Lack of Food / Rotten Food
Food trays missing food. Rotten food, spoiled eggs. Foreign objects in food (pubic hair, chemicals).
Full write-up pending. Cross-referenced documents will appear here.
Officials named in the evidence
23 people named
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C-2B pod, DC DOC
DC DOC
Federal Public Defender (DC)
Legislative Branch
Northern Neck Regional Jail
Private counsel
Rappahannock Regional Jail
U.S. Marshals Service
Evidence on file
74 documents on file
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Ryan51 documents in 48 items
Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.
exhibit · Nov 3, 2022
Rec Lockdown Schedule 10/28-11/3/22 - documented rec time denials
Detailed handwritten log titled "Rec Lockdown Schedule 10/28-11/3/22" tracking minutes of recreation time delayed or denied at Rappahannock Regional Jail. Documents systemic pattern of "security reasons" lockdowns and rec being delayed by 25, 15, 20, 120, 150 minutes. Evidence of conditions of confinement claim.
exhibit · Nov 3, 2022
Rec Lockdown Schedule continued 10/31-11/3/22
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
Rec Lockdown Schedule log continuation: 10/25-10/27/22 - 755 total minutes lost
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.
exhibit · Oct 21, 2022
Rec Lockdown Schedule log 10/21-10/27/22 - C-4 daily lost minutes
Ryan Nichols handwritten daily "Rec Lockdown Schedule" log for Rappahannock Regional Jail C-4 covering 10/21/22 through 10/27/22. Each day records scheduled rec start times, actual lockdowns, reasons (maintenance, slow inspection, trays, code red, meds, late officer, laundry), and minutes lost. Names officers Ms Burns, Ms Barry, Barnett. Quoted: "There isn't enough resources to give us rec at tray time."
grievance_form · Oct 14, 2022
RRJ Inmate Request #1209696: 680 minutes lost rec — request denied (10/14/22)
Rappahannock Regional Jail Inmate Request Form #1209696 PROG-0024 — Ryan Nichols (ID #20221663, SSN-4381, Housing C-4/18) dated 10/14/22 documenting that from 10/7/22-10/13/22 he lost 680 minutes (11.3 hours) of rec due to assortment of other reasons given that aren't to do with med calls, trays, officers going late, etc. Predicts based on this trajectory he will lose 8 days/month for unlawful incarceration. Requests SORP. Received 10/15/22 by Officer Casey/Gray. Action: Request Denied. Returned to inmate 10/27/22 at 5:35 pm.
exhibit · Oct 14, 2022
Rec-time loss log: RRJ C-4 week of 10/14-10/20/22, 1265 minutes lost
Handwritten daily rec-time tracking log for Rappahannock Regional Jail housing C-4 — detailed minute-by-minute accounting of recreation deprivation from 10/14/22 through 10/20/22. Each day shows scheduled rec start time, actual lockdowns, reasons given ("security reasons," understaffing, COVID issues, mass punishment for "19 minutes to lockdown"), and minutes lost. Bottom totals: 1265 rec minutes lost = 21.08 hours = 3.51 days of rec. References IGP submitted 10/24/22, handed to Ms Barry at 6:35 PM through tray slot. Companion to grievance #032590.
exhibit · Oct 7, 2022
Rec-time loss log: RRJ C-4 week of 10/7-10/13/22, 680 minutes lost
Companion handwritten daily rec-time tracking log for Rappahannock Regional Jail C-4 covering 10/7/22 to 10/13/22, totaling 680 rec minutes lost = 11.3 hours. Daily breakdown with reasons: codes, shakedown, meds/trays, laundry, inspection, suicide (Cole Brown 10/10/22 4:00). Documents 10/9/22 "lost all morning rec."
grievance_form · Oct 5, 2022
Rappahannock Jail Grievance 10/5/22 - second day lost rec time
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 · Sep 20, 2022
C-2B notes Sept 17-20: Kamala Harris shirt, EKT/TKU riot gear, food
Continuation of C-2B contemporaneous jail conditions log Sept 17-20. Documents case manager wearing Kamala Harris for the People shirt, 30+ EKT/TKU officers in full riot gear, an officer calling Padilla a Pussy Ass Cracker, detainees locked in cells without toilet/water access until 2:50pm, night shift officer banging flashlight 1am-5am, inadequate dinner trays, multiple grievances filed.
exhibit · Sep 16, 2022
Notes on C-2B: jail conditions Sept 7-16
Handwritten contemporaneous log of conditions in C-2B unit dated Sept 7-16. Documents flooding in Room 32, Officer Scott making detainees stop containing flood, no hot water multiple days, dark brown drinking water, Cpl. Armstrong kicking door into Ryans head, incomplete food trays, Oath Keepers/Proud Boys served without quarantine, grievance filed.
other · Sep 6, 2022
Issues in C-4 log 9/4-9/6/22 - rec times denied
Detailed log of daily rec-time denials in cell block C-4 between 9/4/22 and 9/6/22 - naming Officer Purcell, 1st Sgt, Ms Berry, and Officer Carl, calculating lost minutes.
motion · Aug 30, 2022
Emergency Motion for Release — page 10 of 12
Argues complexity factors: 1512(c)(2) charge dismissed in Miller, J6 Committee TV show, Biden speech same day, Michigan Whitmer FBI plot revelations.
grievance_form · Jul 24, 2022
IGP Calendar tracking grievances 2022
Handwritten IGP (Inmate Grievance Procedure) tracking calendar listing 16+ grievance issues with Step 1-4 dates from March 2022 through July 2022. Tracks business-day deadlines and responses.
letter · Jun 21, 2022
Character letter for Chris from Abraham B. (#00051578) 6/21/22
Handwritten character reference dated 6/21/22 from Black inmate Abraham B. (#00051578) attesting that Chris (likely Chris Worrell) is not racist, is a cool person, and a great guy who helped him with food and phone.
grievance_form · Jun 13, 2022
Informal Resolution: spoiled milk (expired 6/04/22) served at breakfast 6/13/22
Pink DC DOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, C2B) on 6/13/22. Category: Food Service. Complains about spoiled lumpy milk poured over cereal that morning; milk was dated as expired 6/04/22. Notes this is not the first time this week. Witnessed by Kelly and Kris Meyers; reported on camera at around 10am.
grievance_form · Apr 26, 2022
IGP Formal Grievance re: Food Service unanswered (4/26/22, ref 20220414-304)
DOC PP 4030.1 Inmate Formal Grievance Form filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795) on 4/26/22 escalating informal grievance #20220414-304 about the disparity in food quality between Kosher/Halal meals and regular diet meals.
grievance_form · Apr 13, 2022
IGP Informal Resolution Complaint Form re: Kosher/Halal meal quality (4/13/22)
DOC PP 4030.1 Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, Unit C2B) on 4/13/22 complaining that Jewish Kosher and Muslim Halal meals are noticeably better quality than the regular diet meals.
grievance_form · Jan 22, 2022
IGP Complaint — Ryan Nichols re rotten eggs dinner tray 1/22/22
DC DOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form filed by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, Unit C2B) on 1/22/22 regarding food service: dinner trays contained literally rotten eggs as main source of food. Sgt. Franklin came to inspect and left with sample tray.
exhibit · Oct 19, 2021
Meeting With Jail Staff page 7 - Mrs Hubbard, Sgt Franklin, mail delays
Page 7 of jail town hall notes. Notes Mrs Hubbard and Sgt Franklin admitted they had to overcome racist preconceptions, and treat detainees fairly. Documents extreme mail delays - mail being passed out 1-4+ months after USPS timestamps; Ryan still receiving March mail in August/September.
exhibit · Oct 19, 2021
Meeting With Jail Staff page 6 - Aramark food, scurvy symptoms, white supremacist accusations
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.
other · Oct 17, 2021
Conditions log — Notes on C-2B, Sep 23 to Oct 17 (food, grievances, civil rights)
Dated conditions log for cellblock C-2B: short food portions, religious-service and visitation grievances, Lambert civil-rights ruling on 10/13, attorney/laptop access issues, LT Hines and Annmarie food-delivery dispute.
grievance_form · Oct 15, 2021
DCDOC Informal Grievance Response - Food Safety/Chemicals
DCDOC Inmate Informal Resolution Complaint Form response regarding chemicals in culinary area and food safety procedures. Inmate Ryan Nichols, DCDC#376795, Unit C2B, IGP #22110293-224.
grievance_form · Sep 29, 2021
Formal Grievance — Food Menu Discrepancy 9/29/21
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
Warden Administrative Remedy Form — Food Appeal 9/24/21
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 — Food Service Complaint (9/19/21)
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.
grievance_form · Sep 20, 2021
Formal Grievance — Food Service Inadequate Trays 9/20/21
Formal Grievance Form (IGP# 22109212-060, Response ID 106859) by Ryan Nichols (DCDC# 376795, Unit C2B) describing 3rd day in a row of inadequate dinner trays — cardiac/diet trays with no meat, regular trays with thin bologna. Requests Warden and US Marshals visit.
letter · Sep 17, 2021
From co-detainee 09/17/21 — Sacramento → Nye County NV → Grady County OK transit conditions
Letter dated 09/17/21 documenting transit/holdover conditions across multiple facilities. "During my incarceration in Sacramento County Jail I was subjected to extended periods of lockdown without showers or phone calls. Sometimes they would exceed 72 hours without coming out of my cell while in quarantine. No hand sanitizer was provided or new masks and majority of staff and inmates did not follow any COVID protocols. While in general population no hand sanitizer or masks provided in pod. Also time exceeded 48 hours of lockdown on occasion without showers. There was no rec yard provided to me during the whole stay at Sacramento County Jail. There was no clergy that I am aware of." Transit Sacramento → Nye County Southern Nevada Detention Center: no food or water. At Nevada: properly fed, came out 15 min every 2 days, no yard, no clergy, no hand sanitizer. Transport Nevada → Oklahoma: no food/water. At Grady County Jail: no mask, no hand sanitizer, crammed in small space with 30 other individuals.
grievance_form · Sep 15, 2021
DCDOC Formal Grievance Response — Food Service (10/7/21)
DCDOC Formal Grievance response (IGP #22110012-375) for Ryan Nichols (DCDC#376795, Unit C2B) regarding food. DOC says working with food service vendor to ensure all menu items are served and of good quality; requested staff training. Dated 10/4/21 and 10/7/21 by Responder FS Shah, Manager M. Phetphongsy, Food Department. Filed under September 2021 folder as continuation of food complaints.
letter
From Ryan — timeline p5 (closing): "I am a Dog in a Boarding Kennel," Fucking Help me
Final page (5) of Ryan timeline: shirts dirty, ring stains, filthy clothing. Detainees joke and play card games "as if we are children." Black racism from every employee. Called racist/white supremacist. Food brought as if going to bite — guards open door a crack, side meds in, drop and close. Mean-mugging, dirty metal water, food minimal/inedible. "I am a Dog in a Boarding Kennel" - mind blowing. Concludes: "This entire establishment is a Human Machine that generates & produces hate & racism. Employees read The Final Call, make a decision to abuse me for being a pig, dog, animal, beast. For being white. Fucking help me..." Signed by Ryan.
letter
From Ryan — June+ timeline p4: "I am a political prisoner," Jordan discovery, commissary extortion
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.
letter
From Ryan — Mar-Jun timeline: cavity check, ERT "Gestapo" interrogation, named guards Abdullah
Ryan timeline (page 1 of fresh sheet): March 18 cavity check of rectum, mouth, hands, feet; X-ray with K-2 burning through facility. March-June "Gestapo interrigation": Dan & I pulled from room, questioned by ERT and white-shirts/employees Armstrong, Holmes, Abdullah, Hays, Pinky, Franklin. 23/1 hrs in cell (winter), wet walls, human fecal matter, urine, jizz smashed/sprayed/smeared around/under. Medical uses outdated equipment, treated like an animal. Multiple requests for VA Rep per handbook p18 — told "there is none."
letter
My Leadership Role For Jan 6th - personal statement
Handwritten statement addressing his role on January 6. Says only leadership was volunteering his truck and paying for gas, food, and hotel for Alex (Alex Harkrider, co-defendant). Notes he had no plan beyond Trump telling people to show up at the Ellipse.
letter
From Ryan — "I am a political prisoner in my own country," ex-wife took everything
Ryan letter. Led down hallway into telephonic meeting w/ lawyers at 13:42 met with distain, mean mugging, talk-down by guards: "What you looking at? Shy! Wah! Talk! Dont stand shy!" "I am no longer a human being." When water diaphragm or toilet breaks, met w/ lock down, told how lucky to be there, told other side of door = ass-raped, killed, stabbed, robbed. Guards extort money & food from inmates for special privileges & favors. "I am a political prisoner in my own country!" Names Hays, Armstrong, Pinky, Holmes, Franklin — "list is goodless w/ guards who commit crimes!" "I am a white Christian male in a 98% African American ran facility, everything I say and do is met w/ extreme measures of resistance. I have been called: honkey white boy, Trump cracker, on & on." Cant trust anyone working here. "This is my message in a bottle." Asks where the ACLU/NAACP/BLM/Nancy Pelosi & others would be beating down his door to get him out — if he were a black male in an all-white facility. Notes ex-wife got document allowing her to buy/sell/trade in his name — lost home, car, clothes, accounts.
letter
From Ryan — DC Jail abuse list (mail delay, mold, worms, extortion), page 3
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
From Ryan — p2: Bigach/Shomake guards, April CTF, Gestapo interrogation Dan & I
Page 2 of Sept 8 update. Black mold in air vents, in tile, on walls. Tried to explain to guards: "Get back in your cell!" Asked Bigach for cleaning supplies: "I dont give a fuck what you need, get back in." April at CTF: black mold, cold/wet/burned/moldy food. Guards laugh when issues brought to attention. Names: Hays, Franklin, Pinky, Dillion, Robinson, Lt. Shomake. Night roving guards bang on cells all night. Dan & I pulled from cells for "Gestapo interrogation" by ERT — asked about living conditions, food, water, bedding. While shackled in dental hall hears guards: "Fucking Trump, man, I cant wait until they leave! Yeah, shit, fuck these motherfuckers." Strip search dehumanization with inmates yelling "Dead man walking, he be a Trump supporter! Hays a Trump supporter! Inmates: Fuck you white boy! We be fucking you up!" LTs come into cell area screaming about masks even when worn, write his name down for disrespect.
letter
From Ryan — transfer notes: SOC, Nye County NV Pahrump, Grady County conditions
Ryan brief note listing conditions at multiple holdover facilities during BOP transit. "SOC: Excessive lockdown, No hand sanitizer or masks, No Bibles church, No Rec yard." "Nye County Pahrump NV: Excessive lockdown." "Grady County: No masks, no hand sanitizer, rotten food, dirty, unsanitary, use clippers behind 30 men, no rec, no cleaning supplies." "Plane rides cold, disorienting, sleep deprivation, duress." "Chemical: Bring your own water. Shorten my visits with lawyer. Lawyers to serve lawsuits is ok but I cant see my lawyer. Have to do my own laundry because laundry comes back soaked in pissed."
letter
From Ryan — Grievances log: McDade Sept formal grievance, gen-pop threats
Ryan grievance log. Food grievance Sept 2021: freezer burned food, cold/wet/not enough/burned/smashed. Treatment grievance: first formal grievance on McDade speaking to him "like Im a Dog - go, you, here, there." Flipping flashlight around, black beat down gloves. Guards threaten with going to the hole, being put into Gen Pop "where they have 12-inch knives, stab whites...We be puttin you in gen pop if you act foo!" Sept 15: McDade had black gloves on, said "Bad dude" across the knuckles. Kept flipping the 3 cell flashlight in his right hand, looking around making sure everyone saw him, mean mugging inmates, yelling (with mask on) unreasonable words. Ryan asked him to turn down TV; McDade: "WTF inmate what you want?" — guards keep TV loud so they cant hear other inmates.
exhibit
Timeline - p8 (DC DOC arrival conditions, bologna diet, breakfast sabotage)
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
From Ryan — timeline p2: named guards (Hays, Pinky, Armstrong, Holmes, Adams), 23/1 lockdown
Page 2 of Ryan Nichols timeline: cell #11 with black mold over all walls, denied potable water, female guard aimed body cam at him while changing and laughed. "Almost three days w/o sleep." March 24 - April 28 guards beating on cell during checks. Names guards Pinky, Hays, Armstrong, Holmes, Adams. 23/1 lockdown with choice between phone or shower. ERT (Emergency Response Team) sleeps in cell block back room — names Hays, Pinky, Adams, Holmes, Hauser, Franklin.
motion
Jail conditions notes: weight loss, food, Baltimore Bloods, rats
Handwritten conditions-of-confinement notes: weight loss 35 lbs (1:07PM-176 lbs), scant medical records, no food notes, request list of certified GF foods, blood, malnourished. Box - closed door cell. Baltimore Bloods - 30 days no comm, cherries-brand name vs Bev, slowly poisoning. Rats/Kyenga/Roaches/mice. Mentions Thomas Caughlin/M. Caldwell assaulted, ha ha ha.
grievance_form
DC DOC Sick Call Request form (PS 6001.1) annotated re grievance for food quality
Blank DC Department of Corrections Sick Call Request Form (PS 6001.1) annotated by Ryan or fellow detainee. Notes: "Record Keeping - Follow up - Continue." "D/+/G - Grievances/Actions." In bottom comments: "Franklin told 3 filed grievance for food quality." Used as record-keeping template for filed sick call and grievance follow-ups.
other
Kitchen issues notes - mice, contamination, lockdown delay
Two-section condition notes: kitchen sanitation issues (mice on trays, mice chewing bread bags, nasty floor drains, multiple-day-old food served fresh) and an inmate held in day room past lockdown after being told to pack up.
letter3 pages
Robert A. Morss — gen-pop placement and 17-day 23-and-1
Page 2 of Morss letter - itemized complaints of C2B cell. Jagged edge rusty metal desk/bunks, caked feces/urine/blood on walls and vents, thin mattresses sleeping on metal cooking tray 3 months. Flooding incidents - bedsheets to control. Requested VA Rep with no developments. Food terrible no nutritional value, religious services denied (Church, Clergy, Chaplain visits). "Consistently compared to beasts, hogs, and dogs in delivered religious material." Broken sink/no hot water, broken toilet splashing filthy water, rusty metal cuts skin/hair/clothes. Mail: hundreds of letters never reached him.
letter2 pages
James McGrew (USMC, VA dialysis) — Amendment-violations affidavit
Page 3 of McGrew letter. Concludes vaccine/facemask concern (covid susceptibility), then Nutrition section: grievance forms filed at Grady County re food quality, temperature, inconsistent timing - never received notice back. At CTF multiple grievances filed re temp/quantity/timeframe/nutritional value - no relief. Food sits in plastic boxes on uncovered cart.
letter
Coffman violations (p.2) — 25 lbs lost, flight risk denial, "napalm" lie
Page 2 of Coffman amendment violations. Food so bad Lonnie has lost 25 lbs in captivity, no nutritional value, expired bologna, everything cold/freezer burned. Toilet flush button leaks down wall. No cleaning materials. Mail 10 days to several months late. Denied bail/bond twice, called a flight risk even though Lonnie cant even wipe his own buttocks. "Government lied about napalm in my truck which keeps me in this hell hole." Must use chemical burning cream on scalp - no haircut without vaccine. No video visitation whatsoever.
letter
From Ryan — Transport conditions Oklahoma to DC, dirty cell
Page 2 of letter from Ryan describing filthy pod conditions (spit, pubic hair, feces, mold), rotten food, and brutal shackled plane ride from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania where he fell injuring his shoulder. Marshalls on plane described as extremely rude.
letter
Testimony of Kelly Meggs — Forms forged, Cap Police civil suit served (p.3)
Page 3 of Meggs testimony. Housed in solitary without request - forms signed for them when they refused (refused 3 times then form signed for him). No video visits despite rest of jail having them. No video visits with attorney. "Have seen 0 evidence of my charges other than a copy of a few documents." Attorney calls take weeks. Food horrible no nutrition - all carb/fat/soy. Cells rust and mold. No chiropractic - "Too bad, we don't do that", denied additional mattress for back pain. Rusty shower areas. In-person Capitol Police served civil suit via guy with visitor tag - did not have to quarantine, but legal visits require detainee quarantine/lockdown. Beyond 24 hours no food or water on arrival.
letter
Handwritten Essay - DC Jail Conditions Catalog (p.3)
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.
Co-detainee18 documents in 12 items
Corroborating witness statements and letters from fellow January 6 detainees.
grievance_form · Oct 24, 2022
RRJ Grievance #032581: 1265 minutes lost, names O Connor/Alexander/Barnett (10/24/22)
Rappahannock Regional Jail Inmate Grievance Form OPER-0019 Control #032581 — Ryan Nichols 10/24/22 18:35 to Officer Barry. Filed against conditions of confinement: 1265 minutes (21.08 hours) lost rec from 10/14-10/20 due to trays, meds, codes, but mainly not enough officers working pod. Cites quote from multiple officers — "including O'Connor, Alexander, Barnett and more." Projects 609.72 hours/month (25.4 days) locked in cell. Identifies that DS pod above gets rec while C-4 stays locked. Cites Inmate Request Form #1209696. Notes witness statements available, mentions 3 people in a 2-man room. References his Lockdown Logbook. Received by Ombudsman 10/25/22, returned as duplicate per j6s8-065.
exhibit · Oct 19, 2021
Meeting With Jail Staff - 10/19/21 town hall, page 1
Notes from a 10/19/21 town hall meeting between J6 detainees and DC jail staff. Lists attendees including Debby Clark (case management), Ben Pellorin & Marvin Brown (Aramark), Shirley Smith (litigation), Annisica Point (mailroom), Captain Cobb, Sgt Franklin, Sgt Robinson, Officer Sorwanni. Shane Jenkins opened with prayer. Bryan Mock spoke about issues as pro se attorney; case manager Nesbitt refused to help with motions, phone lists; controversy over a Trump Won case management form.
letter
From Ryan — constitutional violation brainstorm by amendment (1st/4th/6th/8th/14th)
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."
letter
From Timothy L. Hale-Cusanelli #376441 — conditions list (Ryan Samsel beating note)
Letter signed by Timothy L. Hale-Cusanelli (#376441), J6 detainee, listing DC Jail conditions in bullet form. Church Services cannot be accessed/religious material is unavailable or has blatant discrimination. Dietary needs nearly impossible to attain without having a heart attack first. Meals devoid of nutrition, no real protein, rotten vegetables, excessive soy. Water metallic taste, contaminated w/ mold; ventilation contaminated w/ mold. Limited hygiene/grooming, no shaving/haircuts, sewage in showers. Recreation arbitrarily given, often in cells over 24 hrs straight, outdoor rec frequently cancelled. Access to court limited, attorney calls monitored, legal visits blocked, late for court because guards. Legal mail stolen by guards, discovery blocked by staff, grievances opened & read by offending officers. Guards make copies of personal mail and info of loved ones, share inmate court info w/ other guards for fun. "Testimony of physical abuse and threatened sexual abuse expressed by officers and Jail (beating of Ryan Samsel)." Mail and books withheld for weeks-months after safe arrival. Medical treatment withheld after numerous requests, lack of nutrition + exercise caused atrophy ignored despite appointments. Broken door locks fixed overnight but toilets go weeks without repair, toilet floods often fill whole C2B pod up to ankles. Inmate uniforms impossible to get replaced, clothing cheaply made.
affidavit
Timothy Hale (Hale-Cusanelli #376441) veteran witness statement (signed)
Timothy Hale veteran statement listing experiences in DC DOC: religious discrimination, ideological repression, no nutrition or gym access, extended solitary, no veterans/mental health services, mail/phone/electronic abuses, denial of legal counsel, mold/insects, targeted political/racial harassment by staff, jailhouse-snitch sabotage, restricted law library, and 1.5 years isolation. Specifically references Ryan Nichols' decline. Signed Timothy Hale #376441.
exhibit
Witness statement - Richard Jong Pak #98201 diabetic care denied
Signed witness statement from inmate Richard Jong Pak (DOB 10/24/70, ID 98201) attesting denial of diabetic medication for 3.5 months, missed 13 video attorney visits, placement in Ad-Seg for 8 months, separation from co-defendants by US Marshals, and witnessing inmates beaten in handcuffs.
other
DETAIL - jail cellblock chore signout sheet with Kelly Meggs
Handwritten jail cellblock detail roster assigning chores - tablet pickup, breakfast trays, sweep/mop, shower cleaning, phone spraying - listing Kelly Meggs, Ryan Nichols, Cleve, Jeff McKellop, and Tom by name.
letter5 pages
Brandon Fellows — Police permission to enter Capitol; Jacob Lang face slammed
Page 1 of detailed letter from J6 defendant Brandon Fellows. Pre-arrest: police said he could enter Capitol as long as he didnt go further than statuary hall, didnt go past police-guarded areas, followed curfew - all on video. Day of arrest: agents at moms house, called him - lawyer told him not to talk without warrant. Cancelled meeting, went to news interview. After FBI arrest they "claimed I ran, tried to shove my phone up a candy vending machine and ditched my vehicle in the middle of a busy road, all lies." FBI impounded his bus. At first hearing prosecution shared lies to put him on house arrest with mother who abused him. FBI kept business/tax records and phone until a customer complained to police. Subsequent revocation hearings - prosecution lied to revoke, denied (stricter requirements); 2nd revo officer lied; 3rd revo granted over missed rescheduled therapy session. First 2 weeks at Albany Jail (less than) - cell with no sink, guards once/day, begging inmates for water, hot in just boxers, food not adequate, birds flew in and pooped during day.
letter · Sep 15, 20212 pages
Alan Byerly — "Hole" placement for "looking white"
Letter from J6 detainee Alan Byerly #378160. The Final Call newsletter circulated with racist theology calling white people swine/pigs/dogs by Louis Farrakhan. Denied Church/Clergy/Barber unless vaccinated. Food barely edible - dinner 9/15/21 at 8:40pm was 2 hard boiled eggs, 4 pieces bread, scant noodle salad, 4 cookies, tartar sauce. Over half his GTL tablet contacts cant message him, including Power of Attorney and his father. Filed informal complaint - reply said they were blocked but he can check himself. Contact visits with family/attorneys require vaccine or 2-week quarantine - yet same people served papers via outside visitor (rules only when inconvenient). Added 5 new phone numbers, waited 2 days, none worked. At C.D.F. intake told would be PC to get to CTF but sent to quarantine with General Population prisoners. COs blurted out his cell # so other prisoners knew.
affidavit · Apr 6, 2022
Jessica Watkins veteran witness statement re DC DOC (p.1)
Page 1 of Jessica Watkins (#376520) veteran witness statement: 172 days solitary in 2021 plus 60 more in 2022, choir-singing hallucinations, refused therapy after declining drugs, nutritional deficiency (hair fell out, bruises, eyesight), and staff harassment over J6 political beliefs blaming detainees for DC police suicides.
letter · Sep 13, 20212 pages
Garret Miller — FBI Agent Palombo facial-unlock force
Sworn-style timeline from J6 defendant Garret Miller dated Monday September 13 2021. (1) Jan 20 vehicle window smashed after complying with arrest, gave keys to FBI agent Palombo. (2) Held down while Agent Palombo and Richardson police officers attempted to force facial unlock of his phone violently. (3) Ignored 3 lawyer requests before questioning. (4) Threatening behavior after refused DNA swab - taken next Monday after more threats. (5) Dallas County Lew Sterrett - no soap/cups/books, toxic food, no covid protection, no religious services, no access to law library. (6) Johnson County better but no religious services or law library. (7) Eden Detention Center - 228 inmates communal dorm, no law library, shattered collar bone, did not see orthopedic; transferred 2 days later with broken collar bone locked in chains and shackles, 4 hr painful car ride and 2 hr plane to Oklahoma. No vitamins, leg cramps after 1 week.
affidavit
Daniel Caldwell witness statement re DC DOC (p.1, signed top)
Daniel Caldwell (#376977, arrested 3/10/21) veteran statement page 1 listing experiences in DC DOC: hyper-vigilance, hygiene tactics denial, mold in cells/showers, memory loss, total mental breakdown, extended solitary, lack of trial date for 1 year 2 months, denial of Bail v. Brunfardo 2020 (Brunson?), stacked charges, food service failures.
Attorney2 documents
Defense counsel correspondence (Joseph McBride, Jonathan Gross).
letter · Oct 3, 2022
Atty Gross to Hull cont: Quaglin gluten food/missing discovery
Continuation of email from defense attorney Jonathan Gross (The Clevenger Firm, Baltimore MD) re Quaglin: requests neutral third-party food observer for gluten cross-contamination, raises pattern of disappearing discovery documents, attorney visit policies.
motion · Aug 10, 2022
Habeas Corpus petition — page 13 (USMS memo findings, MTG/Gohmert visit)
Page 13 quotes the Nov 1 2021 USMS memo to DC DOC finding systemic failures at CDF: water/food withheld for punitive reasons, standing sewage in cells, water shut off for days, cold meals, pervasive marijuana use by guards, untreated injuries, COVID-19 protocol failures, DOC staff antagonizing detainees and telling them to stop snitching. Paragraph 52: U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) and Louie Gohmert (TX-01) visited CTF C2B Patriot Pod on Nov 4 2021 after months of being denied access.
Govt response3 documents in 2 items
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.
motion · Sep 30, 2022
Defendant Reply to Government Opposition — page 1 of 14
Cover page of Defendant Nichols Reply to Government Opposition to Motion for Pretrial Release (Doc 168). References Exhibit A (habeas petition) and Exhibit C (further conditions of confinement).
exhibit2 pages
DC DOC Inmate Handbook 2022-2023
Page 3 of DC DOC Inmate Handbook listing inmate rights including access to legal assistance, freedom from abuse, access to health care, and freedom from discrimination. Describes Central Detention Facility (CDF) and Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF).
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