.
DC version of “Hanoi Hilton!”
Consider yourself lucky (or maybe not)
Lindsey the Weasel Graham wanted you people shot!
Lindsey Graham Allegedly Told Police to Shoot Jan. 6 Rioters: ‘You’ve Got Guns. Use Them’
According to The Post, Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, was furious that senators were forced to flee their own chamber. He yelled at the sergeant-at-arms and urged him to shoot rioters in the mob, the newspaper reported, citing a Republican senator with knowledge of the exchange.
“What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns. Use them,” Graham reportedly shouted. He continued: “We give you guns for a reason. Use them.”
He is on jail for commiting a criminal act. He deserves everything he is getting.
It would be bad enough if he was a convicted criminal serving an actual sentence but HIS CASE HASN’T BEEN TRIED. This is all PRETRIAL DETENTION and has not been convicted – held without bail. Until one is convicted, one is usually presumed innocent until PROVEN guilty. So, no, he does NOT deserve what he’s getting – I don’t thing any of these J6 protesters have even been charged with any crimes, yet.
How can we put money 8n his commissary or donate to his legal services?
If these J6 prisioners are being denied their rights, and it appears they are, shouldn’t that be addressed by the legal system? Where are the lawyers, supporters of freedom and honesty? How were our legislators not allowed to see for themselves what is really going on there and why wasn’t this situation addressed? The left is trying to scare us all so that we bow to their radical demands. They must “kill” the America First Agenda and that includes all of us who support Donald Trump and anything Trump. This is not Russia or Communist China.
I don’t understand how a wARDEN CAN IGNORE A JUDGE? He should be held in contempt NOW. stop the slow walk
We are becoming a third world country! The liberal socialist party, MUST be destroyed before they destroy us! They are evil, vicious elitist animals! God save America!