From Truthout:
Mitchell Bolder, a 60-year-old Black man known to his friends as “Rusty,” died by suicide on June 25 at the federal penitentiary in Victorville, California. Local media reported that he was “found unresponsive,” and “prison staff quickly initiated life-saving measures and requested emergency medical services. Despite continued efforts, Mr. Bolder was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced deceased.”
But that is not the full truth.
In the run-up to Bolder’s suicide, the entire prison of 1,176 incarcerated men had been locked down, meaning Bolder and the other prisoners were confined to their called cells for 24 hours a day (with showers allowed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays), according to three men imprisoned at USP Victorville who spoke to Truthout. Continue reading
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