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Kenneth “Swift Justice” Traywick has been incarcerated in Alabama and separated from his family for over 16 years. But things took a turn for the worse when he was placed in isolation at Bullock Correctional Institution after going on a 35-day hunger strike. Bullock does not allow the use of tablets in isolation, Traywick says, and as of last fall, that is the only way people incarcerated in Alabama can receive mail, aside from legal mail.
“You’re actually infringing on my constitutional rights to have mail brought to me and utilize the mail services to stay in touch with my family or my lawyers,” Traywick said he told authorities. After his complaints, he said the facility started allowing inmates in segregation to receive mail, but Traywick was still unable to access his…