rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/stop-kevans-transfer-to-hmp-manchester?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-stop-kevans-transfer-to-hmp-manchester' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Anti-carceral Solidarity https://actionnetwork.org/groups/anti-carceral-solidarity https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Kevan Thakrar is a long-term prisoner having served 16 years, 14 of which have been in horrific solitary confinement that the UN described as torture. He is now facing an imminent transfer to HMP Manchester (also known as Strangeways). He was in the Segregation Unit of HMP Manchester between June and December 2013 and when he was there, he experienced huge amounts of racial abuse and violence from officers. It is known that should he be transferred to HMP Manchester, others on the Segregation unit are known racists and organised fascists, increasing the potential harm for Kevan if he was to be located there. He would be unlocked from his cell alone - so he would see no other people at all, and exist entirely alone. Living conditions in the Segregation Unit at HMP Manchester are severely degrading and inhumane. In Kevan’s words, the unit “could accurately be described as a tomb, with no natural light or ventilation reaching its depths”. We are asking you to take action to request that the prison authorities do not transfer him to HMP Manchester. We are asking HMP Manchester to reject the move of Kevan Thakrar. Kevan should be released from the CSC and segregation conditions altogether. Please take action now to prevent serious harm to Kevan, the worsening of his Post-Traumatic Stress and racial violence in the prison. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/4a24af5ea89430a72cb8a0d8631ed251760bb386