Tue Aug 22, 2023 – 5:57 pm EDTTue Aug 22, 2023 – 7:04 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Alleged photos of a man reportedly subjected to brutal solitary confinement after being arrested for his involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, have triggered outrage and skepticism on social media. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has denied the accuracy of images.
On August 17, The Gateway Pundit published several “exclusive” photos reportedly showing a cell in Philadelphia’s Federal Detention Center (FDC) where January 6 prisoner Ryan Samsel had been held.
Samsel, who has been in custody since he was arrested after the riot in January 2021, told The Gateway Pundit he was kept in the “hard booking cell” for “about five, six months” and wasn’t let out even to attend medical appointments. He said the cell was cold, the light was kept on, and there were no windows.
Photos published on the site appear to show Samsel sitting in a closet-sized cell with no shirt or shoes and only a thin blue mat, water bottle, and mop bucket on the floor.
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