From the Shoatz family:

Maroon with daughters Theresa and Sharon

From the Shoatz family:

For months, public health experts, faith leaders, Congress members, and hundreds of others have warned NYS officials that the prisons are potential death traps in the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing this, a New York State judge on April 27th ordered Jalil’s temporary release from Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, NY, based on his extreme vulnerability to the virus.

Fundraiser to Free Political Prisoner

Sundiata Acoli, 83, from 47 Years in Prison

by Florence Morgan

Dear Friends and Supporters of Sundiata Acoli:

Respected Elder Jalil Muntaqim Hospitalized with COVID-19

We are posting some links here so people can keep informed as to what is happening with COVID-19 in state and federal prisons:

UCLA Covid-19 Behind Bars Data Project:

When a PA Department of Corrections official falsely claimed Mumia Abu-Jamal was being hospitalized with COVID-19 at 5pm on April 15, the news was shared worldwide in minutes. Supporters around the world, who have been misled by DOC statements in the past, immediately called the institution and demanded confirmation from Mumia himself.