Chuck Darwin<p>Incarcerated journalist <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kevin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kevin</span></a> “<a href="https://c.im/tags/Rashid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rashid</span></a>” <a href="https://c.im/tags/Johnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Johnson</span></a>, who first drew attention to self-harm at the state facility in October through his work on "Prison Radio", a non-profit activist organization.</p><p>Johnson reported that he had met an individual in September named <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ekong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ekong</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Eshiet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eshiet</span></a>, who claimed to have returned from the hospital the day before after being treated for self-inflicted burns. </p><p>On Prison Radio, Johnson said Eshiet had told him that “the racism and abuses, the hard and inhumane conditions at Red Onion, were so intolerable that he and others were setting themselves on fire in desperate attempts to be transferred away from the prison”.</p><p>About a week later, Prison Radio also released an audio recording from Ekong Eshiet himself, in which Eshiet talked about how he had started a hunger strike since returning from being treated for his burns. </p><p>He said he was protesting “discrimination”, which he says he has to deal with every day at Red Onion.</p><p>“I’m going about this the right <br>way, I guess, like with the hunger strike way,” Eshiet said. </p><p>“But if I have to, I don’t mind setting myself on fire again. This time, I would set my whole body on fire before I have to stay up here and do the rest of my time up here. I would rather die before I stay up here, because every day I’m dealing with discrimination, whether it’s behind my race, my last name or my religion.”</p><p>According to reporting from Al Jazeera, Johnson, the incarcerated journalist, was put into solitary confinement in early November, shortly after he first drew attention to the self-harm.</p><p>Noelle Hanrahan, the founder of Prison Radio, said in an interview that she had spoken with Johnson’s attorney and been told that Johnson had been placed in solitary confinement.</p>