The following prisoners are facing repression because of alleged participation in or planning for the 2018 nationwide prisoner strike. Please send them letters of love and support. People who are wrongly accused or facing retaliation on baseless grounds are included in this list. Whether they participated or not, we wish to protect them from reprisals.

When writing letters, make no assumptions. Keep your statements general, or unrelated to the strike, as discussing it or their role might get your letter blocked, or enable further action against them.

Not seeing someone listed who should be? Suggest them to us and we’ll review it.

On pictures and infomation: we’ve used pictures of the prisoners because part of this list and outreach is about asserting their humanity. Faces are a common way humans connect with one another. We prefer using pictures taken by or for friends and family whenever possible, but have resorted to prisons case file photos or mugshots when necessary. Please recognize the often degrading context in which these photos were taken, and look past it to connect with the humanity of the people pictured. If you have better pictures or more detailed information, please send them to: iwoc [at] riseup.net.

FLORIDA

Julius Smith

C02536

Santa Rosa Correctional Institution

5850 East Milton Rd

Milton, FL 32583Julius pictured here with his father Michael, was recently framed by FDC officers when they planted contraband in his dormitory in order to have his security status increased to Close Management. Now he is serving a hear and half behind the wall in solitary confinement like conditions as retaliation for his role in Operation Push and the prisoner resistance movement in Florida.

Julius is serving 20 years in Florida and is looking for post conviction representation for his illegal sentence and general support while he continues to help empower his fellow incarcerated brothers. He is also in need of correspondence and writing materials.

Corey Sutton

H44460

113 petteway dr

Lakeland, FL 33805Corey is under investigation for suspected strike organizing. He’s a 20 year old African American male pictured here with his family. He’s serving a 58 year sentence, for a crime he didn’t commit.

Ezzial Williams

228036

Union C.I.

P.O. Box 1000

Raiford, FL 32083

United StatesEzzial is serving 18months Close Management for ‘inciting a riot’ in the weeks leading up to the August 21st nationwide prison strike. Close Management is akin to solitary confinement and Ezzial is held in a 9×7 cell for 23 hours a day. Ezzial would greatly appreciate mail and could use stamps and writing supplies.

LOUISIANA

Ronald Brooks

00385964

670 Bell Hill Road

Homer, LA 71040Ronald Brooks from Decarcerate Louisiana was transferred to another prison and targeted for retaliation after releasing a Facebook Live video in support of the strike and calling for an end to prison slavery. After serving 20 years at Angola, the transfer to David Wade Correctional was difficult, made moreso by the conditions there. He and 10 other prisoners signed a declaration against the prison’s refusal to mitigate the effects of extreme heat.

NORTH CAROLINA

Randy Watterson

427985

Hyde Correctional Institution

P.O. Box 278

Swan Quarter, NC 27885

Todd Martin

1071227

Hyde Correctional Institution

P.O. Box 278

Swan Quarter, NC 27885

Jace Buras

1522417

Hyde Correctional Institution

P.O. Box 278

Swan Quarter, NC 27885

Prisoners held within the Hyde Correctional Institution, a facility in Fairfield, NC, are being threatened with retaliation for their active support and organizing in solidarity with the national #PrisonStrike. Three prisoners in particular – Randy Watterson, Todd J Martin, and Jace Buras – are being designated by prison faculty as strike organizers. They’re facing threats of administrative repression, as are any other fellow prisoners connected to the national strike. Read more.

OHIO

Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan

R 130-559

878 Coitsville-Hubbard Rd

Youngstown, OH 44505

Hasan was a fearless spokesperson for the September 9 strike in 2016. This year the ODRC classification bureau targetted him in late July and railroaded him, imposing a communication restriction that may last a year or longer.Hasan has been in solitary confinement on death row since 1993 for negotiating the peaceful conclusion of the 11 day uprising and occupation at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville.

Greg Curry

# 213-159

878 Coitsville-Hubbard Rd

Youngstown, OH 44505Greg Curry was targetted for his association with Hasan and the 1993 Lucasville Uprising. Transferred to the hole when guards were upset about support Hasan was receiving and harrassed prisoners provoking a work stoppage.

Greg has been targetted by ODRC staff since 1993, spending almost all of the last 25 years in solitary confinement. He’s been trying to work for a transfer out of OSP for years.

TEXAS

Jason Renard Walker

#1532092

Telford Unit

3899 Hwy 98

New Boston, TX 75570Jason Renard Walker, a Texas prisoner involved with the NABPP and the 2016 strikes, and a contributor to the Fire Inside zine, has managed to get released from solitary, but faces constant threats and harassment from staff, including threats to send him back to solitary on bogus charges for things as simple as asking for water and medical attention, and trying to get back into his own cell so he can use a fan to cool down.

Keith H. Washington

#1487958

McConnell Unit

3100 South Emily Drive

Beeville, TX 78103Keith “Malik” Washington, who is involved with the NABPP and IWOC, was due to be released from his stint in ad-seg (solitary confinement) that started with the 2016 prison strike, but was sent back prior to August 21. He’s also had issues with medical abuse and neglect. A full update on Malik’s condition is available here.

VIRGINIA

Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

158039

Sussex 1 State Prison

24414 Musselwhite Dr.

Waverly, VA 23891Rashid has been transferred state to state for years, always pursued and feared for his organizing efforts. After participating in and promoting the Operation PUSH action while held in Florida, the DOC there sent him back home to Virginia a few weeks before #August21 was set to start. Supporters fear they are planning to send him back out of state now.

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