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Mumia, this is a quick message from Uptown Serg, just to let you know that you have my thoughts and prayers as you battle against not only a system that has unjustly imprisoned you but also other health issues which your illegal incarceration has only exacerbated. When I received news of your COVID-19 diagnosis, I was just as devastated as I was when I received news of Russell Maroon Shoatz's diagnosis. I worry about you every day, because I feel a different kind of connection with you. I could have never imagined that, one day, you'd be my elder, teacher, mentor, friend, brother, comrade, and so much more. When I was kicked out of SCI Hutchinson and sent directly to solitary confinement to SCI Greene, I was well aware of its reputation for brutality and violence against so-called rebellious prisoners. It was 2004, and I was finding it difficult to adjust to the penitentiary. I didn't quite knew who I was, but I knew that I wasn't who my prison jacket said I was. And if I was that, I knew that I didn't want t