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In this column, we present our monthly roundup of political prisoner, prison rebel, and repression news, happenings, announcements, action and analysis. Packed in as always are updates, fundraisers, and birthdays.

There’s a lot happening, so let’s dive right in!

General Prison News and Abolitionist Media Updates

A phone zap has recently been organized for Luis Sierra/Abdul al-Haqq of the Vaughn 17, who has recently been transferred from Delaware to Arizona and been given bogus charges over a shelf in his cell.

Other members of the Vaughn 17 continue organizing as the Rebellious Hearts collective, who now have a full website. You can find them on instagram at _rebellious_hearts and freevaughn17, where they share important content such as a message for the Palestine solidarity encampments from Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers. Another prisoner at Vaughn, Kendall Smith, was recently interviewed by Prison Riot Radio.

Uprising Defendants

See Uprising Support for more info, and check out the Antirepression PDX site for updates from Portland cases. To the best of our knowledge they currently include:

David Elmakayes 77782-066
FCI McKean
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 8000
Bradford, PA 16701

Anthony Smith
14813-509
FCI Fort Dix
Federal Correctional Institution
Satellite Camp
P.O. Box 2000
Joint Base MDL, NJ 08640

Upcoming Birthdays

Jarreau “Ruk” Ayers

Vaughn Uprising prisoner, one of the only two prisoners from the Vaughn 17 to be convicted. As one write-up put it, “Jarreau Ayers and Dwayne Staats, already incarcerated under the hopeless sentence of life without parole, took it upon themselves to admit to involvement to prevent the rest of their comrades being found unjustifiably guilty, which led to success – not guilty verdicts or their charges being dropped.” You can learn more about Ruk in his own words at Rebellious Hearts and his instagram.

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 “NS9994.”

Birthday: June 15

Address:

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