Troy Davis, GA death row inmate who has gained international support for his fight for justice is currently at Augusta State Medical Prison. He injured his achilles tendon late last year and is participating in the GA Department of Corrections’ version of rehabilitation. The following is from his sister, Martina:
To all:
As many of you know Troy has been at the Augusta Prison Hospital getting physical therapy for his achilles tendon post op. They were not getting him therapy at the prison so we had to complain. Yet becuase he is a death row inmate they are afraid to do anything for him and there are no specialty guards there to andle death row prisoners. he may have to stay there another week or two and yet he really wants to go back. He is locked down 24 hours a day, no tv, no radio, no books and no commissary as previously told he would get. The warden at Jackson said since the other death row inmates are acting up, then Troy has to get punished to so he is telling the warden at the prison hospital to practically do nothing for him, even though Troy has not been at jackson when all of this started he has been at the prison hospital almost two weeks or more. We had to get the lawyers to call because the were not even letting him shower. Now he can have a shower twice a week.
I am sending you all his address in hopes that you can get him out a quick letter of support and hang in there. He cannot have books or magazines, so what I did was copy some newspaper articles, internet articles, pages out of magazines and excerpts from a few books to give him something to occupy his time. He is getting stronger and they have him riding a bike but he says he notices the weakness in his leg. The guards are very nasty to him and won’t even take him to his attorney calls and we are working on that as well. He is not even allowed phone calls to family or friends. the Warden did come down and let him call us twice when the lawyers complained that he should at least be able to call his mother and let her know he is well.
Anyway I know you all are very busy but if you have time please drop him a line soon as I don’t know how much longer he will be there because he is ready to get out of there.
Mr. Troy A. Davis
Augusta State Medical Prison
#657378
3001 Gordon Highway
Grovetown, Georgia 30813
Thank you so very much
Martina
Georgia Prisons 
nell said,
February 10, 2010 @ 12:41 pm
I feel terrible. I’ve been sending mail to Jackson. What happens to Troy’s mail that is sent there? Nothing has been returned to me. It’s probably silly to think that his mail is forwarded…
I wish I knew how to stay more updated. I’m a member of his google group, and of several FB groups in support of Troy. I follow Amnesty news and blogs.
Though I write regularly, I don’t worry much when I don’t hear back. I know he’s got many letters to keep up with, and I just send cards and letters about things I think are sort of amusing.
georgiaprisons said,
September 18, 2010 @ 12:00 am
I believe Troy Davis is able to receive mail without a problem so long as it does not contain prohibited items.