Jan. 6 Inmates Put Renewed Spotlight on Use of Solitary Confinement

‘He was in two weeks, let out for five or six days, and then today will be nine more weeks,’ Dr. Simone Gold said. ‘It’s unbelievable. Absolute torture.’
Jan. 6 Inmates Put Renewed Spotlight on Use of Solitary Confinement
Jan. 6 inmate John Strand—shown during the November 2022 filming of an Epoch Times documentary—has been held in solitary confinement for nine weeks. Paulio Shakespeare/The Epoch Times
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John Strand, who received a 32-month federal prison sentence for serving as the security detail for the founder of America’s Frontline Doctors at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, is being held in long-term solitary confinement for doing a media interview, Dr. Simone Gold says.

Mr. Strand, 40, of Naples, Florida, testified on June 13 at a U.S. House field hearing on Jan. 6 issues shortly after being sentenced for convictions on five criminal counts, including felony obstruction of an official proceeding and four misdemeanors. He has appealed the convictions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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