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MAJOR TILLERY STILL IN HOSPITAL! 

October 31—The latest information received by Major Tillery’s daughter, Kamilah Iddeen, at 8:30 am Friday morning is her father is suffering gastro-intestinal problems that may require surgery. Major Tillery is 65 years old. He has spent some 25 years of over 30 in maximum security and in the “hole.” He has been hospitalized four days with a gastro-intestinal problem that could lead to sepsis. Ms. Iddeen is authorized by her father to receive all medical information but prison officials are not allowing her to speak to him or to the doctors who are treating him at an undisclosed hospital. 

Major Tillery advocated not just for himself, but for Mumia Abu-Jamal and other prisoners suffering from a severe skin rash that was not diagnosed or treated. In retaliation, Tillery was precipitously transferred from SCI Mahanoy to SCI Frackville and then set-up and put in the hole. 

Major Tillery was recently subjected to four months in the SCI Frackville RHU (‘the hole’) on a set-up charge. In the RHU he did not have a normal diet and was denied commissary and exercise. He was ill before this latest hospitalization. Major Tillery has liver disease and a liver stent. In 2012 the family was told by prison officials that Major Tillery was dying because he had a blockage in that stent. In addition, he has high blood pressure and arthritis. For almost a year Major Tillery has complained of a continuing skin ailment that is very itchy and periodically infected. He filed repeated grievances first at SCI Mahanoy and then at SCI Frackville for medical neglect and mistreatment. All of these were denied. 

Neither SCI Frackville Superintendent Brenda Tritt or her assistant would answer Ms. Iddeen’s calls and requests to speak to her father. On Friday afternoon Kamilah Iddeen went to PA Department of Corrections (DOC) central offices in Mechanicsburg, PA to speak to a Deputy Comissioner. 

1. She was told she could not speak with anyone without a prior appointment. 
2. Then she was told that she could not make an appointment and would be “escorted out” of the building. 

Major Tillery advocated not just for himself, but for Mumia Abu-Jamal and other prisoners suffering from a severe skin rash that was not diagnosed or treated. In retaliation, Tillery was precipitously transferred from SCI Mahanoy to SCI Frackville and then set-up and put in the hole. 


Call prison officials and demand: 

• Visits with Major Tillery by his family and lawyer. 
• Provide full medical information and treatment to his family and lawyer. 
• Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery. He should be exonerated for the false charges of drug possession and this misconduct removed from his record. 
• Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville back to SCI Mahanoy or to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania to remain near his family. 

Dept. Of Corrections Secretary
           John Wetzel (717) 728-4109 
 Superintendent SCI Frackville 
           Brenda Tritt (570) 874-4516 

 Write:
 Major Tillery AM 9786 SCI Frackville
 1111 Altamont Blvd. 
 Frackville, PA 17931

 For More Information: 
www.Justice4MajorTillery.blogspot.com

Call/Write: Kamilah Iddeen (717) 379-9009,                        Kamilah29@yahoo.com 
Nancy Lockhart (843) 412-2035,  thewrongfulconviction@gmail.com 
Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com

Justice4MajorTillery.blogspot.com

URGENT ALERT MAJOR TILLERY IN HOSPITAL!

UPDATE: Wednesday October 28, 2015. Kamilah Iddeen, Major Tillery's daughter finally heard from the nurse at SCI Frackville this morning. From what she was told Major has serious gastrointestinal issues, is staying in the hospital. In her opinion, it "doesn't sound like a routine check-up." The prison is still refusing a visit or phone call between Major Tillery and family members or to discuss legal issues. Keep up the calls to the DOC and SCI Frackville! Sometime yesterday Major Tillery, a 65 year-old man, was rushed to the hospital from SCI Frackville. Since hearing this yesterday evening through the prison grapevine, family and attorney have tried to learn more. Today, the only thing we have been told by Superintendent Brenda Tritt is that this was “a routine admission” and Major is “receiving the appropriate medical attention.” Nothing more to to Major Tillery’s daughter, Kamilah Iddeen--not the hospital, the reason for rushing Major to the hospital, no agreement for family and legal visits.

Major Tillery has liver disease and a liver shunt, arthritis with chronic back and hip pain, and a festering skin rash and open sores. Major Tillery has filed grievance after grievance objecting to the lack of medical treatment and refusal to renew needed medical devices. Major Tillery has been imprisoned for 30 years, 25 in the hole and in the most severe super max prisons in the country. For prison officials his crime is his advocacy for other prisoners and leadership capabilities, including challenging abusive prison conditions and inadequate medical treatment. He has been subject to retaliation by prison authorities since he began his successful legal effort to stop the overcrowding and curb the inhumane conditions in SCI Pittsburgh over 25 years ago. See, Tillery v. Owens (1990) In early 2015, Major complained about the spreading skin disease at SCI Mahanoy, where he was then imprisoned. He stood up for Mumia Abu-Jamal and other prisoners who were suffering from this. For his acts of solidarity, Major Tillery was transferred to SCI Frackville and then put in the hole on falsified charges. After four months with limited food rations, deprived of commissary, contact visits and allowed less than one-hour a day of exercise, Major was released into general population. This was two months less than his prison sentence of six months in the hole – the prison’s response to an international campaign for Major!  Now Major is in the hospital. He is not being allowed contact with his family or attorney. They are not being given any real information on his condition. Call prison officials and demand: Visits with Major Tillery by his family and lawyer. Full medical information and treatment should be provided to his family and lawyer. Stop the Retaliation Against Major Tillery. He should be exonerated for the false charges of drug possession and this misconduct removed from his record. Transfer Major Tillery from SCI Frackville back to SCI Mahanoy or to another facility in eastern Pennsylvania to remain near his family. Dept. Of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel           (717) 728-4109  Superintendent Brenda Tritt, SCI Frackville           (570) 874-4516  Write to Major Tillery AM 9786 SCI Frackville 1111 Altamont Blvd. Frackville, Pa. 17931 For More Information, Go To: Justice4MajorTillery/blogspot Call/Write: Kamilah Iddeen (Major Tillery’s daughter) (717) 379-9009,Kamilah29@yahoo.com Nancy Lockhart (843) 412-2035, thewrongfulconviction@gmail.com Rachel Wolkenstein, Esq. (917) 689-4009, RachelWolkenstein@gmail.com Justice4MajorTillery.blogspot.com