Ahmed Abu Ali, Terror Suspect, And His Solitary Confinement In Florence's Supermax

Ahmed Abu Ali, Terror Suspect, And His Solitary Confinement In Florence's Supermax

My brother, Ahmed Abu Ali, has spent the past five years in solitary confinement, under 23-hour lockdown, in a 7x12 cell. He has one recreational hour in which he must get strip-searched if he wishes to leave his cell. He gets one unscheduled telephone call a month to his family, and receives the newspaper by the time news becomes history. If I send him a letter wishing him a happy birthday, he gets it 60 days later. When I visit him, once a year, I speak to him from behind a glass window. He is literally in a dungeon, over 20 meters beneath the ground

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot