Conservative influencer Jake Lang is being held in solitary confinement at Montgomery County Jail in Tennessee after his arrest at a bond hearing for fellow livestreamer 'Chud the Builder' on 21 May, according to Lang's official X account.
The news came after footage showed Lang being led from the Montgomery County Courthouse in handcuffs during the hearing, which related to a 13 May shooting outside the same courthouse. Prosecutors have charged Chud, whose legal name has not been given in the posts, in connection with that incident.
Lang, a prominent right‑wing activist, was attending the hearing and later claimed on X that he was arrested after criticising what he called a 'two‑tiered justice system' as he was ordered to leave the courtroom.
Lang's account has since become the central vehicle for allegations about his treatment behind bars. The posts, apparently written by an associate managing the page while Lang is in custody, claim he is being kept alone in a lit cell around the clock, barred from telephone calls and cut off from his lawyer.
UPDATE—Jake is still unable to make any phone calls but he was able to get an update to me today.1. They are keeping him locked in solitary the entire time he is there.2. he will not be allowed to make any calls while there and they have him completely silenced.3. they…pic.twitter.com/uszpI4UJ8Q
In one lengthy update, the associate wrote that Lang 'has not been having any sleep' because the lights in his cell are left on 24 hours a day. The same post says he has been denied access to the jail's law library and is being blocked from speaking with an attorney even as another court date approaches.
Those details, if accurate, would raise serious questions about whether basic rights are being observed for an inmate whose underlying offence is described by his family as a misdemeanour contempt of court.
The associate also claims they have been cut off from the jail after attempting to challenge Lang's conditions. 'I have already been documenting every call I've had with these psychopaths in the jail, and they know I have the recording of them ripping him out of his cell just for begging for food,' the post reads.
'So when I called to get all of this new info on record and an explanation for the treatment the lieutenant decided to now SILENCE ME and told the entire jail to no longer take my calls.'
Attached to the X thread is an audio recording said to be a phone conversation between Lang's mother and staff at the Montgomery County Jail. In it, a woman identified as his mother sounds increasingly distressed as she tries, and largely fails, to extract any concrete information about why her son is in solitary confinement and why, she says, he is being made to sleep under bright lights.
Source: International Business Times UK
