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Puget Sound Prisoner Support
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An anarchist collective providing jail and prisoner support in the so-called Pacific Northwest since 2015. psps@riseup.net
https://pugetsoundprisonersupport.noblogs.org/
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An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’

As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come"

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An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’
As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
Our November prisoner letter writing night will be held on Sunday 11/2 3-5pm at Pipsqueak Gallery (16th and Spruce) in Seattle.

No experience necessary.
All supplies provided.
Just bring yourself!
November Prisoner Letterwriting Sunday, November 2 3-5pm Pipsqueak, 173 16th Ave, Seattle No Experience Necessary Just Bring Yourself!
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
Recent FBI activity in the Seattle Area: Oct 2nd FBI Phone Call
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Oct 2nd FBI Phone Call – Puget Sound Prisoner Support
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October 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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NLG lawyer Moira Meltzer-Cohen speaks about legal implications of the Trump administrations declarations on "antifa", plus a little chat about mutual aid in Gaza

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photo of Trump signing a bunch of orders at his desk in the oval office
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
Our October prisoner letter writing night will be held on Sunday 10/5 3-5pm at Pipsqueak Gallery (16th and Spruce) in Seattle.

No experience necessary.
All supplies provided.
Just bring yourself!
October Prisoner Letter Writing Sunday, October 5 3-5pm Pipsqueak, 173 16th Ave, Seattle No experience necessary Just bring yourself!
September 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Newly obtained public records reveal ICE and other feds are quietly requesting surveillance data on a little-known Seattle police email list as City Council considers a massive expansion of its Real-Time Crime Center next week.
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Feds, WA police share surveillance data on an obscure SPD email list
As civil liberties groups warn that surveillance info can wind up in the wrong hands, the Seattle Police Department is already hosting a space for sharing data with little oversight.
www.divestspd.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
Our September prisoner letter writing night will be held on Sunday 9/7 3-5pm at Pipsqueak Gallery (16th and Spruce) in Seattle.

No experience necessary.
All supplies provided.
Just bring yourself!
September Prisoner Letter Writing Sunday, September 7th 3-5PM Pipsqueak at 173 16th Ave, Seattle No experience necessary Just bring yourself!
September 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
Our August prisoner letter writing night will be held on Sunday 8/3 3-5pm at Pipsqueak Gallery (16th and Spruce).

This month we will be writing letters to the Prairieland Defendants being held in a Texas County jail.

No experience necessary.
All supplies provided.
Just bring yourself!
Prisoner Letter Writing Night Sunday August 3rd 3-5pm at Pipsqueak 173 16th Ave This month we are writing letters to the Prairieland Defendants being held in a Texas County jail. No experience necessary. Just bring yourself.
July 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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DHS Doorknock in the Seattle Area
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DHS Doorknock in the Seattle Area – Puget Sound Prisoner Support
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July 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Thank you to everyone who came to the 10 year PSPS letter writing anniversary party!

There will be no letter writing night in July but we'll be back in August!
Text imposed over a background with envelopes addressed to prisoners: "Thank you to everyone who came to the 10 year PSPS letter writing anniversary party! We're taking a break! No July letter writing! We will be back in August!"
June 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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oaklandabosol.bsky.social
Outside fam in Alabama laying out exactly what is going down inside St. Clair Correctional Facility:

"... psychological and physical abuse used as retaliation or control....
What is unfolding at St. Clair is not a matter of security or policy — it is a campaign of deliberate dehumanization."
Torturous Segregation Conditions The inhumane conditions of segregation units at St. Clair are under Ellington’s direction. These are clear violations of the Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment), and they underscore the psychological and physical abuse used as retaliation or control. The segregation unit at St. Clair Correctional Facility has devolved into a site of deliberate psychological and physical torment, operating outside constitutional bounds and basic human decency. Under the leadership of Associate Commissioner Ellington, conditions in segregation include: No ventilation, leaving men to suffer extreme temperatures, stagnant air, and health hazards. No schedule or regular “ice call”, despite a memo requiring each shift to provide hydration at designated times. No outdoor time or exposure to sunlight for days or weeks at a time — a clear violation of minimum exercise standards. No access to reading material — including books, magazines, newspapers, or personal tablets. No showers, even while men are confined in cells with overflowing toilets and standing water contaminated with feces. No hygiene products, contributing to infection, disease, and further degradation. No legal or spiritual support, as communication and movement are strictly limited. Inmates are left naked or in soiled clothes, without cleaning supplies or laundry access for extended periods. These conditions are not incidental or caused by staffing issues — they are systematically enforced and amount to psychological torture and sensory deprivation. What is unfolding at St. Clair is not a matter of security or policy — it is a campaign of deliberate dehumanization. Through prolonged lockdowns, the destruction of rehabilitative structures, and the brutal conditions in segregation, the Alabama Department of Corrections, under Ellington’s direction, is violating the basic human rights of incarcerated individuals and creating a hostile, unsustainable environment for staff. This is not a facility in need of reform — it is a system in need of federal intervention. - FAMF
June 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Write to and support political prisoner Hridindu Roychowdhury by writing him, adding to his commissary, uplifting his struggle
Hrdindu smiling "Anarchist Black Cross South Florida • He acтED FROM a PLace OF POLITICAL CONVICTION IN DEFENSE OF BODILY auTONOMY. • He is PART OF A LONG Legacy OF RESISTANCE TO STATE VIOLENCE AND Religious EXTREMISM. • His case HIGHLIGHTS THE INTENSE SURVEILLANCE AND CRIMINALIZATION activists Face IN THE SO-CALLED LAND OF THE FREE. • SHARE HRIDINDU'S STORY TO PUSH Back AGAINST THE SILENCE IMPOSED BY The state. • SUPPORT THE CLDC AND THEIR CRITICAL WORK DEFENDING People Like HRIDINDU. • WRITE TO HRIDINDU AND SEND Messages OF STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY. • DEMAND REAL JUSTICE, NOT PUNISHMENT FOR PRINCIPLED Resistance. HRIDINDU'S COURAGE SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN-AND NEITHER SHOULD THE EFFORTS OF THOSE FIGHTING TO DEFEND HIM." HRIDINDU IS CURRENTLY BEING HOUSED IN a COUNTY Jail IN WISCONSIN AFTER BEING TRANSFERRED THERE FROM THE FEDERAL PRISON He was assiGNED TO aFter не тоок a NON-COOPERATIVEPLea DeaL AND WAS SENTENCED. Beir chis bea adck Cr HRIDINDU IS BEING HELD IN FEDERAL CIVIL CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR REFUSING TO COOPERATе/SNITCH at a FEDERAL GRAND JURY PROCEEDING. AFTER, THE JUDGE RECENTLY FOUND HIM IN CONTEMPT FOR REFUSING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WITHIN THE GRAND JURY ROOM, HE SITS IN THIS COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT eaRNING ANY GOOD TIME-IN essence His FEDERAL TIME iS FROZEN UNTIL CONTEMPT IS PURGED. STAY TUNED FOR MORE. Sove c CREDIT AND THoLa We WOULD LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT AND THANK THE CIVIL Liberties DEFENSE CENTER/ CLDC FOR THE TiReLess WORK THEY DO IN SUPPORTING AND DEFENDING POLITICAL PRISONERS. PLease FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW FOR UPDATES ON HRIDINDU's case. HTTPS://CLDC.ORG/INTERNATIONAL-DAY-OF-SOLIDARITY-WITH-LONG-TERM- ANARCHIST-PRISONERS-JUNE-11-2025/#iLIGHTBOX%5BGALLERY16091%5D/0 IN THE WAKE OF THE Leaked SUPREME COURT DECISION TO OVERTURN Roe v. Wade, aNGER AND GRIEF SPILLED INTO THE STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FOR SOME, it was a MOMENT OF PROTEST. FOR OTHERS, Like HRIDINDU ROYCHOWDHURY, IT Became a FLASHPOINT THAT LED TO INCARCERATION. chist Black IN May 2022, HRIDINDU-AN ANARCHIST AND PHD SCIENTIST-ACTED IN PROTEST AGAINST WISCONSIN FAMILY ACTION, AN ANTI-ABORTION LOBBYING GROUP WHOSE BUILDING WAS DAMAGED IN AN ATTEMPTED ARSON. NO ONе was HARMED. THE WORDS SPRAY-PAINTED ON THE Wall Read: "IF ABORTIONS AREN'T SAFE, THEN YOU AREN'T either." THE STATE RESPONDED WITH SURVEILLANCE, DNA COLLECTION FROM a DiscaRDED BURRITO, AND EVENTUALLY FEDERAL CHARGES CARRYING A MANDATORY MINIMUM OF Five years. HRIDINDU PLED GUILTY AND TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS, FACING SENTENCING IN A SYSTEM THAT CRIMINALIZES POLITICAL RESISTANCE MORE HARSHLY THAN IT PROTECTS Basic RIGHTS. N IT PROTEC Let's Be CLEAR: THIS IS NOT JUST A STORY ABOUT PROPERTY DAMAGE. IT'S ABOUT a GOVERNMENT MORE invested in PUNISHING DISSENT THAN IN PROTECTING Reproductive FREEDOM. IT'S ABOUT SOMEONE WHO STOOD AGAINST THE VIOLENT ROLLBACK OF RIGHTS- AND WHO IS NOW FACING PRISON TIME FOR THAT RESISTANCE. US HERE AT ABC SOUTH FLORIDA WOULD LIKE TOO UPLIFT AND BRING ATTENTION TO HRİDİNDU Anarc Cross ROYCHOWDHURY HRIDINDU is a vocal advocate FOR BODILY AUTONOMY WHO IS CURRENTLY IMPRISONED FOR STANDING UP aGainST SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION. A COMMITTED PRO- CHOICE activiST, HRIDINDU HAS LONG FOUGHT FOR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, COMMUNITY CARE, AND LIBERATION FROM STATE VIOLENCE IN a WORLD WHERE SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER IS CRIMINALIZED, HRIDINDU'S CONTINUED RESISTANCE- Despite incarceration-is a POWERFUL REMINDER OF WHY WE MUST UPLIFT THOSE BеHIND BARS!
June 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
Reminder that this Sunday 12-5pm, we will be holding our 10 year prisoner letterwriting celebration! Come through!
pugetsupport.bsky.social Puget Sound Prisoner Support @pugetsupport.bsky.social · Jun 6
2025 marks 10 years since Puget Sound Prisoner Support began regularly hosting prisoner letter writing nights at Pipsqueak.

We are honoring the occasion by hosting an event to commemorate this milestone and to revitalize our commitment to prisoner support and total abolition of the carceral system.
PSPS Presents: 10 Years of Prisoner Letterwriting Food, Screen Printing, & More? Drop-in, Masks Required. June 22, 2025 12-5pm Pipsqueak, 173 16th Ave
June 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Happy June 11 - we want to hear from you!

Please send us short statements about why writing to people in prison, getting letters from the outside, or being part of or being supported by a jail/prisoner support crew has been important to you.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Please send us short statements about why writing to people in prison, getting letters from the outside, or being part of or being supported by a jail/prisoner support crew has been important to you. We want to include your thoughts in a slideshow during our 10 year letter writing anniversary! Please send statements (3-5 sentences) to psps AT riseup DOT net before Sunday, June 22nd!
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
2025 marks 10 years since Puget Sound Prisoner Support began regularly hosting prisoner letter writing nights at Pipsqueak.

We are honoring the occasion by hosting an event to commemorate this milestone and to revitalize our commitment to prisoner support and total abolition of the carceral system.
PSPS Presents: 10 Years of Prisoner Letterwriting Food, Screen Printing, & More? Drop-in, Masks Required. June 22, 2025 12-5pm Pipsqueak, 173 16th Ave
June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Recent FBI activity in the Seattle Area
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#seattle #antirepression
Recent FBI activity in the Seattle Area – Puget Sound Prisoner Support
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June 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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oaklandabosol.bsky.social
AJ, a 2020 uprising defendant, just came home!
He did the full 5 years of his sentence and now needs support for reentry.
Kick down! Share!

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Donate to Help AJ Rebuild and Inspire Youth, organized by Joshua Rosenburg
AJ is a George Floyd defendant who has completed his full five year sentence and is… Joshua Rosenburg needs your support for Help AJ Rebuild and Inspire Youth
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June 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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No monthly letter writing night tomorrow: come to our 10 year celebration on the 22nd!
pugetsupport.bsky.social Puget Sound Prisoner Support @pugetsupport.bsky.social · May 16
Save the date: PSPS will be celebrating 10 years of prisoner letter writing nights on June 22 from noon - 5pm. More details soon!
SAVE THE DATE Prisoner Letter Writing Night 10 Year Anniversary June 22nd Noon - 5PM at Pipsqueak More Details To Come
May 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Read the new groundbreaking investigative report by @glentalk.bsky.social in @realchangenews.bsky.social on the FBI and SPD’s extensive infiltration and surveillance of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, including the use of confidential informants:
www.realchangenews.org/news/2025/05...
FBI and SPD infiltrated Seattle 2020 protests, used informants and surveillance
FBI and SPD infiltrated Seattle 2020 protests, used informants and surveillance
www.realchangenews.org
May 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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New from 404 Media: ICE is tapping into a nationwide AI camera network, data we got shows. Flock's automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) in thousands of communities. Data shows "ICE", "immigration" as reasons for use. Local cops doing lookups for ICE, no warrant www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
www.404media.co
May 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
Save the date: PSPS will be celebrating 10 years of prisoner letter writing nights on June 22 from noon - 5pm. More details soon!
SAVE THE DATE Prisoner Letter Writing Night 10 Year Anniversary June 22nd Noon - 5PM at Pipsqueak More Details To Come
May 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson injured in transit to South Carolina prison, put in solitary confinement, denied access to medical care and communications, is now on hunger strike and asking for "maximum publicity and pressure".

☎⚡ 864-243-4700, 803-737-1752, 803 896-8540

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SERIOUS: Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson injured in transit to South Carolina prison, now on hunger strike
Make calls and spread the word. Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, ID number 397279, must be treated humanely, given good medical care for his broken leg and a decent place to sleep and full communications acces...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Reposting a statement from Eugene Jail Support
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On Recent State Repression in Eugene Over the past few days, we have seen a wave of state repression hit Eugene, with six arrests and four criminal citations related to alleged involvement in protests. These arrests were spread across two separate marches, taking place on May 1st and 2nd. We are releasing this statement to provide legal updates and clarity around police collaboration. On Thursday night, May 1st, a May Day labor march took place winding through downtown Eugene. Many attendees stayed to the sidewalks, while some of the protesters marched in the streets. Two arrests and four citations were made while the march was dispersing, with those arrested being transported to Lane County Jail. One arrestee was charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly blocking the roadway and released after a few hours. The other arrestee was held on the same misdemeanor as well as an additional felony. She was charged with the misdemeanor not the felony and she was released the following evening about 24 hours later. All of the citations issued were for the same misdemeanor charge of Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree. On May 2nd, the Eugene Police Department issued a press release with their narrative of the event. In the statement, EPD asserts that organizers asked EPD for “help with the splinter group” (of people marching in the street). Police exist to dismantle liberatory movements and law enforcement narratives should never be viewed as a truthful telling of facts. At the same time, it has been confirmed that contact was made with police by someone acting in an official capacity at this event despite reported agreements. One of the organizing groups, the GTFF, confirmed in a statement that an individual from a group volunteering to provide deescalation and general safety did speak with the police. These volunteers were identified by yellow vests, and some were seen at the march attempting to keep the march confined to the sidewalk. Harassing people marching in the street and inviting the involvement of law enforcement directly put protesters in harms way, resulting in 6 people being given criminal charges. This normalizes the presence of police at political demonstrations, builds fear around making bold choices in protests, and contributes to the idea that it is inherently hazardous to march in the streets. Marching in the streets has long been a foundational tactic across movements. Eugene Jail Support does not work with or support those that collaborate with the state. On the evening of May 2nd, a black bloc of about 30 people demonstrating against ICE deportations broadly targeting migrant and non-white communities marched through downtown. Marchers chanted while [Continued in next post]
May 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
pugetsupport.bsky.social
This Friday!

Movement Criminalization: A look at the history and laws at the government's disposal to attack social movements.

Friday, May 9 6-8pm
Pipsqueak, 173 16th Ave
Seattle
Movement Criminalization: A look at the history and laws at the government's disposal to attack social movements This presentation will address police and prosecutors' favored tactics for criminalizing social movements (such as RICO charges and grand jury subpoenas) to help us assess risk, prepare, and respond to these threats. Friday May 9 6-8pm Pipsqueak
May 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Our May prisoner letter writing night will be held on Sunday 5/4 3-5pm at Pipsqueak Gallery (16th and Spruce).

No experience necessary.
All supplies provided.
Just bring yourself!
May Prisoner Letter Writing Pipsqueak, 173 16th Ave Sunday May 4, 3-5pm Join Puget Sound Prisoner Support for our monthly letter writing event. No experience necessary. All supplies provided. Just bring yourself! Questions? Email psps@riseup.net
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM