Eco-prisoners
The focus of Earth First! prisoner support is on eco-prisoners, caged animal liberationists and prisoners of indigenous land struggles, who show a bio-centric viewpoint in their activism that influenced their legal case. Strike up correspondence to lend support to them, or check out this support guide for suggestions.
Elicura 8
[Prisoner’s name], CDP Lebu, José Joaquín Pérez 775, Bío-Bío 4350000 Lebu, Chile
The Elicura 8 (Eliseo Raiman Coliman, Matias Leviqueo Concha, Guillermo Camus Jara, Carlos Huichacura Leviqueo, Manuel Huichacura Leviqueo, Esteban Huichacura Leviqueo, Francisco Medina Huichacura and Bernardo Antonio Camus Parra) are part of a larger Mapuche movement resisting forestry companies, hydroelectric projects, and large landholders in defense of their ancestral territories. Direct-action land recuperations and the reconstruction of Mapuche ways of living on their recuperated territories have been pivotal to this resistance. These men have been falsely charged with a death in a Mapuche territory usurped by a forestry businessman and sentenced to 20 years (until 01-2040).
Marius Mason
M. Mason (do not address envelope to Marius), #04672-061, FCI Danbury, Route 37, Danbury, CT 06811, USA
Serving 21 years and 10 months (until 05-04-2027) for his involvement in an ELF arson at a University building carrying out genetically-modified crop tests. Marius also pleaded guilty to conspiring to carry out ELF actions and admitted involvement in 12 other ELF actions.
Birthday: January 26, 1962
Diet: Vegan
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Jessica Reznicek
#19293-030, FCI Waseca, P.O. Box 1731, Waseca, MN 56093, USA
Jessica is a land and water defender who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. She was sentenced to 8 years in prison (until 10-01-2027), received the ‘federal crime of terrorism’ enhancement, and was ordered to pay over 3 million dollars in restitution and three years of supervised release.
Birthday: July 25, 1981
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Prisoners of Allied Struggles
We also stand in solidarity with people facing imprisonment for their beliefs and actions reflecting a broader vision towards liberation from the oppressive systems. There are over fifty political prisoners and prisoners of war held in the US, and many more politicized prisoners. The following are some of those prisoners from struggles that are allied with the Earth First! movement.
Anti-fascist prisoners
Denis Boltut
Denis was detained on September 25, 2020 after the protests against Lukashenko’s inauguration and charged with organization and preparation of actions grossly violating public order, or active participation in them, violence against the police, and organisation of mass riots. He was sentenced to 6 years (until 09-25-2026).
Alex Stokes Contompasis
Alex Stokes Contompasis is a journalist and artist from Albany, NY serving a 20-year sentence (until 10-03-2042) after attempting to help others when a melee broke out after a Proud Boy tased a Black man in the neck at a protest on January 6, 2021.
Birthday: February 26, 1983
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Tamaz Pipiya
Tamaz is an antifascist from Minsk detained on 26 September 2020 on the charge of participation in mass riots on September 23 during the inauguration of Lukashenko. He was sentenced to 5 years (until 09-26-2025).
Timur Pipiya
Timur is an antifascist from Minsk detained after the September 23 during the inauguration of Lukashenko and charged with organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order or active participation in them, organising mass riots and using violence against the police. He was sentenced to 6 years and 2 months (until 11-27-2026).
Birthday: January 15, 1990
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Vitaliy Shishlov
Vitaliy is an antifascist from Minsk detained on September 25, 2020 for participation in protests against Lukashenko’s inauguration and charged with violence or threat of violence against an officer of internal affairs and organization of mass riots. He was sentenced to 6 years (until 09-25-2026).
Anti-globalization prisoners
Marina Cugnaschi
C.C. Bollate, Via Cristina Belgioioso 120, 20021 Milano, Italy [Accurate as of 2015]
One of the Genoa 10 serving 11 years and 9 months (until 03-2024) for “devastation and looting” during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.
Francesco “Jimmy” Puglisi
C.C. Rebibbia, (Wing G9/Second floor), Via Raffaele Majetti 70, 00156 Rome, Italy [Updated: 03/27/14]
Serving 14 years (until 06-2027) after being arrested on June 5, 2013 and charged with “devastation and looting” during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001.
Vincenzo Vecchi
Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes-Vezin, Rue du Petit Pré, Vezin-le-Coquet 35132, France
Vinchenzo was arrested on August 8, 2019 in France, after being at large. In July 2012 he was sentenced by the Italian Supreme Court to 11 years and 6 months in prison for the clashes during G8 protests in 2001. Italy has been seeking to extradite him but has so far been denied.
Indigenous Resistance Prisoners
Oso Blanco
Byron Shane Chubbock #07909-051, USP Victorville, P.O. Box 3900, Adelanto, CA 92301, USA
Oso Blanco funneled money he stole from banks in the US to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in Mexico. Originally serving 80 years for aggravated assault of federal agents, escape and bank robbery, 25 years were taken off his sentence in 2016 when he won his Johnson v. U.S. appeal so his projected release date is now in 2048.
Birthday: February 26, 1967
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Leonard Peltier
Released by clemency in 2025!
American Indian Movement activist serving life after being framed for murdering two FBI agents during the 1975 Pine Ridge siege.
Birthday: September 12, 1944
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Imprisoned Comrades
The following are prisoners who Earth First! folks are in some form of contact with, but their cases do not fit in one of the above categories.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Smart Communications/PADOC, Mumia Abu-Jamal/#AM-8335, SCI Mahanoy, P.O. Box 33028, St. Petersburg, FL 33733, USA
Mumia is a former Black Panther and vocal journalist supporter of the eco-revolutionary group MOVE who was framed for the murder of a cop in 1981. He was originally sentenced to death, but was taken off death row and is now seeking a retrial based on withheld exculpatory evidence.
Birthday: April 24, 1954
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Sean Swain
#A243205 Ohio State Penitentiary, 878 Coitsville – Hubbard Rd, Youngstown, OH 44505, USA
Serving a life sentence for the self-defense killing of a court official’s relative who broke into Sean’s home and threatened his life. He is an anarchist prisoner and former union organizer fighting his conviction by citing the US government’s illegal occupation of native land, and ran for governor of Ohio from prison as a Zapatista candidate.
Birthday: September 12, 1969
Fran Thompson
#93341, Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, 1107 Recharge Road, York, NE 68467-8003, USA
Serving life plus 10 years for killing a man in self-defense after he violently entered her home. Before her imprisonment, Fran was an eco, animal & anti-nuke campaigner and it is believed this biased the court against her.
Birthday: January 4, 1950
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Fight Toxic Prisons Contacts
The following social prisoners are supporters of FTP campaign. While this is only a few individuals, we hope corresponding with them helps make an inroad to general prisoner solidarity within the EF! movement. Note: We are not taking any position on the criminal cases or political histories of these individuals.
Bryant Arroyo
Smart Communications/PA-DOC, Bryant Arroyo #CU-1126, SCI Coal Township, P.O. Box 33028, St. Petersburg, FL 33733, USA
Bryant launched a successful effort to get prisoners involved in the fight against a coal gasification plant that was slated to be built 300 feet from SCI Frackville—a plant that would have poisoned the environment around the prison and the nearby community. He has since been battling water contamination issues and is serving a life without parole sentence.
Keith Cole
#00728748, Stiles CF, 3060 FM 3514, Beaumont, TX 77705, USA
Keith is a lifer involved in legal challenges to the extreme heat of Texas prisons, and spoke at the 2017 FTP Convergence.
Wayland “X” Coleman
#W65484, MCI-Concord, 965 Elm St., P.O. Box 9106, Concord, MA 01742, USA
Wayland is a point person for addressing the toxic water crisis in MA prisons.
EF! prisoner support is ONLY for those who refuse to cooperate with law enforcement. Cooperation entails the passing of any information to law enforcement which can be used to subpoena, arrest or prosecute another person. This includes (but is not limited to) giving agents the names, locations, activities or associations of other individuals, whether before, during or after trial. There is never an excuse to aid law enforcement. If an individual cooperates with the government, our support will end immediately. People that accept plea agreements but do not provide information or agree to provide information about other people still deserve and will receive support. Visit the Informants Page for details and updates about government informants, many of whom are cooperating co-defendants of former or current prisoners we support.