Here is the round up of repression for October from In Contempt.
Casey Goonan Sentencing
From Casey’s support committee:
Today at the federal building in downtown Oakland, dozens of friends, comrades and family gathered to support Casey at their sentencing hearing. Before a courtroom with pews full of supporters, both the US Attorney and Casey’s legal team made their arguments before the judge in addition to Casey themselves addressing the court and reading a prepared statement.
In alignment with the plea deal between the prosecution and the defense, the prosecution asked for a sentence of 188 months with an additional 15 years of close supervision afterwards that would include, among other restrictions, no possession of a computer or digital device without the approval of a parole officer, the installation of surveillance software on any device if possession was granted. The defense didn’t contest the close supervision but proposed a sentence of 96 months.
After a recount of his reasoning and overall position, the judge was vicious, pronouncing a sentence of 235 months and then 15 years of close supervision. This is 20 years, well beyond the plea deal agreement, and nearly the limit of the federal sentencing guidelines of 240 months.
The prosecution also requested that the judge recommend Casey be placed in an especially restrictive “Communication Management Unit” (CMU). The judge agreed to recommend this placement, but the BOP isn’t subject to the judge’s recommendations on placement. Placement will be up to the BOP and their own processes.
Statement on Behalf of Casey Goonan by Attorney Jeff Wozniak, approved by Casey
“Today, Casey Goonan gathered with their community to demand an end to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, to stand in support of Palestinian liberation, and to receive their prison sentence.
The context of Casey’s actions should not be forgotten. They sought to raise awareness of the U.S. government’s support for the genocide in Gaza, a support that remains unabated. They recognize now that they were in the midst of a mental health crisis and that they should have chosen a different path in their activism.
Casey is remorseful for the harm they caused to their community, and is ready to enter a new phase as an activist inside prison. Casey’s case concluded today, but the fight for Palestinian Liberation continues.”
This is a devastating turning point in Casey’s case and indeed, their whole life. This also marks a shift in what support for them will look like. But in immediate terms, here are some notes on what Casey will be going through and what we can expect in the next few months.
Transfer
Currently incarcerated at Santa Rita, a county jail, Casey will be getting transferred to a federal facility. Multiple bureaucratic processes determine when and how things happen. but the legal team advised us that Casey will likely be quickly transferred to Taft C.I., a federal facility in California’s Central Valley while the federal intake and classification process begins. Casey will drop off locator systems each time they are in transit and then pop back up when they arrive at the next. It’s important not to be alarmed by this and know that it is typical. While the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) puts Casey through all their intake and classification processes, Casey’s location will be in flux as they most likely will be moved through several federal facilities before they reach their long term placement. Transfer also means Casey will be leaving their books, commissary, and nearly all personal items behind. That stuff doesn’t travel with you.
Intake and classification
Just like state systems’, the feds have a laborious intake process where you go to a transfer center (or multiple transfer centers) as the BOP goes through your case, security profile, charges, etc. to determine your security classification and, correspondingly, to determine where you will be placed. This process will likely take months.
Geography and being close for family and visits is considered but is far from the primary concern of the BOP. Security classification is the primary variable for BOP placement and facilities vary widely in their restrictions and security levels. The nature of Casey’s charges preclude them being in a minimum level camp but the BOP uses a classification regime that includes a wide selection of variables, so Casey’s options for placement span a wide range of situations.
Staying in touch with Casey
They will be bouncing around a lot at first so mail getting to them will be hit and miss. People going through intake can receive mail, but know that, as always, mailrooms process mail erratically and Casey’s location will change without advance notice. Also, maintaining responsible correspondence habits remains very important!
We will be tracking Casey and publish updates with solid info as we get it. We will also be sending updates on what different fed yards and conditions are like and how it effects not only Casey’s daily life inside but how it will determine what our outside support needs to look like.
In closing, a note from Casey:
“Thanks to everybody out there who has shown me love and offered support through this time. I wish every prisoner could experience the level of support you all have shown to me. In here, I’ve done my best to show my love to all my fellow prisoners and I remain steadfast to the movement to Palestinian liberation and the movements for decolonization and abolition worldwide.”
Love and Struggle,
Free Palestine!
CSC
Fundraiser for ongoing support of Casey: https://chuffed.org/project/supportcasey
Instagram: @freecaseynow
CSC email: cscommittee@proton.me
For more on Casey’s sentencing, you can listen to a podcast with Eric King here, along with a later follow-up podcast. Three texts by Casey are available as printable zines, Federal Task Force to Combat Anti-Zionism, Palestine’s Liberation Will Liberate Us All, and Timeline of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment Wave.
Stop Cop City Charges
It has been announced that a judge intends to drop the 61 RICO charges being brought against Stop Cop City defendants due to a legal issue with the way the charges were brought. For more information on this development and what it means, check out this interview on The Final Straw.
Fire Ant Movement Defense write:
Supporters of the accused are calling for celebratory banner drops, solidarity events and other actions to publicize this victory!
Judge Kevin Farmer announced on Tuesday morning that he would dismiss counts 1 (RICO) and 3 (Arson) of the Stop Cop City RICO indictment because the prosecution failed to get permission from the governor to indict. This means that 61 people will no longer face RICO charges! All that is left to be dropped is Count 2 (5 people accused of domestic terrorism) of the indictment, of which the defense has made a strong argument of it’s unconstitutionality, and awaits a response from judge Farmer.
So currently, 5 people still face domestic terrorism charges under the RICO indictment. Separate from this indictment, but within the Stop Cop City movement 35 people face domestic terrorism charges in other Georgia counties, and Jack Mazurek faces arson charges in Fulton county. They all still need our support!
This victory is just one piece of a larger fight that we must win. Now is the time to make sure the prosecution, Georgia bureaucrats, and government officials across the country taking hints from the case will never be able to get away with this again. While a huge part of the government’s case may have been defeated, many defendants still face charges, and across the country, repression is ramping up. Across the world, communities are mobilizing in defense of the earth, against fascists kidnapping our neighbors, and nation-states working hand in hand to carry out a genocide in Gaza. Free Jack! Free Jakhi McCray! Free the Prairieland defendants! Free Palestine! Viva Tortuguita!
Call to Action for this week
-drop a banner
-print out zines
-put up posters
-host an event around anti-repression
-Throw a party for someone who got their RICO charges dropped.
-Host a fundraiser for those still facing charges.
Get creative. Don’t forget to snap a picture and submit your events to fireantmovementdefense@proton.me
Antifa and “Domestic Terrorism”
The Final Straw Radio have an episode discussing the implications of Trump’s “Antifa ban” order with a member of the National Lawyer’s Guild. The Civil Liberties Defense Centre have also issued a statement debunking the executive order. Crimethinc have published suggestions for how our movements can respond to Trump’s threats, and Natasha Lennard has also written on the need for collective defense.
Running Down The Walls
Running Down the Walls events took place on September 21st in New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Eugene, OR, Chicago, IL, Bloomington, IL, Lowell, MA, Portland, OR, and Miami, FL, while a Pushing Down the Walls burpee marathon is planned for November 8 in Southern California. You can read solidarity messages from political prisoners Alex Stokes, Bill Dunne, Peppy and Oso Blanco and former political prisoners, Josh Harper and Ray Luc Levasseur. These statements have now been collected as a printable zine.
You can read a reportback from the New York event here, and a collection of reports from the ABCF here.
Dallas Fort Worth Case
The Prairieland case is a political protest case wherein the defendants are facing extreme repression. Following the U.S. federal government’s designation of “Antifa” as a domestic terrorist organization, the September 22, 2025 White House press release titled “President Trump Isn’t Backing Down from Crushing Radical Left Violence“ lists the Prairieland case as its first example of Antifa “terrorizing” communities. The label of Antifa is not simply a condemning rhetorical device by the state. It is a categorization that is—and will be—used by the state to go after protestors and dissenters.
Practices common among anarchist and anti-authoritarian milieus, such as use of encrypted messaging platforms like Signal and distribution of zines and print literature, are being cited by the federal government as evidence of criminality and violent conspiracy. The fact that they point to zines as proof of intent to commit violence has broad implications for anarchist and leftist circles more broadly.
On October 1, the state of Texas indicted 14 people on their state charges, adding an additional charge of “engaging in organized criminal activity” for all of them. The charges of the released defendant indicted in August remain the same, while two defendants have no state indictments as of October 3. In total, 15 defendants have been indicted on state charges, so at least 13 people will be fighting concurrent federal and state cases and hence will require legal representation on both fronts.
During eight defendants’ preliminary federal hearings on September 30, the federal government presented a more elaborate legal case than one would typically expect at such a hearing, which is intended to determine whether there is enough evidence to proceed to a trial. The government aims to construct a grand tale about criminal conspiracy, shaped by a supposed violent ideology, all based on commonplace and benign practices within political anti-authoritarian spaces. In spite of this, from hearing attendees’ perspectives, the prosecution did not come across as very strong.
Regarding the Prairieland defendants themselves, by September 25, a majority of them were moved out of Johnson County Jail, the county where the Prairieland ICE detention center is located. This followed their arraignments on September 22 and 23; the arraignments were the first legal movement in the case since the initial arrests in July. Defendants were finally assigned federal public defenders.
6 people, arraigned September 22, were then moved to Wichita County Detention Center, whose conditions are in some ways better. However, the call signal is more unreliable, resulting in more dropped calls.
Furthermore, the jail is over 140 miles away from the Johnson County Jail, or 2+ hours northwest of the DFW metroplex, distancing defendants even more from their loved ones and imposing huge financial and time burdens on any DFW-local visitors. Additionally, the jail mandates that inmates do laborious tasks, like cleaning the yard, cells, and common areas, and it subjects them to random lineups. These demands frequently interrupt defendants’ phone calls. Taken together, these conditions result in less time for communication or other activities and greater isolation of the defendants from their loved ones as we try to stay in touch.
7 other people, arraigned on September 23, were later transferred to Federal Medical Center (FMC) Fort Worth, where they face increased bureaucratic hurdles to authorize visitors. The prison has indicated that the primary means of communication with defendants is through physical written correspondence rather than digital messaging (which was available at Johnson County Jail). This means greater delays in receiving and sharing information with family, friends, and attorneys.
As recently as October 2, at least 3 defendants were transferred back to Johnson County Jail. The repeated transfers have been wreaking havoc on defendants’ families and loved ones. We are left to scramble to locate them and update the public about the appropriate places to address letters to them to ensure they maintain a connection with the outside world. Changes in facilities have thrown the defendants’ schedules into chaos, and the items they have previously collected, such as clothes and books, have been taken away.
At these new facilities, defendants have been placed into general population, unlike in Johnson County where they were held in solitary, segregated, or medical units since their arrests.
One person, now released, has been subjected to GPS tracking and monitoring of and restrictions on their electronic device usage. They have been arrested and released a total of three times, with each arrest being incredibly disruptive to their life and the lives of their loved ones. The third arrest was for a false claim by the prosecution of bond condition violations, which it was forced to rescind when confronted with proof to the contrary.
Further, we wanted to highlight that this defendant’s charge revolves around the mere removal of an individual from group chats – not even the deletion of messages. The exaggerated construal of removal of a group chat member as “tampering with or fabricating physical evidence” (the defendant’s charge) also has terrifying implications for how the state intends to lock down control over digital messaging platforms.
Finally, in spite of nearly three months in jail, defendants have yet to be indicted.
The government has designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization with an extremely broad and vague definition. This leaves room for anyone who claims to be anti-fascist, anyone who disagrees with the government, who uses Signal or who shares literature that the government finds unappealing, to be labeled as a terrorist and locked away. This is not something that stops with this case: the state will continue extending its overreach to demonize more and more people. We must not shy away from this fight – it is a protracted struggle, and this legal case is only the beginning. We are witnessing a wave of widening and intensifying state repression against all dissent. That is why our solidarity in fighting for these defendants must be a catalyst in a larger, connected movement to stop authoritarianism in all its forms and to seize freedom for the defendants and all of us. This is not the first struggle for liberation, and it will not be the last. But this moment could be a turning point. We simply have to take our places on the front lines.
Steven Monacelli at the Barbed Wire has published an article examining the holes in the prosecution’s case.
You can find printable flyers for the International Day of Solidarity on October 3rd here, along with a printable support zine for the defendants and a zine version of an interview with the DFW Support Committee from the last edition of this column.
Political Prisoner News
Abra Media is making a film about former anarchist prisoner Eric King, and are asking for people to sign up to their patreon to help fund the film.
The 2026 Certain Days political prisoner support calendar is now available for pre-order, featuring contributions from Georges Abdallah, Farhan Ahmed, B, Tim Blunk, Caitlin Blunnie, Jesse “T.C.” Cannon, Olly Costello, Dio Cramer, Hannah Gelderman, David Gilbert, Jonas Goonface, Casey Goonan, Julie Goonan, Juan Hernandez, Krime, Jamila Levasseur, Marius Mason, Peppy & Krystal, Loretta Pierre, Emma Rust, Marina Sitrin, Jess X. Snow, and Emily Thiessen.
As of early September, the Jericho Movement was still calling for continued action in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s medical needs. They write: “Mumia Abu-Jamal has had successful cataract surgery! He is seeing clearly from the left eye. However, issues with the right eye still need to be addressed. Treatment and follow-up with a retinal specialist is needed.”
It’s Going Down has a report on the San Juan Cancuc 5, Tzeltal land defenders who are wrongfully imprisoned in Chiapas, Mexico.
Long-term elderly Black Liberation prisoner Kojo Bomani Sababu appears to have been moved back to USP Canaan. As of early October, the BOP Inmate Locator gives his address as:
Grailing Brown #39384-066
USP Canaan
PO Box 300
Waymart, PA 18472
Immigration Detention News
A court ruling to close the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility has now been blocked by Judge Barbara Lagoa. Prism report that Judge Lagoa is married to a lawyer at a major right-wing law firm that is acting on behalf of the State of Florida in several other cases. Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera report that many detainees at the facility have now disappeared from official records.
An important report shows the success of mass resistance at slowing down ICE raids, as the rate of ICE arrests dropped by nearly 20% in July, following the direct resistance seen in Los Angeles and elsewhere.
However, in September ICE carried out the largest raid to date, with 475 people detained after a raid in Georgia, underlining the need for continued resistance.
Crimethinc have a report from the blockades that have targeted an ICE facility near Chicago. Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was recently killed in an ICE raid in Chicago, while DACA recipient Ismael Ayala-Uribe died in ICE custody in California, the 14th death in an immigration detention facility this year.
Mahmoud Khalil continues his fight against deportation. Journalist Mario Guevara is threatened with deportation to El Salvador in what appears to be retaliation for his coverage of ICE raids. Unicorn Riot have a report on the case of Ayman Soliman, an Egyptian migrant who has been released after two months in ICE custody while facing the threat of deportation to face an authoritarian regime.
Uprising defendants and current cases
The International Antifascist Defense Fund has made a contribution to support Big Tex’s crowdfunder.
Tucson Anti-Repression Crew have a statement on two people facing charges for resistance to ICE in Tucson this summer. You can donate to their legal costs here or here.
George Floyd Uprising defendant Malik Muhammad joined Casey Goonan in a hunger strike in solidarity with UK Palestine solidarity prisoner T Hoxha, which has now concluded. You can read a zine about their hunger strike here, and you can listen to a recorded message from T Hoxha about the strike here.
Two new zines of Malik’s writing, one of their writing on Palestine and one of their poetry, have been produced. You can also find a new zine giving updated details of current Uprising prisoners.
Truthout has a report on the case of Raunaq Alam, who has been sentenced to 180 days in jail by a judge for “FUCK ISRAEL” graffiti despite the jury recommending that no jail time should be served.
UPROAR Campaigns
The prisoner solidarity group UPROAR continues to organize regular campaigns over specific prison issues, especially around the Virginia prison system. Campaigns launched in September call for an investigation into the River North Prison fires and an end to collective punishment of prisoners there, adequate medical care for Isaac Montoya at Red Onion State Prison, an end to retaliation and staff attacks against William Tanner at Red Onion, a transfer and end to retaliation against Kenneth “Punch” Evans at River North, and to protect Johnny White at Red Onion against medical neglect and sexualized strip-searches.
There are also important updates in UPROAR’s existing campaigns to protect Dewaune Lane Jr at Red Onion and Peter “Pitt” Mukuria at Western Correctional Institution, as well as their broader campaign against collective punishment in Virginia prisons.
In an important victory, the retaliatory charges against Austin Arocho, who was hit with a felony charge after setting himself on fire, have now been dropped. UPROAR have also shared a new resistance poem by prisoner Frank E. Reid.
Shine White
Revolutionary North Carolina prisoner Shine White has been thrown into solitary at Foothills CI in retaliation for his organizing. A phone zap has been organized in support of Shine White, and he now has a substack where he is publishing new writings.
Jason Walker
Texas prisoner Jason Renard Walker has circulated an urgent call for a phone zap:
“IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION
I am asking readers and interested parties to assist me with disciplining all administrative staff involved in a retaliatory act that resulted in my personal property, legal property, correspondence material, and writings being confiscated, and its return.
Ways to help
1) Phone zaps to the regional director, TDCJ director, ombudsman, the head warden and relevant agencies.
Executive Director Lumpkin 936-437-2101
Region II director Elbert Holmes 903-928-2623
Ombudsman Brian Patrick 936-437-5620
2) A review of the Powledge unit restricted housing surveillance camera on 9-25-25 around 3:30pm thru 8:00pm which prove everything I’m stating below.
3) A demand to the regional director (or responsible party) that Lieutenant Lakin, Major Bazan, and the head and assistant warden either resign or be transferred to another prison. Since they’ve been here the same inmate has been able to attack an officer and an inmate in restricted housing. Their practices are encouraging it to keep happening.
On 9-25-25 Lieutenant Lakin, Major Bazan and the assistant warden (through a top to bottom chain of command) ordered the two guards working the cell block to search all of our cells and property (30 total) here in restricted housing. The two guards(Wanku and Conway) were given specific instructions by Lakin on how to do it, which they gladly followed to the T. These instructions included:
1) Placing the handcuffed ‘boxer shorts and shoes only’ prisoner in a chair in front of other prisoners cells for up to 20 minutes. Including in front of the cell of a psychopathic inmate that stabbed a prisoner on January 24 2025 and assaulted a staff on August 11 2025.
2) Putting their property on their blanket and dragging it on the germ infested walkway that hasn’t been mopped in a month and searching it there, while the prisoner sat prone.
These acts are against policy on its face because their own rules prohibit us from being ushered passed a cell unless the guard has a shield that block those inside the cells from spitting or throwing liquids or weapons (I’ve been spit on before). So having us sitting in front of these cells, in only state issued boxers is indifferent.
They searched nine cells this way, off and on, from around 9:00am until they swapped out with other guards just after 2:00pm. Neither of them confiscated any property.
When Lieutenant Lakin showed up she told me that whatever didn’t fit in the little red plastic crate, she was confiscating and I would be sitting in front of someone’s cell. She claim the regional director gave her every instruction and none of them were against policy. I explained that I had legal property concerning an active law suit, case law files and media material that wouldn’t fit in the crate but I’d been allowed by the last administration to keep.
They do have legal boxes we can apply for to store legal material (which can’t be taken for any reason), but the last administration told me I didn’t have to apply for a legal box because I’m in a cell by myself and what I had fit under my bunk. So this is the way I’ve kept it for the past two years and thru many shakedowns.
I also spoke to Bazan about my legal property, them using the crate arbitrarily, having to sit prone in front of cells and them dragging my stuff across a nasty floor that hadn’t been mopped in a month. She lied that “everybody” property would be measured that way. And nothing they were doing was a violation of policy. I only consented to the search after guards agreed to put me in the holding cage and search my stuff in the cell.
7 bags of personal property, legal paperwork, etc was taken. The legal paperwork and personal property wasn’t separated, confiscated and documented according to AD 03.72 but generalized as ‘books and manilla folders’
After I was placed back in my cell, guards (and the next shift) left the crate and a pile of trash in front of it (to mock me) and carried on searching the 16 cells they had left without using it again or taking property.”
You can also read a recent article by Jason on conditions within TDCJ here. Jason has also recently published articles on the Kirk killing, Trump’s manipulation of the media, and social control inside and outside of prisons.
Vaughn 17
Vaughn 17 prisoner Luis Sierra, who was transferred to New Mexico as a form of retaliation, has been repeatedly assaulted while in custody, leading to a phone zap being organized to demand that he is transferred back to Delaware. An event is being organized in Wilmington, Delaware for October 3rd, featuring the voices of Vaughn 17 prisoners Dwayne “BIM” Staats and Jarreau Ayers.
You can listen to the latest episode of the Yard Talk podcast with Jarreau Ayers here, giving more information on the situation with Luis Sierra.
Lucasville Uprising Prisoners
Lucasville Uprising prisoner Tommie Blackmon is asking for help setting up a legal fundraiser. He writes:
My name is Thomas J. Blackmon, 40+ years of imprisonment due to the 1993 Lucasville prison riot in which I was falsely convicted of several trumped up charges.
I have seen the parole board and they have given me about 25 years of continuous.
I gravely need lawyers who would vigorously file motions challenging my conviction and the parole board.
I need money to litigate a lawsuit against Ohio for denial of life.
If you can help with this, reach out to him at:
Tommie Blackmon #185-291
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Mail Processing Center (OMPC)
884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road
Youngstown, Ohio 44505
Lucasville prisoner Greg Curry has shared a recent update via his support team on his own efforts to move towards an appeal.
IDOC Watch Updates
Indiana organizers are calling for a phone zap in support of Shaka Shakur, a revolutionary Indiana prisoner who has been transferred to Virginia. Indiana jailhouse lawyer James Phillips recently recorded a podcast on the retaliation he is facing at Wabash Valley.
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak have shared an update about their current and upcoming projects:
“We are to start raising funds to purchase approved holiday decorations for two program dorms/wards in KC DOC and MD DOC.
Currently ongoing: if you would like to give towards mutual aid to purchase approved items people at these prisons are requesting to give their assigned units a holiday vibe please
Venmo @arebelsworld or cashapp $ arebelsworld
We are raising $1500. Approximately $560 has already been contributed towards project.
JLS KIDS FOR JOY HOLIDAY PROJECT: Information to be released in 2 weeks.
JLS PARALEGAL CERTIFICATION SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM: Jan 2026”
General Prison News and Abolitionist Media Updates
Michigan Abolition & Prisoner Solidarity have published a new issue of their regular newsletter, The Opening Statement.
Louisiana’s Attorney General has announced plans to try and overturn a ruling that banned the execution of minors.
A new zine on Anarchist Black Cross history, “Lessons From the Third Wave of the Anarchist Black Cross Movement”, is now available to print.
Mongoose Distro has published a new article by Texas prisoner Steven McCain on the concept of reasonable doubt.
Unicorn Riot has covered the case of Bryan Hooper Sr, who was freed after spending 27 years (and exactly 9,999 days) wrongfully incarcerated for a murder he has now been found innocent of.
International
The British state is continuing with harsh repression against the Palestine solidarity movement. Novara Media interviewed T Hoxha, who was then on hunger strike, on her treatment inside prison, while other prisoners report having their keffiyehs taken by prison staff.
Calla Walsh has also interviewed former Palestine Action prisoner Audrey Corno about supporting her comrade through the hunger strike. The Filton 24 substack has published a contribution from the mother of Heba Muraisi, another prisoner held facing terrorism charges for her alleged involvement in the movement. The ban on Palestine Action continues to be challenged through mass public illegal demonstrations.
Freedom News has published two new articles by revolutionary UK prisoner Kevan Thakrar, on the UK’s prison expansion project and worsening conditions inside England’s Close Supervision Centre torture units.
Indonesian anarchists have shared a series of updates on the repression they are facing following the recent uprising. See “Important Information from Indonesia”, “Update on Political Prisoners from the Mass Action”, and “Latest News from the Indonesian Repression Wave”. The most recent update is that Eat, a well-known anarchist, has been arrested because he is believed to have worked on prisoner support and international solidarity.
ABC Dresden have shared an update on the progress of the Budapest Antifa case.
ABC Moscow are urgently appealing for donations to help anarchists facing criminal charges escape from Russia. Fires of Freedom, another group supporting Russian anarchist prisoners, are asking for donations to support anarchist prisoner Ruslan Siddiqui after a fundraiser event in Berlin was cancelled. ABC Moscow have also posted about the recent birthday of anarchist prisoner Kirill Bobrov.
A number of anarchist ex-prisoners from Belarus have been able to give interviews after being released. You can read an interview with Mikola Dziadok here, along with recent interviews with Danila Chul and Akikhiro Hayeuski-Hanada, all people who spent several years in prison for their anarchist activity. Following on from the first part of their interview, ABC Belarus have now published the second and third parts of their major interview with Akihiro and Andrey Chepyuk.
Alaa Abd El-Fattah, one of the best-known political prisoners in Egypt, has now been freed.
Uprising Defendants
See Uprising Support for more info, and check out the Antirepression PDX site for updates from Portland cases. You can also check With Whatever Weapons for regularly-updated zines listing current prisoners. To the best of our knowledge they currently include:
Margaret Channon 49955-086
FCI Tallahassee
P.O. Box 5000
Tallahassee, FL 32314
Malik Muhammad #23935744
Snake River Correctional
777 Stanton Blvd
Ontario, OR 97914
Montez Lee 22429-041
FCI Petersburg Medium
Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 1000
Petersburg, VA 23804
Matthew Rupert #55013-424
USP Big Sandy
US Penitentiary
P.O. Box 2068
Inez, KY 41224
José Felan#54146-380
FCI Terre Haute
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 33
Terre Haute, IN 47808
David Elmakayes 77782-066
USP Lee
PO Box 305
Jonesville, VA 24263
Khalif Miller #QQ9287
Smart Communications / PA DOC
Khalif Miller / #QQ9287
SCI Forest
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733
Mujera Benjamin Lunga’ho #08572-509
08572-509
FCI Beaumont Medium
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 26040
Beaumont, TX 77720
Christopher Tindal 04392-509
USP Big Sandy
P.O. Box 2068
Inex, KY 41224
Upcoming Birthdays
The Political Prisoners Birthday Calendar project has been revived, andyou can find the October version of the calendar here.
Brian “Peppy” DiPippa
Peppy really likes skateboarding, comedy, and uplifting and heartwarming stories. Autumn is his favorite season, so beautiful descriptions of the changing colors we see in Pittsburgh or wherever you may be writing him from would really hit the spot. As for Pittsburgh specifically and the aesthetically pleasing aspects of this city, he’d love to hear about your favorite spots. Maybe it’s one of the bridges or the city steps that go up hillsides! Peppy also likes hearing about and learning about people and places all over the globe. So, feel free to reach out and connect on any of those topics!
Birthday: October 1
Address:
Brian DiPippa #66590-510
FCI Elkton
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O Box 10
Lisbon, OH 44432
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Imam
The Federal system uses Corrlinks, a system where a prisoner must send a request to connect to someone on the outside before they can exchange emails, so if you’re not already connected to Imam Jalil then you’re best off just sending him a card or a letter.
Birthday: October 4
Address:
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin #99974-555
FMC Butner
P.O. Box 1600
Butner, NC 27509
Jennifer Rose
Jennifer Amelia Rose (previously known as Jennifer Gann) is an anti-authoritarian trans woman and insurrectionist amazon held captive for over 25 years for armed robberies and a 1995 attack on a district attorney and associate prison warden. She took part in the 1991 Folsom Prison hunger strike, after which she was beaten and tortured, convicted for armed resistance, and sentenced to multiple 25-to-life sentences under the Three Strikes Law. She has spent over ten years in solitary confinement at Folsom and the Pelican Bay Secure Housing Unit. Despite all of this, Jennifer continues to struggle for freedom, remaining a committed anti-authoritarian, anti-imperialist, anti-racist, anti-fascist, and anti-capitalist. For more information, you can listen to this recent interview she did with the Final Straw.
California uses Connect Network/GTL.
Birthday: October 6
Address:
Jennifer Amelia Rose #E-23852
Salinas Valley State Prison
P. O. Box 1050
Soledad, CA 93960-1050
Malik Bey (Meral Smith)
Malik is in an institution run by CoreCivic, and it appears that you can email him here.
Birthday: October 8
Address:
Meral Smith #19-1874
Citrus County Detention Facility
c/o Securus Digital Mail Center
Post Office Box 20187
Tampa, Florida 33622
Aleksandr Zaitsev
Aliaksandr Zaytsev is an anarchist who was accused of attempting to set fire to Chairman of the Supreme Court Sukalo’s dacha. On April 15, 2022 Aliaksandr was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Belarusian prisons will usually only accept letters in Belarusian or Russian, so if you don’t speak one of those languages your best bet is to email your message to belarus_abc(AT)riseup.net or use this online form and they should be able to translate your greetings and pass them on.
Birthday: October 8
Address:
(Belarusian or Russian letters only – use this form for English messages)
Zaitsev Aleksandr Vladimirovich
212013, Mogilev, p/o Veino, Slavgorodskoe shosse 183, IK №15
Belarus
Jose Felan
Jose Angel Felan Jr. was sentenced to 6.5 years for participating in the George Floyd Uprisings. He has requested letters and books to help keep his spirits up during this difficult time. “Your support is tremendous to me right now. Even one letter from you can make all the difference…I love reading non-fiction books, especially about history. I am tri-lingual and love learning.”
Birthday: October 11
Address:
José Felan 54146-380
FCI Terre Haute
Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 33
Terre Haute, IN 47808
Kenny Zulu Whitmore
Kenny Zulu Whitmore is a former Black Panther, wrongfully held for over 45 years, over 30 of which were spent in solitary confinement. You can read more about Zulu’s case here. Zulu is not allowed to receive greeting cards.
Louisiana uses JPay, so you can send him a message by going to jpay.com, clicking “inmate search”, then selecting “State: Louisiana, Inmate ID: 86468”.
Birthday: October 14
Address:
Kenny Zulu Whitmore
86468 – Cypress#2
LA State Prison
Angola, LA 70712
Alexander Kozlyanko
Anarchist from Brest. Detained on 2 March 2021 on suspicion of involvement in a criminal organization of anarchists and gross violation of public order (Articles 285 and 342 of the Criminal Code). Allegedly he was involved in a road blockage in Brest in May 2018: anarchists then blocked three lanes of the M1 motorway, opposing the construction of a battery plant. On September 6, 2022, Aliaksandr was sentenced to 6 years in prison.
Belarusian prisons will usually only accept letters in Belarusian or Russian, so if you don’t speak one of those languages your best bet is to email your message to belarus_abc(AT)riseup.net or use this online form and they should be able to translate your greetings and pass them on.
Birthday: October 15
Address:
(Belarusian or Russian letters only – use this form for English messages)
IK-1, ul. Tekhnicheskaya, 8, g. Novopolotsk, 211440, Belarus
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kozlyanko
Michael Kimble
Michael Kimble is a passionate freedom fighter and anarchist who has been held captive by the Alabama Department of Corrections since November 12, 1987. After defending himself and a friend during a homophobic attack by a known white supremacist, Michael was arrested, charged with murder, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. His trial was typical of what could be expected from a racist criminal justice system in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Birthday: October 22
Address:
Michael Kimble #138017/G1-24A
William E. Donaldson Correctional
100 Warrior Ln
Bessemer, AL 35023