Support Imam Jamil, the former H. Rap Brown, at the stateside Guantanamo by the International Committee to Support Imam Jamil Al-Amin

Imam Jamil, shown here with his son, must be free to come home to his family and his people.Imam Jamil Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown, is approaching his eighth year of political internment. A conspicuous stop for driving while Black during the spring of ‘99, a court closing due to a snowstorm in January 2000 and a bench warrant for non-appearance at that court date, a shooting incident and a rush to judgment accusation on March 16, 2000, an unjust arrest, a forced conviction and the inhumane sentence of life without parole plus 35 years in March 2002.

After being forced to serve five and a half years in administrative segregation - 23-hour-per-day lockdown, no human contact etc. - at the state prison at Reidsville, Georgia’s notorious K-Block, Imam Jamil Al-Amin in August 2007 was transferred to the maximum security federal prison at Florence, Colorado, known as the Supermax. His housing conditions remain 23-hour lockdown, no human contact, silence, five social visits per month, two phone calls per month and denial of all media requests for interviews.

Although he has no contact with them, he is joined by many other political prisoners who are well known Muslim leaders, as well as leaders in the struggle for self-determination: Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Imam Malik Khaba (Jeff Fort), Brother Sekou Odinga, Larry Hoover, leader of Growth and Development (formerly the Gangster Disciples) and Dr. Malakai Z. York, to name just a few. Due to all these leaders representing legitimate “people’s struggles,” Florence Supermax is being referred to as the stateside Guantanamo.

Imam Jamil Al-Amin’s transfer into federal custody and to the Supermax comes on the heels of some hard won victories: 1) The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Imam Jamil’s favor against the prison at Reidsville in regard to a suit filed to disallow them from continuing to open his legal mail, 2) The groundswell of support for the Imam developing into phone call-ins and postal and e-mail write-ins, bringing the offices at Reidsville Prison and the Department of Corrections to a virtual standstill, along with the periodic protest demonstrations that would cause Reidsville, the town and the prison to shut down..

Support must continue. Write to: Imam Jamil Al-Amin, # 99974-555, USP Florence Admax, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 81226.

Depositions relating to his Habeas Corpus hearing are being prepared. Being housed at Florence Supermax makes it additionally difficult for lawyers, family and the Imam to jointly work on his appeal. Financial contributions should be made to the Justice Fund, P.O. Box 98963, Atlanta GA 30377.

Free Imam Jamil! Free all political prisoners!

To learn more and get involved, contact the International Committee to Support Imam Jamil Al-Amin, 547 West End Place, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, and visit myspace.com/FreeTheImam.

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