Yesterday, I described what happened to Daniel McGowan, the environmental activist who posted on HuffPo about his treatment in a Communication Management Unit; shortly after that post, the Marshalls detained him at his halfway house.
HuffPo has an update. First, the Bureau of Prisons is reviewing whether it was appropriate to detain McGowan.
The jailing of environmental activist Daniel McGowan is under review, a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) official said Friday morning.
McGowan, who pleaded guilty to arson linked to the Earth Liberation Front in 2006, was serving out the final months of his seven-year sentence in a Brooklyn halfway house when he was jailed by federal marshals Thursday morning, allegedly for writing a commentary on The Huffington Post critical of a harshly restricted federal prison unit in which he had spent time.
Tracy Rivers, a residential reentry manager for the BOP in New York, told HuffPost Friday morning, “We are reviewing this case to determine if the actions that were taken were appropriate.”
And in an update, they say he will be returned to the halfway house.
Daniel McGowan may soon leave jail. His attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Rachel Meerpool, told HuffPost Friday afternoon that, “We have been told by the BOP that he will be sent back to the halfway house today.”
Daniel McGowan may soon leave jail. His attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, Rachel Meerpool, told HuffPost Friday afternoon that, “We have been told by the BOP that he will be sent back to the halfway house today.”