Rep. Matt Gaetz directly addressed concerns of political retaliation by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons against J6 political prisoners and specifically called out the outrageous treatment of Owen Shroyer and John Strand.
Congressman Gaetz directly addressed his concerns to The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Colette Peters.
Does the Bureau of Prisons retaliate against people based on political on constitutionally protected speech? Director Peters: I have been very clear that retaliation will not be stood for on my watch.
Rep. Gaetz: Are you familiar with the matter of John Strand? Director Peters: That name is not familiar to me.
Rep. Gaetz: So what's a special housing unit? Director Peters: A special housing unit is one of our restrictive housing placements that could include disciplinary segregation, protective custody, and would house individuals that either were at harm to harm themselves or others or had actually engaged in misbehavior inside our institution.
Director Peters: We would use the word restrictive housing.
Director Peters: Congressman, we use that special housing unit for individuals that engage in any sort of misconduct inside our institutions.
Rep. Gaetz: Yeah, I get that you can’t know the conditions of every single prisoner throughout the Bureau. This is one I’ve ripened and sent to you because I am worried that throughout our Department of Justice and what we’ve endured, that there are some people who are sort of being used as pawns and they’re being mistreated in order to send a message to other people. And I’m grateful that you’ve said here that is not your doctrine. You don’t want to see that happen. But you also haven’t been able to share with us an entire confidence that that isn’t happening in some cases, and I’m worried that it’s happening here. Have you heard of the matter of Owen Schrayer?
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