Isaiah “Zay” Teabout

It is antithetical to our justice system for United States citizens with no criminal history, accused of committing crimes based on ambiguous statements by complainants, to sit in administrative segregation while they fight the unfounded charges against them, of which they are presumed innocent under our Constitution. They have not been convicted of any crime, here or abroad, nor have they received a single disciplinary infraction, and yet they are subject to some of the most restrictive conditions of confinement in this country. They face no charge in any American court and are held solely at the request of a foreign government—even further removed from anyone the law permits to punish. The Tates’ months-long detention in administrative segregation based solely on unsupported, anonymous allegations at the provisional stage (before the U.K. submitted its formal extradition request) is fundamentally inconsistent with due process.