Pooh Shiesty is awaiting trial for the alleged robbery and kidnapping of his label boss Gucci Mane. He has reportedly been facing unjust circumstances behind bars. According to Complex, Shiesty's legal team claimed via a new emergency motion that he's locked up for 23 hours a day and is not getting the minimum time allotted for monthly visitation hours.
Per the Thursday (October 15) motion, the legal team alleged Texas' Rolling Plains Regional Jail are giving the Memphis rapper two visitation hours per month. The Bureau of Prisons reportedly mandates a minimum of four monthly visitation hours. More specifically, they cited an incident in which his aunt traveled from Memphis to see him at the facility. But her visit was cut short after an hour. Prison staff reportedly said Shiesty's girlfriend had already used one of the two monthly visitation hours about two weeks earlier.
"To visit him, I must take time off from work and incur significant travel expenses," his aunt reportedly wrote in a declaration. "Given the distance traveled and the time invested, a one-hour visit is simply not enough time for meaningful interaction with my loved one. The amount of travel required far exceeds the time we are permitted to spend together. [I've] seen Lontrell decline mentally and emotionally since he was moved to the jail in Haskell. He is worn down, extremely anxious, and seems severely depressed from being locked in a small room for most of the day, every day, with only two hours per month to see a family member in person."
The motion also claims Pooh Shiesty's solitary confinement has him in his cell for 23 hours a day. According to his lawyers, there's no reason for this.
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Pooh's legal team argued he hasn't been involved in violent or threatening conduct behind bars. As such, they see no significant disciplinary history that would justify isolation. Reportedly, they claim the only explanation for the confinement is a "vague statement" arguing it's for his protection. "He has not been told who or what poses a threat to him. No one has explained why confining him to his cell 23 hours per day is necessary to address it," the motion reportedly reads.
Attorneys for Shiesty claim he reached out to highlight his mental health struggles resulting from this isolation. These include difficulty sleeping and heightened anxiety.
Furthermore, defense lawyers want the court to intervene and call on the Marshals Service to assure his four guaranteed monthly visitation hours. They also want the Marshals Service to loosen the solitary confinement of 23 hours a day behind bars before his upcoming trial.
"We filed a motion seeking humane treatment for Lontrell while he is incarcerated," Pooh Shiesty's lawyer Kent Schaffer told Complex. "Although he has not been convicted or involved in any type of violent acts in jail, he is locked down 23 hours per day and only allowed two hours of visitation per month. He has little to no human conduct and that can wear anyone down physically, mentally, and emotionally. Pre-trial incarceration is not supposed to be punitive. So we are trying to get the court to step in and put an end to it."
Authorities arrested him on April 1 of this year. Pooh Shiesty's trial over the alleged Gucci Mane robbery and kidnapping will begin in February of 2027. That is, if everything goes according to the current schedule.
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