Stolen Commissary

exhibit · Nov 3, 2022

Continuation of rec lockdown tracking through 11/3/22 documenting up to 200 minutes denied/delayed daily across 4 dates. Names officer "Coulker" who deviated from rec schedule.

exhibit · Oct 25, 2022

Continuation of Ryan Nichols handwritten rec-lockdown log (from j6s8-058) for 10/25-10/27/22 at RRJ C-4. Compiled totals: 10/21 70 + 10/22 140 + 10/23 45 + 10/24 285 + 10/25 5 + 10/26 165 + 10/27 45 = 755 total minutes lost for the week.

grievance_form · Oct 5, 2022

Rappahannock Regional Jail Inmate Grievance Form filed 10/5/22 at 14:58 by Ryan Nichols protesting second consecutive day of lost rec time, asserting rec is a right not a privilege and naming 1st Sgt Shaw and Officer Berry.

exhibit · May 13, 2022

Continuation of DC DOC issues log. 5/9/22 Taken back to SHU-B from medical S2. 5/10/22 Taken back to C2B. 5/13/22 Legal mail & commissary returned.

grievance_form · May 10, 2022

DC DOC Informal Resolution Form (IGP #20220512-290) filed by Ryan Nichols 5/10/22, complaining LT Lancaster informed him no more property in SMU property hold, so his 00+ commissary and property has been lost or stolen since being placed in SMU-A on 4/20/22. DOC response 5/23/22 from Bruce/Marr claims after investigation property had been returned to inmate Nichols.

other · Jan 10, 2022

Page 2 of conditions log: 1/6/22 full lockdown imposed at 12:50pm right after President Biden's anniversary speech; lockdown undermined by 2pm commissary release; mental-health and mail grievances; sick-call slips withheld by staff.

exhibit · Oct 19, 2021

Page 6 of jail town hall notes. Documents Aramark food failures: pubic hairs in food, taste of cleaning supplies, dinner of bread/cheese/Oreo cookies, supply chain issues blamed. Inmates exhibiting scurvy symptoms - hair loss, scaly skin, rashes, hives. Mentions officers labeling them White Supremacist/Racist based on news coverage; CPL Hubbard mentioned at bottom.

grievance_form · Sep 29, 2021

Formal Grievance Form (IGP# 22110012-375, Response ID 112289) by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, Unit C2B) escalating prior food grievance # 22109202-028. Compares scheduled menu (written by registered dietitian) against actually-served food on 9/29/21 — breakfast and lunch items deficient. Notes inmates buying commissary to meet minimum food needs.

grievance_form · Sep 24, 2021

DC DOC Warden Administrative Remedy Form (PP 4030.1, pink form) — Ryan Nichols (DCDC #376795, Unit C-2B) appeals food conditions since Sept 15, 2021. Notes Major Jolly visited C-2B on 9/23/21 and wrote about unsatisfactory food conditions. References lack of formal grievance forms in C-2B.

grievance_form · Sep 20, 2021

Informal Grievance Form submitted by Ryan Nichols (DCDC #376795, Unit C2B) detailing inadequate dinner trays at DC DOC on 9/19/21 — cardiac trays with rotting apples, regular trays with bologna/bread/cookies/leftover carrots. Requests US Marshals visit C2B.

letter

Page 4 of Ryan timeline (June - present): Plea to get in front of a microphone. "I am a political prisoner." Government is hiding him w/o support; ex-wife took home, truck, clothes, everything. Cries on phone with daughter. Says "Jordan had his discovery taken by force" and computer/information confiscated, handcuffed against his will. Commissary extortion: guards crowd around tables when commissary arrives saying "You be got a lot of honeybun, Hey what you be do with them. Oh, Im going to eat them, oh they are extorting food & money from inmates for phones, knives, weed." Names Hays, Pinky, Dillion, Holmes, Armstrong. Breakfast = 3 spoons of chili, 10 spoons of grits, sweet cake. Medical/dental/cleaning supplies unaddressed for months.

exhibit

Page 8 of timeline detailing DC DOC arrival conditions: no shower 4-5 days, no cell exit 6-7 days, no phone 8-10 days. Officer harassment, threats to move to BLM side and be stabbed if they didnt act right. Bologna 4/7 nights per week, weight loss, commissary the only way to keep weight on. Breakfast intentionally delivered 1:30-4am to wake them up, lights on, doors slammed - Ryan finally made a sign refusing breakfast to get sleep.

letter

Page 3 of Ryan Nichols letter — continued bullet list of DC Jail abuses: 3-4 month mail delays, laundry returned with bodily fluids, worms in meals, scurvy, extortion via commissary, rust/black mold throughout cells, vermin, denial of grooming causing chemical burns.

letter · Aug 2, 2021

Page 4 of Fellows letter. Democrat snowflake doctor asked why he liked Trump - Fellows asked if she had TDS, kicked out. Fat lady guards mocked him for Trump, threw lunch bag low and over his head. No paper/pens. 2 weeks no laundry, 2 pairs of everything. Water tasted like metal. Lawyer couldn't reach him by phone over 1 week. Glasses/eye exam denied. No haircut/shaving/nail clippers. No law library. Toothpaste past Florida. Commissary 7/16/21 never came, refunded 3 days later. Moved Northwest 3 - context (read materials), oranges in laundry, 2 hours out vs 5.5 for others. Case Manager: "I tore them up. I didnt see no issues." Moved C2B 8/2/21 - cleaner, water not metal, noise lower, people respect bedtimes, lights stay off in morning. No church or law library until 8/24/21. Phones broken until 8/16/21. Mail sent 8/9/21 arrived 9/15/21. Clergy visited - only pamphlets about evil white people, white rage, why whites eat 3 meals a day. Commissary 1 month late. 1.5 months in this jail before got 1 hour outside rec. Supposed to get 1.5 hrs. Congressman and media not allowed to visit. Warden got fired. 3 dinner trays on 5 separate occasions included 2 eggs and tartar sauce.

letter · Jul 13, 2021

Detailed account from fellow J6 detainee Robert A Morss (Political Prisoner #377890) of conditions at DC Jail. On 7/12-13 placed in General Population "accidentally" - threatened to be stabbed, beaten, raped through ventilation shaft due to skin color, political orientation, alleged J6 conduct. Sgt Williams Jr rushed to extract him. 4 days no shower. 17 days 23-and-1 confinement with multiple days never leaving cell. Quarantine riot. Forced to bathe in sink, 72 hours no rec. Lost 20 lbs - commissary never came/mostly stolen.

letter

Page 3 of handwritten essay listing specific grievances at DC Jail: no attorney access, mail delays, laundry contamination, malnutrition, rust, black mold, broken sinks/toilets, denial of cleaning supplies.

letter

Brainstorming page mapping conditions to constitutional amendments. Includes co-detainee Sean McHugh #378159. 1st Amendment: church, clergy, grooming, nutrition/diet, rec time, communication w/ lawyers & family, journalist interviews, congress. 4th: cell searches, let my dog out, food, water, mattress, excessive heat south 2, fires/drugs/fights guards did nothing. Administrative segregation without a hearing. 8th: no bail/excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishment, chained shackled in hallways while others were not. 6th: courtrooms, law library, slow medical treatment, responding with legal paperwork, people quarantine in C2B. Case law filtered. 14th equal protection: Muslims get church, more tablets, rec time, better food, contact. Mail in/mail out, not enough clothes, Final Call racist. Black mold, cockroaches, shit/piss/semen, sexual harassment in front of guards. "Going to the hole without punishment ie written up, cancelling commissary, being placed on PHD."

exhibit3 pages

Page 13 of DC DOC Inmate Handbook covering Inmate Finance restitution deductions, Commissary Spending Limits by group, Legal Visits, and Legal Calls.