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Kenneth Shaun Traywick

AKA: Swift Justice; Shaun Traywick
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Gender:Male
Era:2020s
State:Alabama
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Kenneth Shaun Traywick

Biography

Kenneth Shaun Traywick, known as Swift Justice, is an incarcerated Alabama writer, prison abolitionist and co-founder of Unheard Voices of the Concrete Jungle. Truthout describes years of solitary confinement in retaliation for speaking out. This reported treatment during imprisonment is separate from his original convictions. A 2016 federal court recommendation records 2009 first-degree robbery and first-degree sodomy convictions and two consecutive 25-year prison terms. Alabama Political Reporter interviewed him inside Bullock in January 2026 after a 35-day hunger strike, reporting that parole had been denied in June 2024 and his next hearing was set for 2029. He alleged a retaliatory pepper-spray assault; he also said ADOC dismissed his grievance as the force was deemed justified. That account is not a judicial finding of retaliation. The reviewed sources do not establish exact dates or a formal disciplinary term for the earlier reported solitary confinement.

Verified detail sources (October 9, 2026): Truthout’s contributor biography identifies Shaun Traywick as Swift Justice, the prison abolitionist and Unheard Voices co-founder, and uses he/him. No birthdate or segregation duration is inferred from his criminal sentence or hunger-strike duration. Source 1.

Photo source: Truthout. Named author portrait of Shaun Traywick, also known as Swift Justice; photographer not specified. Source image reproduced without alteration.

Case

Charges: Reported administrative retaliation for prison advocacy; no new criminal charge verified
Sentence: Truthout’s author biography describes years in solitary confinement as retaliation for speaking out. Exact entry and exit dates, total time served in that segregation and an imposed disciplinary term are not established in the reviewed sources and remain unset. The consecutive 25-year terms recorded in the 2016 federal court document concern his original robbery and sodomy convictions, not activism. His November 20 to December 25, 2025 hunger strike was reported as lasting 35 days; that figure is not a verified duration of solitary confinement. In January 2026, he told Alabama Political Reporter that an assault was retaliatory and his grievance was dismissed because ADOC considered the force justified. No exoneration, release from prison or court finding of retaliation is claimed. Sources: https://truthout.org/authors/shaun-traywick/ ; https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-almd-2_14-cv-00990/pdf/USCOURTS-almd-2_14-cv-00990-0.pdf ; https://www.alreporter.com/2026/01/19/kenneth-traywick-speaks-out-after-35-day-hunger-strike-at-bullock-prison/