It’s Time to Stop Trying to Kill My Husband and Free Him Now!!
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Mumia and Wadiya, February 6, 2012
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Wadiya Jamal, April 5, 2015
Enough is enough!!! Today is my birthday. April 24 is Mumia’s 61st
birthday. But today my husband is in critical condition in a cell in
the infirmary at SCI Mahanoy. We need Mumia free and home!!!
This rotten ass system has made many attempts on my husband's life when his only crime
is that on December 9, 1981 he survived a cop’s gunshot to the chest
through his lungs to the liver, a serious ass whipping by cops on the
street of 13th and Locust, then cops surrounding his hospital bed
stepping on his urine bag making the poison go back up into his body.
He is innocent in the murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner and
the cops on the scene all knew that. But Mumia was convicted for a
murder he did not commit and sentenced to death.
For over 30 years my husband was on death row in solitary
confinement!!! where he was caged 24 hours a day, in his cell and even
when outside. In general population these past three years, he has yet
to receive his correct diet,!!! He developed a skin disease that spread
over his whole body, treated with wrong medicine that he was allergic
to, had pneumonia and last Monday, March 30, he went into diabetic shock
with a blood sugar level of a deadly high of 779 and rushed to the
hospital and put into the ICU on an insulin drip.
During these years on death row and now slow death row, Mumia has
lost his mother, his sister, a brother, our brother Jahlani, my mother,
my father, and our baby girl Goldii who was very active in trying to
free him 'til the end of her life. Every single one of them expected to
see him come home a free man, because like us all they believe in his
innocence. May Allah bless and have mercy on their sweet souls!!!!
The prison didn’t even let me
know my husband had been rushed to the hospital and put into the ICU. I
was told by Rachel Wolkenstein and then I called to find out what
happened and where Mumia was taken. And then the prison blocked my visit
at the hospital until the international campaign flooded the prison and
PA Department of Corrections with protest calls. Guards stood outside
the hospital room and one was inside the room with Mumia. I was shocked
at his condition, he had lost over 40 pounds, was weak, barely able to
sit up and keep his head up, handcuffed to his chair, with labored
breathing, and dry mouth. I told him about all the love outpouring for
him and that the world is watching!!!
News media waited outside the hospital for our report after Mumia’s
brother Keith Cook and I visited Mumia. It took all my strength and the
memory of our daughter Goldii for me to be able to speak to the press
after seeing my very ill, weak husband. The press did report Mumia’s
serious medical condition … But the press wouldn’t report my statement
that Mumia is innocent, he should never have been arrested or convicted!!! He should never have been in prison. This medical condition should never have happened. Mumia needs to be free!!!
The prison Superintendent promised that Keith and I and other
family members would be able to visit Mumia again the next day,
Wednesday. But when we arrived for the visit, we were refused, with the
new “Mumia rule” that a person could have only one visit a week with a
prisoner. After more protests, the prison allowed Mumia’s eldest son,
Jamal Hart, who had driven over 400 miles, and his younger brother, Bill
Cook to visit. They described Mumia as in worse condition than he was
the day before. Jamal came out, saying, “I couldn’t stand there and
watch my father in pain. I kissed and hugged him and left."
Jamal and I had medical
consults with the attending doctors and the ICU nurse. They described my
husband’s arrival in the ICU with a blood sugar level of 779, an
abnormal kidney, and dangerously high sodium levels. They had Mumia on
an insulin drip and later tested him for gallstones, which they found he
had. When asked, the hospital admitted that they didn’t have a diabetes
specialist. That morning (Wednesday) his blood sugar level was still a
very high 333. The attending doctor told us they needed his bed in the
ICU for other patients. But the kidney doctor said that he would check
my husband the next morning as to whether his kidney function was
normal.
Yet, just a few hours later, without letting us know, Mumia was
sent back to the prison, without an expert medical diagnosis or a
treatment plan or his sugar levels under control. He was transferred
back to the prison infirmary with a temperature of 102 degrees, to the
same people who knew for weeks and didn’t treat his “new onset
diabetes” before he collapsed and went into diabetic shock.
This is execution by medical neglect and mistreatment.
On Thursday, April 2, I spoke with the Chief Health Care
Administrator at SCI Mahanoy who gave me a report and said that I could
call and get medical updates on Mumia’s health day or night. But from my
first call late Thursday night through this weekend, my attempts to
reach the infirmary were blocked.
On Friday, April 3, some family and friends were able to visit
Mumia. Instead of allowing visits in the infirmary, they had Mumia
brought down to the general visiting room in a wheelchair. He had to go
through security checks between the infirmary and the visiting area,
meaning taking his clothes on and off and a body search.
His brother Keith Cook, who
had seen Mumia on Tuesday said Mumia appeared worse. My sister, Rachel
Wolkenstein, said Mumia appeared very sick, and was so weak he was
barely able to hold a pen to sign a legal document. Mumia told those
visiting, also including Mike Africa, Abdul John and Johanna Fernandez,
that his morning blood sugar was 186 and spiked again to around 330
after a lunch of spaghetti! Mumia was very tired but alert and asked
about the court hearing on the “Silencing Act” went and whether there
was a decision yet.
We have no new information on Mumia’s condition. Pam Africa and
Johanna Fernandez are attempting to visit him Monday, April 6. I will be
visiting on Thursday.
Diabetes is a deadly disease. My mother had diabetes. It requires
constant care and healthy food. It can lead to loss of eyesight, nerve
damage, amputation and loss of kidney function. Mumia has had problems
with his feet and leg for years, also not adequately treated.
Send your letters and cards with love and news to Mumia. His
address is: Mumia Abu-Jamal, #AM 8335, SCI Mahanoy, 301 Morea Dr.,
Frackville, PA 17932.
To all those people around the world who have stated their love and
support for Mumia over the years, please, please, please ACT NOW!!!!
MUMIA MUST LIVE!!!! . HE NEEDS MEDICAL CARE AND ATTENTION. WE
NEED TO FIGHT FOR HIM TO GET THAT CARE NOW. BUT WE NEED TO FIGHT TO GET
MUMIA OUT OF PRISON, FREE AND HOME, NOW!!!
Wadiya Jamal, with Big Pride
Send your message back to me via my Facebook “in box” at:
Write to me at: Wadiya Jamal, PO Box 19404, Kingsessing Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 19143-9998
WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE.
Let SCI Mahanoy Superintendent John Kerestes and Secretary of
Corrections John Wetzel know we insist that Mumia have a diabetes
specialist examine and treat him.
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Wadiya Jamal, outside hospital
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Samiya (Goldii) Performs at Mumia's 55th
Birthday & Book Release Party (2009)
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