Political Prisoners

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (Hubert Gerold Brown)  

Canaan Federal Penitentiary, Pennsylvania
Date of birth: October 4th, 1943
Year of imprisonment: 2000
Sentence: life sentence
Affiliation: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Website:https://whathappened2rap.com/

Sundiata Acoli, AKA Clark Squire, former Black Panther, Black Liberation Army member     

Age: 81
Incarcerated since: 1973
Convicted of: Murder of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster
Sentence: Life plus 30 years consecutively
Current prison: FCI Cumberland, Maryland                                        Website:http://www.sundiataacoli.org/

Mutulu Shakur, associated with Black Panther party and other groups  

Age: 67
Incarcerated since: 1986
Convicted of: Helping Black Panther Party member Assata Shakur escape from prison in 1979
Sentence: 60 years
Current prison: Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville, California Website:http://mutulushakur.com/site/about/

Mumia Abu-Jamal (Wesley Cook)    

State Correctional Institute, Mahanoy, Pennsylvania
Date of birth: April 24th, 1954
Year of imprisonment: 1981
Sentence: death penalty, commuted to a life sentence
Affiliation: Black Panthers, MOVE Website:  www.freemumia.com

 

Kojo Bomani Sababu, AKA Grailing Brown, former Black Liberation Army member

Age: 65
Incarcerated since: 1975
Convicted of: Murder of drug dealer, attempted prison escape
Sentence: Life
Current prison: USP Canaan, Pennsylvania Website:https://newafrikan77.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/kojo-bomani-sababu-black-liberation-army-new-afrikan-freedom-fighter-political-prisoner-pow/

Ed Poindexter, former Black Panther

Age: 73
Incarcerated since: 1970
Convicted of: Murder of Omaha police officer Larry Minard
Sentence: Life
Current prison: Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lincoln, Nebraska Website:http://partisandefense.org/pubs/articles/2018-11-30-poindexter.html

Jalil Muntaqim, AKA Anthony Bottom, former Black Panther, Black Liberation Army member

Incarcerated: August 1971                          Released: October 2020

Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz, former Black Panther

Age: 74
Incarcerated since: 1970
Convicted of: Murder of Philadelphia police sergeant Frank Von Colln
Sentence: Life without parole
Current prison: SCI Dallas, Pennsylvania Website:https://russellmaroonshoats.wordpress.com/

Veronza Bowers Jr, former Black Panther

Age: 72
Incarcerated since: 1973
Convicted of: Murder of US park ranger Kenneth Patrick
Sentence: Life
Current prison: Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, North Carolina Website:https://veronza.org/

Joseph Bowen, former Black Liberation Army member

Age: 70
Incarcerated since: 1971
Convicted of: Murder of police officer, and later murder of two prison officers
Sentence: Life without parole
Current prison: SCI Coal Township, Pennsylvania

Romaine ‘Chip’ Fitzgerald, former Black Panther     

Age: 69
Incarcerated since: 1969
Convicted of: Murder of security guard and attempted murder of a highway patrol officer
Sentence: Two life sentences
Current prison: California state prison, Los Angeles Website: countyhttps://www.freedom4chip.org/

 

Fred ‘Muhammad’ Burton, former Black Liberation Army member

Age: 71
Incarcerated since: 1970
Convicted of: Murder of police officer, and later murder of two prison officers
Current prison: SCI-Somerset, Pennsylvania
Sentence:Life                            Website:https://prisonersolidarity.com/prisoner/muhammad-burton

 

Ruchell ‘Cinque’ Magee  

Age: 79
Incarcerated since: 1963
Convicted of: Aggravated kidnapping in 1970 courthouse break-out attempt in which Judge Harold Haley was killed
Sentence: Life without parole
Current prison: California Men’s Colony, San Luis Obispo, California

Website:https://prisonersolidarity.com/prisoner/ruchell-cinque-magee

Leonard Peltier

Affiliation: Native American activist
Conviction: Iconvicted for the deaths of two FBI agents who died during a 1975 shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Sentence: Life
Time incarcerated: 29 years
Support website: https://freeleonard.org/case/

Maliki Shakur Latine  

Shawangunk Correctional Facility, New York
Date of birth: August 23rd, 1949
Year of imprisonment: 1979
Sentence: life sentence, conditional sentence after 25 years
Affiliation: Black Panthers, Black Liberation Army
Website: www.justiceformaliki.org

Joy Powell  

Bedford Hills Correctional Facility – New York
Year of imprisonment: 2007
Sentence: life plus 16 years
Affiliation: Equality and Justice for All
Website: www.freejoypowell.org

 

Age: 65
Incarcerated since: 2002
Convicted of: Murder in 1971 of Atlanta police officer James Green
Sentence: Life
Current prison: Augusta State Medical Prison, Georgia

Kamau Sadiki, AKA Freddie Hilton, former Black Panther   

Age: 65
Incarcerated since: 2002
Convicted of: Murder in 1971 of Atlanta police officer James Green
Sentence: Life
Current prison: Augusta State Medical Prison, Georgia