America’s Political Prisoners: One J6er’s Story
Behind me, two heavy steel doors shut with a fatalistic clash that conjures an image of Dante at the portal of Hell: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
I’ve crossed the perimeter of a federal prison to meet one of the reputed “threats to our democracy,” convicted of “storming the Capitol” on January 6, 2021.
A guard nonchalantly ushers me into a dreary room that gives the impression of a neglected small-town DMV. Haphazard rows of cheap plastic chairs litter the floor, and the walls are lined with discolored plastic placards bearing messages such as “NO PROFANITY” and other codes of conduct and dress for visitors. No one has yet bothered to remove the makeshift sign that reads “FACE MASKS REQUIRED BEYOND THIS POINT,” though all ignore the directive.
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