This afternoon I received another letter from Josiah, from Jesup FCI, detailing his interaction with staff. He mentions that he has been in “investigatory detention” and also mentions SHU (Special Housing Unit) otherwise known as “the hole” or “hell” or “solitary confinement.”
Despite the stress of all of that, Josiah comes across as very measured and (to me) even bright. That is characteristic for him, to be pleasant in the most serious of circumstances. Here is a scanned copy of the letter.
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Also, last Friday I had sent Josiah a courtesy copy of my letter dated July 14, 2017 to the court, on which I also copied many others. The tracking showed that it had been delivered , but then I started seeing tracking for the priority number that made it look like the item was being returned to me. That turned out to not be the case. The tracking was for the return receipt, and I do not recall seeing that before. That was delivered to me this afternoon at 12:18 PM EDT.
My mail has been coming a lot earlier than it did for years, at least an hour or two earlier. I am pretty happy about that.
I couldn’t read the name of the agent who signed for the letter, so I sent an email to the prison staff to request that employee’s name and title. I sent that at 1:46 PM EDT, and they wrote back at 3:16 PM EDT, and were courteous in giving me what I had asked for, and they even added, “We trust this information would be helpful.” I wrote back (3:21 PM EDT) and told them it was and thanked them.
Small moves. Moment by moment.