Monsour Owolabi is a New Afrikan political prisoner captured in Texas. He was born in Alief, a working-class neighborhood southwest of Houston, in 1991. His exposure to racism and systemic oppression became the catalyst for developing a radical political framework in his youth.

At the young age of 20, Monsour was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole for an incident involving the death of a drug dealer.

He was tried by an all-white jury in Harris County, a majority non-white county, where the prosecutor used false testimony from a key state witness to paint him as guilty.

The DNA lab that furnished the evidence in his trial was later shut down due to proven mishandling of evidence.

Monsour's case is but one example of countless New Afrikan people historically and presently who have been victims of Amerika's racist courts and legal system.

Like many New Afrikan revolutionaries, Monsour became politicized through his experience of incarceration.

Through years of rigorous study, he eventually came to understand the true, political reason for his captivity, and its connection to the captive status of the New Afrikan nation as a whole.

In response, the state has repeatedly singled Monsour out for retaliation. He has endured beatings, censorship and harassment and has spent over ten years in solitary confinement—a human rights violation widely regarded as a form of torture. This has left him with long-term psychological trauma.

Despite constant targeting by the state, Monsour has remained steadfast in his political convictions.

From 2027-2023, he led a series of hunger strikes to protest the torture of solitary confinement.

He is an active organizer with Prison Lives Matter, a united front of prison activists across the country, and a member of the New Afrikan Liberation Collective.

Monsour has developed numerous educational curricula to help combat drug use and addiction, gang participation, juvenile delinquency and recidivism. He is a teacher and mentor to countless people both inside and outside prison.

Monsour remains steadfast in his Muslim faith and is dedicated to advancing the revolutionary struggle from within the prison walls. He is a poet, writer, educator, mentor, leader, revolutionary, and beloved community member.

Monsour Freedom Campaign: https://linktr.ee/freemonsour; https://freemonsour.org/. Links to Mansour's writings can be accessed here.