Joseph has been incarcerated for 16 years in the North Carolina prison system and is currently captive at Scotland CI in Laurinburg. As a social prisoner and former “street tribe” member, he was politicized in prison through the writings of revolutionaries like George Jackson. He is also the former National Spokesperson of the White Panther Organization.

Within the last few years, Joseph lost his national support network due to several reasons: (1) his condemnation of Keith Washington as an informant, (2) a split in the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, and (3) his increasing identification with the New Afrikan Independence Movement based on the writings of James Yaki Sayles (because Joseph is white, this is seen as taboo by many). In 2024, Kevin Rashid Johnson wrote about Joseph, here.

Joseph has been at the head of efforts to educate and raise the political consciousness of white prisoners in particular, and to counter the miseducation of whites with reactionary views that divide and play whites and Blacks and other people of color against each other as part of the divide and conquer strategies of the ruling class. He has also raised his voice in opposition against abuses of other prisoners by officials.

For more information about Joseph and to read his writings: https://linktr.ee/shinewhitesupport