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Mumia Abu-Jamal was seen today by his wife, and his condition has worsened. We are asking everyone to call the prison.
His condtiion: He is extremely swollen in his neck, chest, legs, and his skin is worse than ever, with open sores. He was not in a wheelchair, but can only take baby steps. He is very weak. He was nodding off during the visit. He was not able to eat; he was fed with a spoon. These are symptoms that could be associated with hyper glucose levels, diabetic shock, diabetic coma, and with kidney stress and failure.
Demand that Mumia Abu-Jamal see a doctor now. Demand that the prison officials call his wife Wadiya Jamal and his lawyer Bret Grote immediately.
John Kerestes, Superintendent SCI Mahanoy: 570-773-2158 x8102 | 570-783-2008 Fax | 301 Morea Road, Frackville PA 17932 Tom Wolf, PA Gvrnr: 717-7872500 | [email protected] | 508 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg PA 17120 John Wetzel, PA DOC: 717728-4109 | 717-728-4178 Fax | [email protected] | 1920 Technology Pkwy, Mechanicsburg PA 17050 Susan McNaughton, DOC Press secretary 717-728-4025. PA Doc [email protected].
of rapacious private contractors. The race and class dimensions of this crisis disprove the notion that race doesn’t matter in the age of a Black president. The majority of U.S. prisoners are African American and Latino males in their childbearing years, impris oned in a system that regularly violates their funda mental human rights and ravages their health.
Mumia would want us to use his suffering to dem onstrate that those relegated to the lowest strata of our society—imprisoned Black, Brown, and poor— suffer not only their sentences but illness and death neglect. n