After someone has been released, we remove their listing. If people have post-release support campaigns or other information about their cases after release, we’ll include them here. If you have any updates, corrections, or questions, please reach out to us at UprisingSupportSite@protonmail.com!

Check out the Further Resources page for other support projects who may have information about how to support people through their re-entry.

AJ is a George Floyd defendant from Georgia who has completed his full five year sentence and is ready to get back out into the world. AJ’s friends and family can’t wait to welcome him home with hugs and lots of love and support. He is looking forward to getting back to work and starting a non-profit organization to help at-risk-youth develop their skills and work on a positive future for themselves. Donate to his GoFundMe to support him after release!

Rene Goddard served 7 months in federal prison, after being incarcerated for charges from 2020 in Arkansas. They have a GoFundMe for support with post-incarceration costs, and you can find them on Instagram at @_unpeachy and learn more about how to support them and their partner, Angel Espinosa-Villegas, who remains incarcerated. Angel has a support account at @free.all.dykes.

Richard Hunsinger was released in late November 2024 from federal prison, after being incarcerated for charges from a 2020 demonstration at a DHS office in Atlanta. Please check out his support committee’s fundraiser for him.

John Wade and Ellie Brett were released in June 2024 after years being incarcerated for charges from the 2020 uprisings in Georgia. A joint Go Fund Me for their post release support also has wishlists and other information about how community can welcome them home. “Ellie hopes to start a barber shop, reconnect with his child, and get back involved with community organizing. John also wants to continue his community organizing work, and is interested in food justice, animal rights advocacy, and vegan-ism.”
***John Wade was re-arrested in October 2024, please follow the work to free him and support him at this GoFundMe and Atlanta IWOC.

Howard Nall was released in fall 2024. You can support him using CashApp at $cominghome1053.

Anthony “Ant” Smith was released in August, 2024. You can learn more about how to support his return home from his support group’s social media accounts @FreeAntPHL on Twitter and Instagram.

Hassan Muhammad (aka Vibez) is an African American, Anti Fascist activist, poet, songwriter and promoter from Portland, Oregon. Hassan was released in May 2024 and has a Go Fund Me for post release support. Hassan has also organized a Go Fund Me for his mother, to help with financial and medical hardship she experienced during his incarceration. You can read a recent essay by Hassan on the RIOT Revolt blog.

Adam Walton “is a Black man from Chicago who was arrested during the George Floyd Uprising for Black lives in May 2020. After over 18 months of pre-trial incarceration at Cook County Jail and the MCC, Adam was sentenced in December 2021 to 43 months in federal prison. Adam is a proud and loving father of 2 children, including an infant daughter. Adam was very close with his mother, who tragically passed before his release. Prior to being incarcerated, Adam worked hard to help his family.” He was released to a halfway house in summer 2023, and has a fundraiser to support him and his family after release here.

Shamar Betts was released to a halfway house in summer 2023. A fundraiser to support him in rebuilding his life after prison can be found here. Twenty-year-old Shamar Betts was indicted for the federal offense of inciting a riot on June 5th, 2020, due to a post on Facebook regarding the death of George Floyd. You can learn more about Shamar, his case, and read some of his writings at his support site, and read an article about his case he was interviewed for here.

Da’jon Lengyel was released in summer 2023. He has a fundraiser to support him here. From the fundraiser: “Da’jon Lengyel is a 25-year-old man who was arrested during the George Floyd protests in Pittsburgh, standing up against police brutality and unfair treatment of African Americans… Despite there being no clear evidence that he started the fire, Da’jon was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson on a police vehicle and sentenced to 27 months in federal prison… Da’jon felt he could no longer be a bystander to the injustices on his people. He decided to stand up for his pride and who he is.”

Jacob Gaines was released from federal custody in the spring of 2023. In September of 2021 Jacob Gaines plead guilty to assaulting a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon during a July 2020 protest in Downtown Portland . From Jacob: “I ended up in Portland after traveling from Texas (my home state), I am a nomad, and I came to Portland to do music (death metal, black metal, etc.), it was in Portland that I found out what I believed were like-minded people (I’m against police and corporate-owned government), this led me to my eventual incarceration. Portland has called to me from the art, music, and people. I have fallen in love with the city. Thank y’all for being great.” Check out this post about ways to support Jacob in his post release life.

Lore Elisabeth Blumenthal was released in August 2022 after being held pre-trial in Philadelphia since 2020. Follow her support website and social media for updates on post-release support, and ways to support others in Philadelphia. “Earlier this year, Lore entered into a plea agreement with the government that would reduce her charges significantly, from arson charges that carried mandatory minimum sentences of seven years each. In a 2021 report, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) and the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project at the City University of New York called Lore’s charges a shocking example of prosecutorial overreach to disrupt and suppress the movement against police violence. We will continue to work in solidarity with others facing charges and repression from the summer of 2020.”

Isaiah Willoughby, who was arrested and federally charged with one count of arson in connection to a fire at the Seattle Police Department East Precinct, was released in March 2022. You can listen to an interview with Isaiah on Kite Line, a weekly radio program and podcast about prison, here. He and others facing repression in the Pacific Northwest are supported by Puget Sound Prisoner Support.

Shawn Sutton was released from prison in North Carolina in February 2022 after facing repression from protesting in Greenville, NC. If you’re able, please help Shawn with her reentry by CashApp at $SeckundChanse1. She was interviewed about her experiences and background in “The World Was Not At Peace:” A Timeline And Interview With A Former Prisoner Of George Floyd Uprising In North Carolina.