In Contempt #7: Marius Is Free, June 11 Solidarity Without End (& J11 Interview), Daniela’s Trial Statement, International May Day Resistance & Repression…

  • June 1, 2026 1:14 am

from In Contempt

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

Our practice of solidarity is not just one of obligation, but of recognition that an ever-expanding and never-ending solidarity is part of the path to all of our freedom. Because we know ourselves to be more connected, stronger, and ultimately more capable when it is always a part of what guides us. We know there is no fixed limit or end, and the need for solidarity will always be there. We know that we find richness in the ways that it deepens our movements and selves.

–– June 11 2026: Solidarity Without End

Repression breeds resistance, but only if we try…. The struggle continues. This month marks 6 years since the state murder of George Floyd and the nationwide uprising that still looms on the horizon of what’s possible. June 11 returns and solidarity is endless. Marius is free! And new long-term anarchist prisoners remain. We return with another round-up of updates and calls to action about political prisoners, repression of revolutionaries, and rebellions behind bars. Fire to the prisons!

As always, we welcome submissions and international contributions––hit up in_contempt @ autistici . org.

A zine and pamphlet of this column will be available in the coming days to print and share with friends, comrades, and loved ones behind bars.

June 11th International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners

June 11 2026 Call to Action: Solidarity Without End

PRISONER UPDATES

Casey Goonan, a dedicated community educator, writer, distroist, and printer who has lived a life committed to struggles for liberation was arrested in June of 2024 for actions, including the arson of a UC Berkeley Police vehicle, in response to the University’s treatment of student protesters for Palestine. In September of 2025, Casey was sentenced to 19 years in prison. Casey had been in holdover at FCI Mendota, awaiting their permanent placement. Life at FCI Mendota was uncertain and challenging, as they were denied access to sufficient medical care to manage their diabetes, and had lived without personal property, stimulating programs or much time outside their cell. In February 2026, Casey was finally transferred to FCI Allenwood in Northern Pennsylvania. This placement might be temporary, but for the time being they have better medical care, phone access, time out of their cell and time in the library. They are working on a habeas petition with another legal team in order to appeal their conviction and sentencing.

Political Prisoners / POWs

Casey Goonan

An update from Casey Goonan––”Lockdowns and a Birthday”:

After dealing with a tough month or two of extended of unit-wide lockdowns, establishing a reliable program has been difficult, but Casey reports doing very well! Lockdowns still happen sporadically with little explanation so developing a daily rhythm has been a challenge. They have made a lot of friends on the unit though and for Casey’s birthday, all the guys in their car and few others quietly passed around a birthday card to sign. And to cap it off, somebody made a bangin’ spread of nachos for the occasion.

Mail and calls

Snail mail has been extremely slow and sporadic through the mailroom. They only are getting mail at least a month later than it’s postmark, which is extra frustrating because…

Casey recently received a 6 month revocation of their calling privileges and lost 27 days of good time credits as punishment for a 3-way call with their mom and brother that they didn’t even know was against the rules. So for the time being, email via Corrlinks or snail mail is the only way to talk to them.

To revisit some mail basics:
– Leave big margins on your letters. Casey only receives a black and white hardcopy scan of letters and as of yet the feds haven’t mastered using a scanner or just don’t care. Anything near the edges of the page gets cut off.
– Mail is surveilled and often pieces are outright blocked. Casey has heightened restrictions and scrutiny due to their classification and charges. Write accordingly. Know as well that some mail just doesn’t make it through.

Books

You can see Casey’s booklist for purchase via their bookshop registry here:
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

At the moment we are asking for people to please stick to the books on this list due to Caseys space concerns. Thank you to everyone who has sent Casey books!

Birthday fundraiser

For Casey’s birthday we were able to raise $840 so far for Lil Nicky, their cellie and friend. Let’s double that!

To support Lil Nicky, funds can be sent by Venmo labeled as “Little Nicky” to @juliepetersonG

Lil Nicky has been a great friend, and lifesaver in the yard on numerous occasions. Slated to go home in 15 months to Philly, he will be reuniting with his 13 year old son. Also, Lil Nicky is deaf and needs immediate support to buy his own hearing aids and batteries  (Yeah, the prison doesn’t supply those!).

With next to no income from a prison job, it is extremely hard to purchase supplies for your disabilities not to mention save for going home. Without support, re-entry is an extension of the isolation of incarceration, leaving just-released people in an extremely vulnerable position and often in harms way.

Lil Nicky has been there for Casey and Casey is looking to repay the favor.

Together they spend hours on lockdowns discussing sports and the state of the world. Lil Nicky is continually motivating Casey to stay focused on their goals as an abolitionist and their prisoner support work, now from the inside.

Again, to kick down, Venmo @juliepetersonG with the note “Lil Nicky.”

Love and struggle,
CSC

email: cscommittee@proton.me
insta: @freecaseynow
website: https://freecaseynow.noblogs.org/
general fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/supportcasey
book wishlist: https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

Last month, Casey shared a book of their writings pre-sentencing from Santa Rita Jail on Palestine solidarity, anarchism and anti-imperialism, reflections on tactics and strategies in the movement, and personal experiences from the campus flood for the liberation of Gaza––Lines in the Sand: Writings on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment & Campus Flood at U.C. Berkeley from an Anarchist Prisoner of War. 

The book is available to read in full online and zines of each chapter are also available to print and share.

Write to Casey:

Casey Goonan #24611-511
FCI Allenwood Medium
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 2000
White Deer, PA 17887

George Floyd Uprising Prisoners

As far as we know, the current George Floyd Uprising prisoners are:

David Elmakayes -066
USP Lee
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 305
Jonesville, VA 24263

Smart Communications/PADOC
Khalif Miller
SCI Forest
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

Birthdays

Khalif Miller

Birthday: June 10, 1995

Khalif Miller is a political prisoner incarcerated for his participation in the George Floyd uprising in Philadelphia. One of several who faced federal charges, Khalif was sentenced to five years in federal prison; he has since completed his federal sentence, but is now being held at SCI Forest Pennsylvania state prison for parole violations for an earlier unrelated case. In March 2026, Khalif was denied parole for another year. Check out his Instagram page and his online fundraiser.

Khalif can receive letters and photos at this mailing address:

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Khalif Miller /
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

As PADOC is a digital mail scanning state, please use single sided letters when sending to this Florida address. Books and zines must be sent to: Khalif Miller / 268 Bricker Road / Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667. You can also message Khalif electronically using ConnectNetwork.com – search PADOC for Khalif Miller or his ID QQ9287.

Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers

Birthday: June 15, 1981

Ayers grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and was serving a life sentence when he was indicted—along with sixteen others—for his alleged involvement in the uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Delaware in February 2017. Once convicted, he was transferred to the Pennsylvania prison system to serve his time. Ayers was released to general population in March 2024 after spending nearly 19 years in solitary confinement. Ayers is a father, pro-se litigator, co-author of Vaughn 17 Speaks, and co-founder of Rebellious Hearts, which is a movement for liberation built upon revolutionary, matriarchal, abolitionist, and Black power principles. You can follow Ayers on Instagram at @remember_ur_krown

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Jarreau Ayers – NS9994
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

As PADOC is a digital mail scanning state, please use single sided letters when sending to this Florida address. Books and zines must be sent to: Jarreau Ayers – NS9994 / 268 Bricker Road / Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667. You can also message Khalif electronically using ConnectNetwork.com – search PADOC for Jarreau Ayers or his ID NS9994.

Update 5/15/26- Casey Goonan Support Committee

  • May 17, 2026 1:03 am

from Anarchist Black Cross Federation

Lockdowns and a birthday

After dealing with a tough month or two of extended of unit-wide lockdowns, establishing a reliable program has been difficult, but Casey reports doing very well! Lockdowns still happen sporadically with little explanation so developing a daily rhythm has been a challenge. They have made a lot of friends on the unit though and for Casey’s birthday, all the guys in their car and few others quietly passed around a birthday card to sign. And to cap it off, somebody made a bangin’ spread of nachos for the occasion.

Mail and calls
Snail mail has been extremely slow and sporadic through the mailroom. They only are getting mail at least a month later than it’s postmark, which is extra frustrating because…

Casey recently received a 6 month revocation of their calling privileges and lost 27 days of good time credits as punishment for a 3-way call with their mom and brother that they didn’t even know was against the rules. So for the time being, email via Corrlinks or snail mail is the only way to talk to them.

To revisit some mail basics:
– Leave big margins on your letters. Casey only receives a black and white hardcopy scan of letters and as of yet the feds haven’t mastered using a scanner or just don’t care. Anything near the edges of the page gets cut off.
– Mail is surveilled and often pieces are outright blocked. Casey has heightened restrictions and scrutiny due to their classification and charges. Write accordingly. Know as well that some mail just doesn’t make it through.

Books
You can see Casey’s booklist for purchase via their bookshop registry here:
https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

At the moment we are asking for people to please stick to the books on this list due to Caseys space concerns. Thank you to everyone who has sent Casey books!

Birthday fundraiser
For Casey’s birthday we were able to raise $840 so far for Lil Nicky, their cellie and friend. Let’s double that!

To support Lil Nicky, funds can be sent by Venmo labeled as “Little Nicky” to @juliepetersonG

Lil Nicky has been a great friend, and lifesaver in the yard on numerous occasions. Slated to go home in 15 months to Philly, he will be reuniting with his 13 year old son. Also, Lil Nicky is deaf and needs immediate support to buy his own hearing aids and batteries  (Yeah, the prison doesn’t supply those!).

With next to no income from a prison job, it is extremely hard to purchase supplies for your disabilities not to mention save for going home. Without support, re-entry is an extension of the isolation of incarceration, leaving just-released people in an extremely vulnerable position and often in harms way.

Lil Nicky has been there for Casey and Casey is looking to repay the favor.

Together they spend hours on lockdowns discussing sports and the state of the world. Lil Nicky is continually motivating Casey to stay focused on their goals as an abolitionist and their prisoner support work, now from the inside.

Again, to kick down, Venmo @juliepetersonG with the note “Lil Nicky.”

Love and struggle,
CSC

email: cscommittee@proton.me
insta: @freecaseynow
website: https://freecaseynow.noblogs.org/
general fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/supportcasey
book wishlist: https://bookshop.org/wishlists/56b98684a2c55d72748aa7fae7dfa536217a1b5f

In Contempt #6: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, Marius Will Be Free, New Book from Casey Goonan, Malik Transferred, Anarchists on Trial…

  • April 22, 2026 1:38 am

from In Contempt

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

The state uses the imprisonment of political leaders and rank-and-file activists as a bludgeon against movement victories. Their incarceration is a reminder of the strength, potential, and, just as crucially, the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of radical mass movements. As a result, political prisoners serve collective prison time for all those who participated in the movements from which they emerged.

Dan Berger, “The Real Dragons: A Brief History of Political Militancy and Incarceration, 1960s to 2000s”

We return after Palestinian Prisoners’ Day with a renewed commitment to struggle for the freedom of prisoners everywhere, to expand international solidarity, and to tear down the walls that hold hostage the future for which we fight. This month’s In Contempt, a roundup of repression news, political prisoner updates, and prisoner rebellions, is an attempt to prove that repression breeds resistance––but only if we try. Until all are free.

A zine and pamphlet of this column will be available in the coming days to print and share with friends, comrades, and loved ones behind bars.

As always, we welcome contributions at in_contempt @ autistici . org.

The task of revolutionary theory here is to demystify (and thus shrink) the fabricated distance between the various sites/scenes of a global struggle…

Casey Goonan, Lines in the Sand

REBELLIONS

Moshannon Valley Pennsylvania

A hunger strike broke out amongst hundreds detained at the Moshannon Valley ICE processing center after multiple people fell sick due to systemic medical neglect, deteriorating conditions and unhealthy food [2]. Frontline Digity is calling for people to call the Clearfield County Commissioners in support of the strikers and to shut down the ICE processing facility [3]:

BREAKING NEWS: People detained at Moshannon Valley Processing Center have begun a hunger strike.

Reports from inside the facility describe a recent medical emergency where a man lost consciousness and did not receive proper care, along with ongoing concerns about illness, food quality, and access to basic necessities. Nearly 100 people are now participating in a hunger strike to protest these conditions.

A hunger strike is not a small action. It is what people do when they feel they have no other way to be seen, heard, or treated as fully human.

As our Executive Director, Jaime Martinez, shared:

“A hunger strike is a sign that something is fundamentally wrong. No one should have to withhold food to be seen, heard, or treated as fully human. We have an urgent moral obligation to respond to what our neighbors are enduring every day.

When a hunger strike becomes necessary in the eyes of our neighbors, the failure is not individual—it is structural, sustained, and morally indefensible. We cannot normalize it. We cannot look away. We cannot wait.

At Frontline DIGNITY, we name this plainly: this is an emergency of conscience. The conditions that produce this level of desperation must be confronted immediately—not deferred, diluted, or buried in process. Every day of delay deepens harm.

We are calling for immediate action from the Clearfield County Commissioners: shut down the Moshannon Valley Detention Center and initiate a full, independent investigation into its conditions, oversight, and impacts. Anything less is a refusal to confront what is already in plain view.”

This is happening here.

Call the Clearfield County Commissioners:
📞 (814) 765-2641

You can say: “I’m calling to demand the shutdown of Moshannon Valley Processing Center and a full investigation into the conditions inside.”

Demand accountability. Share this. Stay informed. Support the work so we can continue showing up for our neighbors.

Mumia Abu-Jamal

On the International Day of Political Prisoners, long-term political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal sent a message of support to Daniela Klette on Prison Radio, which was played at the solidarity rally in front of the women’s prison in Vechta, Lower Saxony on March 21, 2026.

The trial of Daniela Klette, an imprisoned alleged former RAF militant, has been underway since March 2025. She faces charges of attempted murder, illegal possession of weapons, and attempted and completed aggravated robbery in connection with 13 robberies. After more than 30 years underground, she was arrested in Berlin in February 2024. Last week, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office also filed charges against her, accusing her of participating in three actions attributed to the RAF between 1990 and 1993.

Hello, Daniela Klette,

I send you my greetings of solidarity.

We are dealing with a truly remarkable turn in the state’s policies. I call it “Back to the Past.” You’ve surely heard of the film “Back to the Future.” What’s happening here, however, is a “Back to the Past,” because the state is acting as if it were 1972 or 1980 again. It is obvious that this is now about the political persecution of a person because of their past connections and political actions, in which no one was personally harmed or injured. It is clear that this is a political trial.

So, Daniela Klette should be acquitted – let her finally go free!

Let’s finally return to the present. Okay? It’s no longer 1972. Not even 1982. It’s time to turn the page and embrace life in the new century. The capitalist system is now trying to punish people whose beliefs it rejected years ago and whom it couldn’t catch back then. Punishing them today for their beliefs is utterly absurd.

Freedom for Daniela Klette! Acquittal for Daniela Klette! Now!

Thank you very much. With love, not fear, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal speaking.

And in German:

Hallo Daniela Klette,

Ich sende Dir hiermit meine solidarischen Grüße.

Wir haben es mit einer wirklich bemerkenswerten Wendung in der Politik des Staates zu tun. Ich nenne das »Zurück in die Vergangenheit«. Ihr habt sicher von dem Film »Zurück in die Zukunft« gehört. Was hier läuft, ist jedoch ein »Zurück in die Vergangenheit«, denn der Staat agiert, als wäre es wieder 1972 oder 1980. Dabei ist offensichtlich, dass es jetzt um die politische Verfolgung einer Person aufgrund ihrer früheren Verbindungen und politischen Handlungen geht, bei denen niemand persönlich zu Schaden gekommen oder verletzt worden ist. Es ist klar, dass dies ein politischer Prozess ist.

Also Freispruch für Daniela Klette – lasst sie endlich frei!

Kehren wir nun endlich wieder in die Gegenwart zurück. Okay? Wir schreiben nicht mehr das Jahr 1972. Nicht einmal das Jahr 1982. Es ist an der Zeit, den Kalender umzublättern und das Leben im neuen Jahrhundert anzugehen. Das kapitalistische System versucht jetzt, Menschen zu bestrafen, deren Überzeugungen man vor Jahren abgelehnt hat und die man damals nicht zu fassen bekam. Sie heute für ihre Überzeugungen zu bestrafen ist völlig absurd.

Freiheit für Daniela Klette! Freispruch für Daniela Klette! Und zwar sofort!

Danke sehr. Mit Liebe, nicht mit Furcht, hier spricht Mumia Abu-Jamal.

For more information on Daniela Klette, see the zine, “Solidarity with Daniela Klette” from with whatever weapons distro:

Mumia Week

“Mumia Week 26” takes place April 19-25 commemorating Mumia-Abu Jamal with a series of events throughout Philadelphia:

This events series will celebrate journalist, author, advocate, political prisoner, and ALC client Mumia Abu-Jamal’s mission and message. Honor the innocence robbed by the state & innocence to protect for the future, with a week of programs centered on the fight to free Mumia & the vital, internationalist, abolitionist, and community-affirming work happening in Philadelphia, PA every single day.

Free Them All Sunday Service + Community Dinner Sunday, Apr. 19 | 2:00 PM : Tabernacle United Church

Innocence & Abolition Arts N Crafts Night: Monday, Apr. 20 | 5:00 PM: 4157 W Girard Ave

We! Want! Freedom! Trivia Night Teach-In (21+ w/ valid ID): Thursday, Apr. 23 | 6:30 PM: Tattooed Mom 530 South St

“Mumia Lives!” Birthday Celebration & Film Screening: Friday, Apr. 24 | 6:30 PM: Friends Center 1501 Cherry St

#MumiaWeek’26: March of Innocence: Saturday, Apr. 25 | 4:00 PM: One Art Community Center

Learn more & register for the events: https://luma.com/mumiaweek

Write to Mumia:

Smart Communications/PA DOC
Mumia Abu Jamal
SCI Mahanoy
Post Office Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733

 

Resource Distribution Program / Political Prisoner Support Initiative

Displaced Alliance 4 Pan-Afrikan Socialists (DAPS) is organizing a Political Prisoner Support Initiative to raise weekly monetary support:

Free Tha Land DAPS family, here is an update to our Free Store Program in collaboration with @thelastpoet_hhb & @sol_said_earth_ ! Our distribution program, operating every friday in South Shore, is collecting donations for hygiene amenities and clothing resources. Every donation allows us to continue addressing the needs of the community, fighting back against manufactured resource scarcity in our beloved neighborhoods, whilst providing monetary support for 3 of Our Movement’s Political Prisoners. We are raising our donation goal from $600 to $800 so that $200 can be reserved to support Mumia Abu Jamal, Jakhi Mcray, and Malik Muhammad. We keep each other safe, fed & clothed. Free tha resources, Free tha land!

BIRTHDAYS

Mumia Abu Jamal

Birthday: April 24

Mumia is an award winning journalist and was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party chapter in Philadelphia. He has struggled for justice and human rights for people of color since he was at least 14 years old––the age when he joined the Party. In December of 1982, Mumia, who moonlighted by driving a taxi, happened upon police who were beating his brother. During the melee, a police officer was shot and killed. Despite the fact that many people saw someone else shoot and then run away from the scene, Mumia was convicted and sentenced to death by what can only be called a kangaroo court. During the summer of 1995, a death warrant was signed, which sparked one of the most effective organizing efforts in defense of a political prisoner ever. Since that time, Mumia has had his death sentence overturned, but still has a life sentence with no opportunity for parole. More information: freemumia.com

Philadelphia: “Mumia Lives!” Birthday Celebration & Film Screening: Friday, Apr. 24 | 6:30 PM: Friends Center 1501 Cherry St

Smart Communications/PA DOC
Mumia Abu Jamal
SCI Mahanoy
Post Office Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733

As PADOC is a digital mail scanning state, please use single sided letters; books must be sent to Mumia Abu Jamal / 268 Bricker Road / Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667

Casey Goonan

Birthday: April 24

Casey Goonan is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza and response to the repressive actions against the pro-Palestine student encampments in the United States. In January 2025, Casey pleaded guilty to one count of maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive for the arson attack on a campus police car. As part of a plea agreement, Goonan took responsibility for the other attacks but pleaded not guilty to the additional charges and was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison. More information: freecasenow.noblogs.org

Casey Goonan
511
FCI Allenwood Medium
Post Office Box 2000
White Deer, Pennsylvania 17887

 

In Contempt #5: Anarchism & Solidarity on Trial in Texas, Free the Prairieland Defendants, Free Them All!

  • March 22, 2026 1:28 am

from In Contempt

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

Intro

“Through our ability to help one another articulate our suffering, we help one another to act. And in helping one another to act we help to demonstrate to those around us that something different, something other than what currently is, is possible. When we unabashedly grieve, fully, publicly, without reservation, we invite other to do the same. Every act of resistance sows the seeds of its own replication. When we resist as part of daily life, we sow the reproduction of a daily life of resistance. “

(From “If We Go, We Go On Fire”, a zine presented as evidence during the Prairieland Trial)

We return, our hearts inflamed for our companions in struggle enduring the worst of state repression, with the latest In Contempt, a roundup of repression news, political prisoner updates, and prisoner rebellions. While repression may be inevitable for any movement for freedom, the future of the prison world is not. Until the day the cages are empty and the prisons are ashes, we must support those fighting inside for freedom.

A zine and pamphlet of this column will be available in the coming days to print and share with friends, comrades, and loved ones behind bars.

As always, we welcome contributions at in_contempt @ autistici . org.

NO ONE WAY WORKS,
it will take all of us shoving at the thing from all sides to bring it down.
— Diane di Prima, Revolutionary Letter

Political Prisoners / POWs

Casey Goonan

Casey Goonan has posted a Bookshop.org Wish List where people can purchase books to be sent to them at their new location at FCI Allenwood. Among many other topics, they’re interested in Palestinian history, political analysis, and literature, Black philosophy and critical theory, Autonomous marxisms, Analysis of the George Floyd Uprising, and books by anarchist historian Paul Avrich.

If you purchase books through other outlets please be mindful of the mail rules for Casey’s facility. You can send them as well as letters to:

Casey Goonan -511
FCI Allenwood Medium
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 2000
White Deer, PA 17887

George Floyd Uprising Prisoners

As far as we know, the current prisoners––welcome home Margaret!––from the George Floyd Uprising and their addresses to write letters of support are:

David Elmakayes -066
USP Lee
U.S. Penitentiary
Satellite Camp
P.O. Box 644
Jonesville, VA 24263

Smart Communications/PADOC
Khalif Miller
SCI Forest
PO Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

As always a printable letter writing zine is available to distro.

uprising-support-3-26-imposedDownload

At The Gates: Fighting Detention Centers

The floorplan of the proposed Social Circle ICE detention facility, a dystopian vision of their fascist future if we do not stop it

As the DHS hopes to continue expanding its network of detention centers, community resistance, legal efforts, and Kristi Noem’s departure as secretary has stalled several proposed developments.

Project Salt Box has been investigating ICE property acquisitions: according to their current data, ICE has purchased warehouses for large-scale immigrant processing and detention facilities in Romulus MI, Tremont PA, Socorro TX, Hamburg PA, Salt Lake City UT, San Antonio TX, Social Circle GA, Flowery Branch GA, Roxbury NJ, Surprise AZ, and Williamsport MD; and is currently eyeing locations in  Durant OK, Starke FL, McAllen TX, Port Allen LA, Holtsville NY, and Orlando FL.

Birthdays

Mumia Abu Jamal

Birthday: April 24

Mumia is an award winning journalist and was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party chapter in Philadelphia. He has struggled for justice and human rights for people of color since he was at least 14 years old––the age when he joined the Party. In December of 1982, Mumia, who moonlighted by driving a taxi, happened upon police who were beating his brother. During the melee, a police officer was shot and killed. Despite the fact that many people saw someone else shoot and then run away from the scene, Mumia was convicted and sentenced to death by what can only be called a kangaroo court. During the summer of 1995, a death warrant was signed, which sparked one of the most effective organizing efforts in defense of a political prisoner ever. Since that time, Mumia has had his death sentence overturned, but still has a life sentence with no opportunity for parole. More information: freemumia.com

Smart Communications/PA DOC
Mumia Abu Jamal
SCI Mahanoy
Post Office Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733

As PADOC is a digital mail scanning state, please use single sided letters; books must be sent to Mumia Abu Jamal / 268 Bricker Road / Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667

Casey Goonan

Birthday: April 24

Casey Goonan is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza and response to the repressive actions against the pro-Palestine student encampments in the United States. In January 2025, Casey pleaded guilty to one count of maliciously damaging or destroying property used in or affecting interstate commerce by means of fire or an explosive for the arson attack on a campus police car. As part of a plea agreement, Goonan took responsibility for the other attacks but pleaded not guilty to the additional charges and was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison. More information: freecaseynow.noblogs.org

Casey Goonan 511
FCI Allenwood Medium
Post Office Box 2000
White Deer, Pennsylvania 17887

List of New and Proposed ICE Detention Centers Across the US

  • March 7, 2026 1:40 am

from Unravel

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

In mid-January, government officials went on a series of site visits at the following locations of proposed ICE detention centers. Their plan is to retrofit industrial warehouses to save time and money. If all of these facilities were built it would add up to over 15 million square feet of space and increase bed space by 85,000, which would in turn facilitate more “surge” operations to detain our neighbors en masse. It’s up to us to stop them.

“Mega Centers”

50 Rausch Creek Road, Tremont, PA

Processing Sites

3501 Mountain Road, Hamburg, PA

CONFIRMED purchased warehouses:

3501 Mountain Rd, Hamburg, PA 19526 (capacity 1,500)

 

New and expanded offices (from WIRED):

Berwyn, PA – 1000 Westlakes Drive

Philadelphia, PA – 801 Arch Street

York, PA – Yorktowne Medical Center

 

Casey Goonan Moved To Northern Pennsylvania

  • February 26, 2026 1:46 am

from Free Casey Now

from the Casey Support Committee

Finally! As you may have seen elsewhere, Casey is finally out of the holdover unit at FCI Mendota and is in the transfer pipeline to their designated facility.

At 4 am on Tuesday, 2/11, Casey was woken up, told to pack it up, and then put on the bus before the sun rose. They were transported from Mendota to the SF Federal Bldg and then to the county jail in downtown SF. Casey reported that coming over the hills that morning into the Bay as the sun rose, they felt blessed. Casey, sitting in a van still cuffed up, was able to see the horizon, able to see the sun’s light grow and spread over the city and the Bay.
While at the SF jail, Casey was able to walk around the unit freely, talk to others, and enjoy phone access with their friends and loved ones in a way not possible for months in that shithole holdover unit. Casey and a member of our committee were able to have a loving, hour long conversation that didn’t feel like a rushed whisper through a keyhole. ❤️

Casey didn’t spend long in SF before they were put on a plane. On Friday, Casey showed up on the BOP inmate locator at FCI Allenwood – Medium, one facility of three in a prison complex located in northern Pennsylvania.

A few notes about Casey’s current placement:

  • This may be an intermediate placement. We have not confirmed with Casey that this is their permanent designated facility and this may well be a temporary location. All prison systems are opaque and move people around at will according to their own fickle bureaucratic criteria. When we confirm this is to be Casey’s designated facility, we will let you know.
  • It’s always good to write! Address for the facility is below. But know that in addition to this possibly being a short-lived placement, sometimes Casey’s mail has been held by the mailroom for weeks or months. We have also found that multiple pieces of mail have been blocked or “lost” as well. So independent of Casey being at Allenwood permanently or temporarily, know that comms through the mail are goofy as well as slow and fully surveilled.
  • Conditions have changed already. According to Casey, this current spot is more capable meeting their needs as a diabetic. They are let out of their cell from 8 am to 5 pm, have phone access, and at the time of the last call with fam, Casey was on their way to check out the library (!! of course. If you know Casey…🙂)
  • At some point, Casey’s counselor told them that they had been given a “Low” security classification. This has not been formally confirmed. So again, we will let you know when we know more. And yes, a Low can be sent to a Medium level facility – Welcome to the byzantine nature of prison regulations and practices.
  • All property is surrendered on transfer out of a holdover unit so Casey has to start over in terms of personal property and nutritional supplements from commissary to deal with their diabetes. To send funds to keep Casey’s commissary account topped,up, you can Venmo Casey’s fam – @JuliePetersonG

More on the toll of “holdover life”

Casey spent over 4 months in holdover at Mendota. Holdover – the limbo unit for people being received, moved, etc. – is worse than solitary in many respects. You have no property, no programs, limited access to anything but your tiny cell, and no definite date for getting out. Casey had only minimal access to medical care for their diabetes: insulin only dispensed once per day, insufficient blood sugar checks, mediocre diet, and maximum stress and uncertainty. The poor care had started to permanently damage Casey’s eyesight. If they were to continue much longer in holdover, Casey was anticipating needing a new prescription in order to read or see adequately.

Also, every other person that passed through holdover at Mendota only spent a few weeks there. A month in and Casey became in effect the “OG” of the unit, the prisoner housed there the longest, orienting others to the layout and program of the place. Yet again, to those who been locked up or who have years doing prisoner support, the question at some point becomes “Is this bullshit targeted or is it just random, just industrialized abandonment and they don’t give a shit about anybody?”

Well, Casey is a political prisoner. And while everybody inside gets a number and everybody gets put in the uniform, there is nonetheless a wild card or two in the deck for politicals. Consequences can be heavier. And that’s another thing for people on the outside to remember and take to heart regarding risks, expectations, and communications with our loved ones inside.

Legal update

Casey has been working on a habeas petition with another legal team in order to appeal their conviction and sentencing. The deadline for this filing will be 12 months from their sentencing (Sept. 23, 2026)  so we will report more on this in the coming months as it develops.

Free Palestine,
Fire to the Prisons

In solidarity,
CSC

To donate towards legal fees:
https://chuffed.org/project/supportcasey

Commissary support: Venmo @JuliePetersonG
Instagram: @freecaseynow
Email us: cscommittee@protonmail.com

Current mailing address for Casey:

Casey Goonan -511
FCI Allenwood Medium
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
P.O. BOX 2000
WHITE DEER, PA   17887

In Contempt #4: Support the Prairieland Defendants on Trial, Inside-Outside ICE Detention Center Protests, Palestine Action UK Actionists Acquitted, Free Alabama Prison Strike, & More!

  • February 18, 2026 1:00 am

from In Contempt

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

IN CONTEMPT returns with the next monthly prison rebel roundup. Packed in as always are updates, action and analysis we hope helps build inside-outside networks of resistance. Over 100 copies are sent to comrades behind bars each month!

Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates on this noblogs. Please submit any updates and calls to action to the new email in_contempt at autistici dot org.

A lot has been happening, so lets get to it!

Phone Zaps

Call in For Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is being denied essential medical care

As of February 2026, Mumia has not received treatment for his diabetic retinopathy or agressive glaucoma. His vision has been restored to a point after having a procedure done, but his vision is still at risk without further treating the underlying condition. He needs an opthamologist or he risks going blind!

Please call, email, and write letters to SCI Mahony and the secretary of the Pennsylvania department of corrections this week. They are open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST.

Call:

SCI Mahanoy superintendant Bernadette Mason: (570) 773-2158
PA Department of Corrections secretary Laurel Harry: (717) 728-4109 or (717) 728-2573

Email:

PA DOC secretary: ra-crpadocsecretary@pa.gov

Send a Letter:

Berndatte Mason SCI Mahanoy 301 Grey Line Drive, Frackville PA 17931

Basic Script:

“Hello, my name is _____ and I am calling to request that Mumia Abu-Jamal needs to be seen and treated by specialists, who treat diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. He also needs to be examined for new glasses, a heart healthy diet, filtered water, and regular exercise, indoors and out.”

At The Gates: Fighting Detention Centers

“If they build it, they will fill it. “

Homeland Security seeks to purchase 23 massive warehouses to expand imprisonment capacity by an additional 76,000 beds even as it already holds an estimated 73,000 people, the highest ever, in conditions so abysmal that 23 people have died in custody since Trump retook office. Personal stories recount mass violations of human rights and cellphone videos shows ghastly conditions inside. Those detained during DHS’s “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago are disapeared into a vast byzantine web of detainment facilities designed to prevent family and support from making contact, wearing down people to surrender due process rights and sign deportation agreements.

Bloomgerg reports these locations and bed capacities that ICE seeks to acquire: Tremont, Pennsylvania- 7,500. Roxbury, New Jersey-1,500. Hamburg, Pennsylvania-1,500.

Wired reports that DHS also secretly leased over 150 additional locations for ICE offices; many communities were caught off guard and are now organizing to stop the concentration camps from being opened.

 

Hackers Letter Writing And Movie Screening

  • February 14, 2026 1:39 am

from Instagram

RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER! New date is Saturday 2/21. Hack the Planet! Come hang with us for a night of cinematic cybercrime as we raise money and support for Casey Goonan! Casey is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza. We’ll be watching Hackers (1995) and writing letters of encouragement for Casey in preparation for their transfer and taking donations for their support fund!
RESCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER! New date is Saturday 2/21.

Hack the Planet! Come hang with us for a night of cinematic cybercrime as we raise money and support for Casey Goonan! Casey is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza. We’ll be watching Hackers (1995) and writing letters of encouragement for Casey in preparation for their transfer and taking donations for their support fund!

In Contempt #3: RICO Charges Dismissed, Palestine Action UK Prisoners Hunger Strike Ends With a Win, New Prairieland Arrest, & More

  • January 21, 2026 1:59 am

from In Contempt

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]

Though with a delay, we return with the monthly news roundup of analysis on prison rebellions and imprisoned freedom fighters that is IN CONTEMPT! Once again, the US has seen unprecedented authoritarian repression confronting determined community resistance. As we enter another insurrectionary moment, we are reinvigorated by the relentless struggles of political prisoners worldwide who continue to inspire collective action through words and deeds.

Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates on this noblogs. We hope this publication helps develop networks of inside-outside solidarity – over 100 copies are mailed to people behind bars each month! Please submit any updates and calls to action to the new email in_contempt at autistici dot org.

“Escalation means that you trade your banner for a sledgehammer, you lock on and get in the way of business as usual.” – Sean Middlebrough, escaped Palestine Action UK prisoner

11 Charges Against the Northumberland 2 Dropped

In December 2025, Philly ABC announced that the judge overseeing the case against the Northumberland 2––Cara and Celeste, accused of freeing hundreds of minks from a fur farm in PA––dismissed ELEVEN charges total between defendants Cara and Celeste—including one count of ecoterrorism and several misdemeanors.

The next step is a pretrial conference in February. After that will come trial.

While this is big and exciting news, the case isn’t over yet. Cara and Celeste still have many charges to fight. Trial will come with extra costs on top of the other legal fees.

Thank you for all your support!

To donate: Venmo @phillyantirepression (note “for cc”)
For more updates: tinyurl.com/we-support-cc

George Floyd Uprising Prisoners

As far as we know, these are the current addresses of political prisoners from the George Floyd Uprising:

David Elmakayes -066
USP Lee
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 305
Jonesville, VA 24263

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Khalif Miller /
SCI Forest
P.O. Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

Visit https://uprisingsupport.org/ for more ways to support.

And print the January 2026 Uprising Support zine:

uprising-support-1-26-imposedDownload

Deaths in ICE Custody

The year started off with a sharp rise in deaths in federal custody as the feds expand network of immigrant detention centers, seeking to repurpose industrial warehouses, a new “Panhandle Pokey” in Florida, and re-opening the scandalous FCI Dublin. A new report shows Homeland Security is incarcerating people than ever before; there are 70,000 people in DHS custody, expected to increase as their detention budget exceeds even that of the Bureau of Prisons.

Birthdays

Joseph “Joe-Joe” Bowen 

Birthday: Jan 15

“Joe-Joe” Bowen is a Black Liberation Army (BLA) Prisoner of War, serving two life sentences for the assassination of a prison warden and deputy warden, as well as an attempted prison break which resulted in a five-day standoff after his initial arrest.

Joseph Bowen -4272
Smart Communications/PADOC
SCI Fayette
P.O. Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

As PADOC is a digital mail scanning state, please use single sided letters; books must be sent to Joseph Bowen / 268 Bricker Road / Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667

 

Letter Writing and Movie Screening Hackers

  • January 17, 2026 1:23 am

from Instagram

Hack the Planet! Come hang with us for a night of cinematic cybercrime as we raise money and support for Casey Goonan! Casey is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza. We’ll be watching Hackers (1995) and writing letters of encouragement for Casey in preparation for their transfer and taking donations for their support fund!
Hack the Planet! Come hang with us for a night of cinematic cybercrime as we raise money and support for Casey Goonan! Casey is an anarchist/anti-imperialist political prisoner incarcerated for actions carried out in solidarity with Palestinians facing genocide in Gaza. We’ll be watching Hackers (1995) and writing letters of encouragement for Casey in preparation for their transfer and taking donations for their support fund!

In Contempt #2: Imam Jamil Al-Amin Presente!, Saying Goodbye to Yorch Libre, Prisoners for Palestine 35+ Days on Hunger Strike, & More!

  • December 11, 2025 1:07 am
[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]
We return with another monthly roundup of news and analysis on political prisoners and prison rebellions.This past month has a lot of love and a lot of loss. Our hearts are enflamed in revolutionary memory of the past that isn’t past but is what drives our struggles forward.

Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates on this noblogs. People can submit updates and calls to action to the new email in_contempt at autistici dot org. Look out for monthly printable zines!

We’re also interested in providing more up to date roundups about international political prisoners, so please contribute if you can, whether updates or translations.

So much is happening so let’s jump right in!

March for Mumia

The 12 day march for Mumia, which began in Philadelphia on November 28 will end outside SCI Mahoney on December 9, demanding freedom for Mumia, freedom for all political prisoners, and justice for revolutionary elders.

As always you can hear Mumia’s words on Prison Radio, recent broadcasts of which include “Palestine Amid Colonial War” and “Imam Jamil Returns to the Source.”

Write to Mumia:

Smart Communications/PA DOC
Mumia Abu-Jamal
SCI Mahanoy
P.O. Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733

Uprising Support

As far as we know, these are the current addresses of political prisoners from the George Floyd Uprising:

David Elmakayes -066
USP Lee
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 305
Jonesville, VA 24263

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Khalif Miller /
SCI Forest
P.O. Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

Visit https://uprisingsupport.org/ for more ways to support.

And print the December Uprising Support zine.

Birthdays

Muhammad Burton

Fred Burton is one of the Philly 5, a group of men accused of an alleged attack on a police station that left one officer killed. He was sentenced to a life term for murder. Burton has maintained his innocence since his arrest. His preferred name is Muhammad, but envelopes should be addressed to Fred Burton.

Pennsylvania uses Connect Network/GTL, so you can contact him online by going to connectnetwork.com, selecting “Add a facility”, choosing “State: Pennsylvania, Facility: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections”, going into the “messaging” service, and then adding him as a contact by searching his name or “AF3896”.

Birthday: Monday, December 15

Fred Burton AF3896
SmartCommunications / PADOC SCI Somerset
P.O. Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733

Alejandro Rodriguez-Ortiz

A former Vaughn 17 defendant. While the state has now dropped its attempts to criminalize Alejandro in relation to the uprising, all Vaughn-related prisoners continue to be targets for retaliation. Years later, these prisoners are still being abused for staying in solidarity with one another against the state.

Birthday: December 17

Address:

Alejandro Rodriguez-Ortiz, SBI 515700
Delaware DOC – 1101
P.O. Box 96777
Las Vegas, NV 89193

Jonathan Rodriguez

A former Vaughn 17 defendant. While the state has now dropped its attempts to criminalize Jonathan in relation to the uprising, all Vaughn-related prisoners continue to be targets for retaliation. Years later, these prisoners are still being abused for staying in solidarity with one another against the state.

Pennsylvania uses Connect Network/GTL, so you can contact him online by going to connectnetwork.com, selecting “Add a facility,” choosing “State: Pennsylvania, Facility: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections”, going into the “messaging” service, and then adding him as a contact by searching his name or “NU0434.”

Birthday: December 31

Address:

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Jonathan Rodriguez – NU0434
SCI Rockview
P.O. Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL, 33733

 

Running Down The Walls 2025 Reportback Event

  • December 1, 2025 1:56 am

from Instagram

Philly’s 2025 Running Down the Walls event raised $2610 for political prisoners and mutual aid in Gaza! Join Philly ABC (phillyabc.org) @philly_abc on Monday, December 8th at 6:30pm to mail prisoners reportbacks telling them about it. We’ll also be signing birthday cards for political prisoners with winter birthdays. ❄️🎂 Light refreshments provided. Events at Wooden Shoe Books are free, masked (provided), and entrance is accessible with mobility aids.
Philly’s 2025 Running Down the Walls event raised $2610 for political prisoners and mutual aid in Gaza!

Join Philly ABC (phillyabc.org) @philly_abc on Monday, December 8th at 6:30pm to mail prisoners reportbacks telling them about it.

We’ll also be signing birthday cards for political prisoners with winter birthdays. ❄️🎂

Light refreshments provided.

Events at Wooden Shoe Books are free, masked (provided), and entrance is accessible with mobility aids.

Bambule

  • December 1, 2025 1:50 am

from Instagram

Bambule, or 'Riot' as it is roughly translated into English from its original German prison slang, tells the story of some adolescent school girls and their struggle against the oppressive detention center they are forced to work and learn in. As the characters plot, scheme, protest, escape, return, love, care, and fight, the movie tries to tackle the question of 'what does solidarity with students look like?' Which is ultimately left unanswered, so join us in conversation after the movie as we try to tackle the same question.
Bambule, or ‘Riot’ as it is roughly translated into English from its original German prison slang, tells the story of some adolescent school girls and their struggle against the oppressive detention center they are forced to work and learn in. As the characters plot, scheme, protest, escape, return, love, care, and fight, the movie tries to tackle the question of ‘what does solidarity with students look like?’ Which is ultimately left unanswered, so join us in conversation after the movie as we try to tackle the same question.

In Contempt #1: UK Palestine Action Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike, Phone Zap to Get Malik Out of the Hole, Repression on the Rise, & More

  • November 11, 2025 1:48 am

from In Contempt

[This post only contains information relevant to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, to read the entire article follow the above link.]
We return with another monthly roundup of news and analysis on political prisoners and prison rebellions.

This past month has seen an unprecedented rise in repression as Trump further consolidates authoritarian power and unleashes militarized fascist police violence on communities across the so-called US.

Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates on this noblogs. People can submit updates and calls to action to the new email in_contempt at autistici dot org.

So much is happening so let’s jump right in!

George Floyd Uprising Prisoners

As far as we know, the remaining George Floyd Uprising prisoners’ addresses are:

David Elmakayes 77782-066
USP Lee
U.S. Penitentiary
P.O. Box 305
Jonesville, VA 24263

Smart Communications / PA DOC
Khalif Miller /
SCI Forest
P.O. Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

Political Prisoner Birthdays

Dwayne Staats

One of the two Vaughn 17 defendants to be convicted for taking part in the Vaughn prison uprising of early 2017. Dwayne and his co-defendant Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers bravely admitted to their own parts in the uprising, and then, free to testify openly without fear of incriminating themselves any further, tore holes in the prosecution’s attempts to convict anyone else – as he put it, “we’d accept being stabbed in the chest to present others from getting stabbed in the back”. To learn more about Dwayne in his own words, you can follow his instagram, read his letter to the Kentucky Attorney General, or his contribution to the Vaughn zine, “Live from the Trenches”.

Birthday: November 10

Dwayne Staats
Delaware DOC – 1101
P.O. Box 777
Las Vegas NV 89193

In Memoriam

Assata Shakur Returns to the Ancestors

In the words of Mumia Abu-Jamal,

Her name, Assata Shakur, has become an iconic symbol of Black revolutionary resistance to the white nation and American empire. Shot, beaten and threatened with death, Assata lived up to the meaning of her name: “She who struggles.” Born Joanne Deborah Byron on July 16, 1947, in Queens, N.Y., she came of age during the tumultuous 1960s, when young Black people joined movements and organizations devoted to Black liberation. She joined the Black Panther Party and later, the Black Liberation Army (BLA), and emerged as one of its best-known and best-loved members.

When three young Panthers were driving south on the New Jersey Turnpike, they were ambushed by state troopers, and a shoot-out ensued. One Panther, Zayd Malik Shakur and a state trooper, were shot and killed. Assata was also shot, under her arm. The third Panther, Sundiata Acoli, also survived the ambush. Both survivors were charged with murder. Assata endured some 10 trials or so, winning acquittal after acquittal after acquittal. She was convicted once, and the state threatened her with another conviction for killing of Zayd.

A BLA squad went to her jail and set her free. Shortly thereafter, she made it to Cuba, which granted her political asylum. She began teaching in Cuba, wrote riveting poetry, and prayed for social change in America, and of course, freedom for the Black Nation. She served her people and freedom’s cause with bravery, beauty and brilliance. She represented her generation as Harriet Tubman represented hers.

New immigrant detention centers

DHS is hoping to accelerate the expansion of its network of detention centers opening several new facilities as it considers renovating warehouses for “mega detention centers” and contracts $10 billion to the U.S. Navy to begin construction of what could include “soft-sided” tent setups in in Louisiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Utah and Kansas.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is holding people for ICE in at least five facilities at Miami, Atlanta, Leavenworth, Philadelphia and Berlin.

 

Statements about the police brutality in Indonesia

  • September 11, 2025 1:42 am

from Durian Distro

Press Statement: On the ongoing crackdown against West Papuan activists (27th August 2025)

The Merdeka West Papua Support Network strongly condemns the ongoing crackdown on democracy activists in Papua, today, Wednesday, 27 August, in the town of Sorong, following the unlawful transfer of four Papuan political prisoners to Makassar District Court — a clear violation of Article 85 of Indonesia’s Criminal Procedure Code.

Milk Tea Alliance Statement on the Brutality of Policing in Indonesia (29th August 2025)

A rail station tear-gassed, Affan Kurniawan killed by being run over by an armoured car protesters attacked with water cannons, batons, and the brutality of policing. Over 600 people have been arrested. That was just on the 28th of August in Jakarta, when thousands protested against excessive government pay. Yet it is not isolated, protests in Pati a few weeks earlier faced similar police violence, as did the protests against the TNI law earlier this year. This is not okay, the violence by the police and security forces has been brutal, excessive, and indiscriminate. Moreover, journalists have been attacked and media organisations threatened.