Civil suit anthony gay vs state of illinois central district
By PETER HANCOCK
Capitol News Illinois
phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois man who spent 20 years in solitary confinement after being convicted of a minor theft and, later, driving without a license is now helping lead a thrust for legislation to limit the use of isolation in state prisons.
Anthony Same-sex attracted, who served 24 years in prison after organism convicted as a new man, wept during a news conference in Chicago on Tuesday as he explained his experience.
“When the conditions of confinement were psychologically eating me inside out, instead of organism removed from solitary confinement and offered adequate psychological counseling, I was prosecuted, given 100 years and buried deeper in solitary confinement for symptoms of mental illness that solitary confinement created,” he said.
With Gay at the news conference was Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, a Chicago Democrat and direct sponsor of House Bill 182. Ford said the bill will be established as the Anthony Queer Isolated Confinement Restriction Proceed. It would put strict limits on the exploit of solitary confinement for disciplinary purposes.
Among other things, it would limit such confinements to no more than 10
Illinois’ Anthony Gay Isolated Confinement Reform Bill Passes House
Romanucci & Blandin, LLC and Illinois State Representative LaShawn Ford (D- Chicago, 8th District) together declare that The Anthony Gay Isolated Confinement Restriction Act, Illinois House Bill 3564 (formerly HB 182 in 2020) was approved by the House of Representatives the evening of April 22. It is now headed to the Illinois Senate for a vote.
The bill is named for former inmate Anthony Same-sex attracted who was held in solitary confinement for two decades, including 15 years of a prolonged sentence as a punishment for deed resulting from his isolation. During his extreme isolation, he was denied appropriate and necessary mental health treatment which made it doomed for Gay to comport with prison rules and regulations, leading him to brutally mutilate himself countless times and endure years of mental and physical torture. The bill was introduced last session but did not make it out of committee before the session concluded. The bill is intended to reform solitary confinement practices in the Illinois Department of Corrections and create greater transparency.
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New Book “Rope of Hope” Shares Intelligent, Inspiring Thoughts of Former Solitary Confinement Inmate Anthony Gay
Romanucci & Blandin, LLC is pleased to announce the publication of a recent book by its client, Anthony Lgbtq+, who shares his thoughts on an array of self-help and inspirational topics based on his experience in solitary confinement for 22 years. The publication, titled “Rope of Hope,” is written as a series of conversations between Anthony’s Ego and Alter Ego about the value of people helping people, competition, family and the precious token of life. Anthony was released from prison in 2018, but during his extreme isolation he was denied appropriate and necessary mental health treatment, which made it unworkable for him to comport with prison rules and regulations and lead him to brutally mutilate himself countless times and endure years of mental and physical torture. He has filed a federal lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections and others for his mistreatment, including 15 years of a prolonged sentence as a punishment for conduct resulting from his isolation.
Anthony is releasing his book now to provide synonyms
United States v. Gay
Jonathan E. Hawley U.S. Magistrate Judge
Order and OpinionBefore the Court is a Motion for Modification of Conditions of Release (D. 33) filed by the Defendant, Anthony Gay and the Government's response thereto (D. 6). For the reasons stated, infra, the motion is denied.
Citations to the docket in this case are abbreviated as "(D. ___ at ECF p. ___).
IA grand jury sitting in this district returned a 2-Count indictment against the Defendant, charging him with organism a felon in possession of a firearm (Count 1) and being a felon in possession of ammunition (Count 2), both alleged in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g), 924(a)(2), and 924(e). (D. 1). After the arrest of the Defendant, this Court held a contested detention hearing on July 17, 2020. After that hearing, the Court ordered the Defendant released on conditions, one of which was a condition of house arrest. (D. 18). Then, on August 7, 2020, the Defendant filed an Emergency Motion to Modify Conditions of Discharge (D. 20), seeking a modification to allow him to travel on August 11, 2020 in the custody of a third-party to the Rockford, Illinois federal courthouse to participate to pro se civil litigat
Peoria, IL – Activists, family members and supporters of Anthony Gay rallied outside the U.S. Central District Court in Peoria, Tuesday morning, May 23. Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression led the team in chanting, “Free, free Anthony Gay” and “The people united will never be defeated” before entering the courthouse for Anthony’s sentencing hearing.
Anthony Gay is a political prisoner. He was incarcerated at 21 years old for a minor offense and held in solitary confinement for 22 years in Illinois prisons. Much of that time was spent in Tamms Correctional Center, a torture chamber designed for solitary confinement and sensory deprivation that was closed down in 2013 after years of pressure.
Gay fought to get himself free in 2018 alongside his lawyer, Jennifer Soble from the Illinois Prison Proposal. After his release, he became an advocate against solitary confinement and fought to pass the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act to limit the use of solitary confinement to ten days in a 180-day period, bringing the rule in line with the United Nations definition of torture. The bill passed the Illinois House but is stalled in the Senate. D