Pooh Shiesty Gets November 10 Hearing Over 23-Hour Jail Lockdown His Lawyers Call Inhumane

Pooh Shiesty will get in front of a federal judge on Tuesday, November 10. The Memphis rapper, born Lontrell Williams Jr., is challenging the conditions of his confinement at Rolling Plains Regional Jail in Haskell, Texas, where his attorneys say he is locked inside his cell 23 hours a day while he awaits trial. A hearing on the dispute is set for November 10, according to WFAA.

In an emergency motion filed October 15, his legal team argues the isolation is not tied to any behavior on his part — the filing says he has no significant disciplinary history at the facility — and that officials have offered only a vague safety explanation. “He is locked down 23 hours per day and has no contact with anyone other than staff,” his attorney Kent Schaffer told Complex. The motion says his in-person visitation was cut from four hours a month to two, half the Bureau of Prisons minimum, and asks the court for credit for visit time that was cut short — for a detainee whose family lives more than 600 miles away in Memphis. His lawyers say the isolation has brought on increased anxiety, difficulty sleeping and trouble concentrating, and they want the lockdown ended and the four-hour monthly visits restored.

Federal prosecutors answered on October 20 and told the judge the motion should be denied outright. “It can hardly be said that these conditions of confinement are inhumane,” U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould wrote in the government’s response. Prosecutors say the separation is for Williams’ own safety: their filing says three inmates tried to get into his cell area to get his autograph. They also submitted roughly 500 pages of tablet records — 231 video visits totaling about 45 hours, 12,342 emails sent and received since July 1, and unfettered tablet access to Netflix, the NFL Channel, music and games. The government says he admitted ingesting fentanyl while detained, and that his visiting hours match those of other federal detainees.

Williams has pleaded not guilty to federal robbery and kidnapping charges — allegations that remain unproven — tied to what prosecutors describe as a January 10 incident at a Dallas recording studio involving Gucci Mane. He was arrested in April and is being held without bond. His trial is scheduled for February 22, 2027, in federal court in Dallas. The November 10 hearing is not about guilt or innocence; it decides where he waits for that trial, and how.

So what do you think: is a 23-hour lockdown too much for a man who has not been convicted, or does the tablet access change the picture? Drop your take in the comments. ITSBIZKIT will update this story after Tuesday’s hearing.

Sources: WFAA (hearing date) · Complex (defense attorney statements) · Billboard and FOX 4 (government response filing) · The Source (emergency motion) · Law Commentary (case background)

Pooh Shiesty Gets November 10 Hearing Over 23-Hour Jail Lockdown His Lawyers Call Inhumane