UPDATE JULY 2024:

Josh has been transferred to a different prison. His parole date is June 2025 with hopes of being released sooner. We’ll begin fundraising a month prior to his release. Please sign up on the contact list in order to receive updates or offer volunteer support.

UPDATE NOVEMBER 2022:

Josh has routinely been held in solitary confinement over the past few years. This has limited his phone privileges and ability to stay connected.

His Jpay account is currently working as of right now. He uses the money to buy commissary, purchase items on his tablet and gives to others. If you want to stay updated and hear about fundraising efforts upon his release, please complete the form at bit.ly/joshupdates

*his birthday is 11/25 and he asked for people to send letters

UPDATE MAY 2021:

Josh has been held in solitary confinement on 23 hour lockdown since the beginning of the uprisings in June of 2020. He has limited phone privileges and hasn’t been able to go outside. Calls to demand his release from solitary are needed. Contact warden Paul Blair at 573-438-6000 to help get Josh out of solitary.

Josh has received thousands of letters of support. Some of them have been returned to the senders. His Jpay is often temporarily disabled. If this has happened to you and/or you want to remain updated on ways to support, please complete the form at bit.ly/joshupdates

#FreeJoshWilliams

Josh Williams is the only remaining political prisoner from the Ferguson/St. Louis uprisings. He was an on-the-ground activist and protester that helped lead one of the largest movements against police violence in modern history. A few months after his 19th birthday, he was convicted and sentenced to a crime with almost no evidence. His unjust and harsh sentence was an attempt to intimidate the movement and make an example out of him. Josh has continued to speak truth to power and use his voice to unify communities against oppression.