Press release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- December 16th, 2018
Press Contact- Mei Azaad (206) 409 5390 fighttoxicprisons@gmail.com

Nikki Davenport – (256) 221-7658
Nikkid2583@gmail.com

Alabama Department of Corrections has once again acted in retaliation against Robert Earl Council, which is nothing new.
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/alabama_prison_protest_organiz.html

Robert Earl Council, who is one of the founders of the Free Alabama Movement (FAM), and known inside of Alabama’s prisons as a leader of the peaceful prison strikes, teacher of peace, education and spiritual development, among his peers. Council has once again been placed in solitary following the riot, and homicide at Holman Correctional Facility on December 2nd.
Council was placed in solitary on trumped up disciplinary charges by Lt. Thrasher at Donaldson Correctional Facility on December 7th for “failure to obey a direct order”, after Lt. Thrasher entered the cell block conducting a routine inspection. Council brought to Lt. Thrashers attention the fact that the cell blocks water fountain was out of order, and needed repaired by the institution maintenance. Thrasher being aware of “who” Council is and his involvement of Alabama’s and the national prison strikes immediately seized the opportunity to become aggressive with Council and gave Council a direct order for him to “fix” the water fountain. Council then pointed out to Thrasher that, he (Council ) was not assigned nor qualified to do repairs to the institution nor was it his belief to do labor without being compensated for his work. At that time Thrasher became verbally aggressive with Council and voiced threats, while Warden Pickens (who was present) stood by and failed to intervene.
Council then asked the above mentioned lieutenant his correct name in order to properly file a complaint. Thrasher immediately asked Council if he was threatening him.

Council was later placed in solitary once again, facing two institutional disciplinary infractions. However the purpose of this was simply to remove Council’s influence from bringing peace within the prisons following the riot at Holman.
ADOC is guilty of strategically removing all confined citizens who are influential in maintaining peace, allowing and promoting chaos within ADOC prisons.

Retaliation also runs deep within ADOC and this is a perfect example of how ADOC carries these acts out daily.

The FAM Queen Team and Unheard Voices OTCJ (both being civil rights activist organizations) release this press release, and demand ADOC end all retaliatory acts against Robert Earl Council (Kinetik Justice), and any others in his class confined in ADOC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- December 16th, 2018
Press Contact- Mei Azaad (206) 409 5390 fighttoxicprisons@gmail.com

Nikki Davenport – (256) 221-7658
Nikkid2583@gmail.com