Political Prisoner, Imam Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is in critical medical condition and in desperate need of our urgent action. Imam Jamil was a dominant and influential figure in the Civil rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s. He served as Chairperson of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later as Minister of Justice for the Black Panther Party.
Like so many other Black Power activists, in 2000, Jamil Al Amin was framed and convicted for murder of a deputy sheriff and for wounding another. He is innocent.
Imam Jamil has suffered under brutal conditions for many years in solitary confinement in a federal facility known as United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX).
Imam Jamil has been recently diagnosed with cancer. His family and supporters are calling for his immediate transfer to a federal medical center: either Butner, NC, or Rochester, MN, where he can receive the appropriate monitoring and medical care.
People of conscience should
- contact the ADX at (719) 784-9464
- send e-mails to FLM/ execassistant@bop.gov
- voice concerns on http://www.bop.gov/inmates/concerns.jsp by selecting Florence ADMAX USP, and entering Jamil Al-Amin #99974-555
- contact their Congressional reps
- contact the Medical Director in Washington, DC, at nkendig@bop.gov
- contact the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Charles Samuels, in Washington, DC; and sign petitions.
- There also is an effort underway to contact Eric Holder.
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