Demanding Treatment for Mumia Abu Jamal

 

The following statement was submitted by Noelle Hanrahan, Director of Prison Radio. 

I spoke with Mumia last night. I asked if had he received the life-saving hepatitis C treatment. He said, “Hell no!”

It's been 33 days since Judge Robert Mariani ordered the DOC to provide Mumia with the treatment. Mumia is at serious risk of medical complications from his active, chronic hep C infection. The debilitating symptoms include skin irritation on his entire body, numbness in his extremities, vision problems, and swollen feet. His organs are extremely vulnerable.

Mumia's lawyers Bret Grote, Esq of the Abolitionist Law Center and Robert Boyle, Esq. have filed a motion for contempt. The DOC and Correct Care Solutions have filed a stay and an opposition to the contempt motion with the 3rd Circuit.

You can take action now! Click here to call, fax, and email officials at the prison and DOC to demand that Mumia and all hep C+ people in PA prisons receive the life saving cure. 

Bonus feature:  Mumia Abu Jamal commentary - On Death Row Without a Sentence