Convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal , 60 , has been hospitalized , but his lawyer says prison officials wo n't tell him why . Attorney Bret Grote with the Pittsburgh-based Abolitionist Law Center said Monday that his client is in the critical care unit of Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville , Pennsylvania . Grote says neither he nor Abu-Jamal 's brother , Keith Cook , have been allowed in to see him . 'We 're concerned , about as concerned as it gets , about Mumia 's health , ' Grote told the Philadelphia Inquirer . Hospitalized : Convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is in the critical care unit of a Pennsylvania hospital but his lawyers say officials wo n't tell them why . A Pennsylvania Department of Corrections official also declined to provide details . A spokesman for Pottsville 's Schuylkill Medical Center says he had no information about Abu-Jamal . 'We never discuss an inmate 's medical condition , ' deputy press secretary Susan Bensinger told the Inquirer . Mumia 's hospitalization was revealed Monday when a group of his friends arrived to the State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy for a visit and were informed by prison staff that he was n't there . While Grote and others had permission with the prison to visit Mumia , the hospital had not yet cleared them . Grote said he hoped the matter would be cleared up by Tuesday . Abu-Jamal is a former Black Panther serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of white Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner . Treated : Lawyers with Pittsburgh-based Abolitionist Law Center say prison officials told them their client is being treated at Pottsville 's Schuylkill Medical Center . His conviction was upheld through years of appeals , but he has gained international support for his claim that he 's the victim of a racist justice system . Mumia 's death sentence was overturned in 2012 . Abu-Jamal supporters include celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg , and many hail him as a revolutionary . Abu-Jamal has written several books , hosted his own radio show and even has a street named after him in France . Mumia Abu-Jamal ( left ) is a former Black Panther serving life in prison for the 1981 murder of white Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner ( right ) . His conviction was upheld through years of appeals , but his death sentence was converted to life in prison in 2012 .
Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal has been hospitalized at Abolitionist Law Center in Pennsylvania . The 60-year-old is in the critical care unit of the facility according to lawyers at the Pittsburgh-based Schuykill Medical Center . Mumia is serving a life sentence after years of appeals won him a reprieve from his death sentence in 2012 .