Marius is leaving prison in May 2026 for a halfway house in Detroit. He will have long term support needs as he transitions out of prison life from the past 18 years. Donate at supportmariusmason.org/support
Self-portrait from the Certain Days 2025 Calendar.
After over a week without any answers, we were finally able to locate our dear friend Malik. We got no information from ODOC, BOP, or any other DOC—the only reason we were able to find them is because they were able to send a letter. They still haven’t gotten an attorney call.
Malik is currently being held in South Carolina. ODOC chose to send them as far as they could away from their lawyer and support base, to another state carceral system on the complete other side of the country. This is a blatant attempt to isolate Malik and break down their support system. Moving an inmate from one state system to another like this is highly unusual and represents an alarming escalation.
In the short time they’ve been in South Carolina, Malik has been horrifically mistreated, with SCDC cutting off their hair and forcing them into an overcrowded cell where they have to sleep on the ground. They are currently being held at the Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center (a holdover facility) and they have no idea how long they will be there before they are transferred elsewhere. Some inmates have been kept there for months and months with extremely limited access to basic things like showers and comms. Holdover life is in many ways as bad or worse than solitary, since inmates have no property, no programming, and few chances to leave their cells. We know from Casey Goonan’s account of their recent prolonged holdover time at Mendoza what a toll this time can take. We don’t know how long Malik will be at their current location, but we hope it won’t be long.
The recent escalation in Malik’s treatment comes as the state has dramatically increased repression of antifascists. It’s only been a couple of weeks since the verdict in the first Prairieland court case showed that the state will use torture, intimidation, and blatant lies to get its way when it comes to repressing antifascism and advancing its “Antifa Scare” agenda. Malik’s removal to SC is yet another example of the state targeting them for their identity and their antifascist politics.
Malik only gets two envelopes a month and has no other access to comms at the moment, but you can still write to them to express your support. Please do so:
Malik F Muhammed #400523 Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center A1-50 4344 Broad River Road Columbia, SC 29210
DOC cut Malik’s hair – their locs. They transferred them to South Carolina – even farther away from friends, family and their attorney.
Prison officials hate Malik’s identity and principles and are punishing them in every way they can. Isolating and terrorizing and stripping away any semblance of stability or due process.
If you know good journalists interested in covering these exceptional injustices, please DM us. We are so grateful for the excellent coverage thus far but we need more visibility.
The folks in Malik’s corner have been doing prisoner support work for many years (decades in certain cases); these particular circumstances have shocked and infuriated us all.
You can write to them at: Malik F Muhammed #400523 Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center A1-50 4344 Broad River Road Columbia, SC 29210
It feels like this will actually happen at this point — so I finally think it’s time to reach out and say thank to all of you who have been steadfastly in my corner, backing me up and helping me stay centered all of these 17 years incarcerated in the FBOP. I will be leaving prison in May and returning to my home state of Michigan, back to Detroit.
This time would not have been the same without you all — and I have met so many people who had no one to turn to while they did their time, so I know what a difference it made to always have my people holding me up. And there has been a lot to get through, what with advocating for my transition, at each step — I knew that I had legal advice, medical information and material support. Thank you so much, I owe you all more than I can ever repay.
I have tried for my own part to be a support and comfort to the people around me in each place the BOP put me, passing on the love I have been shown.
What I really want you all to know is how incredibly proud it made me to be part of a community of resistance that stood together. It impressed the people I met in prison for so much love and solidarity to be expressed so powerfully for someone who was behind the walls.
It demonstrated that in our movement, though we were physically separated, we could stay together in spirit, that solidarity and love are action words, and that we are all in it for the long haul.
Change does not come easy, but solidarity is when we flex our strength as a people. I don’t really know what comes next, but I hope I can still serve my community in some way to help. I have been studying to be a writing tutor through my Yale Prison Education Initiative scholarship — and hope to volunteer at the Literacy Project in Detroit. I have earned a Paralegal Degree and studied immigration law, and hope to be of service in that capacity, also.
So much to do, but many hands make the work easy! Thank you, thank you, a million times over — thank you! As Elton John used to sing — I’m Still Standin’ (yeah, yeah, yeah).
Political prisoner Marius Mason — known for his art, environmentalism, anarchism, and trans advocacy, among other things — is scheduled to be released from prison in May 2026 to a halfway house in Detroit.
At this time we don’t know what restrictions will be in place, nor for how long. We recognize the many people who have advocated, supported, and worked toward this outcome, and we hope this transition is met with dignity, safety, and care for everyone involved.
We will share more details as they become available. In the meantime please consider donating what you can to Marius’s support fund at:
In the wake of a call-in campaign to get Malik out of solitary confinement (once again), something even more alarming happened. On Monday March 30th, 2026, a member of Malik’s support team realized they disappeared from the prison messaging app GettingOut. Similarly the inmate search database for the state of Oregon showed no record of them.
Family and friends have been frantically calling Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI) and various contact numbers for Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC). State representatives were very reluctant to provide any information, though one in the Office of Population Management stated that Malik was moved to a “confidential location” but refused to specify where or for what reason.
Prisoners do not simply disappear from state records; they do not disappear from a state prison with no documentation about a transfer or their current whereabouts.
As of this moment, after dozens and dozens of phone calls, we have no idea where Malik is located. We have not been able to speak with them since they entered solitary confinement.
Nobody at the federal level with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has acknowledged they now have custody of Malik. They are just gone and nobody is saying a word.
We have plenty of experience with the long stretches where Malik has been cut off from loves ones, refused any communications while enduring the torture that is extensive time in the hole. We are aware of the power and cruelty exercised by the state on a regular basis. But this is entirely different; we are scared. We know nothing about Malik’s condition, location, current circumstances, or how / why ODOC has taken the extraordinary steps to block all access and information about our beloved friend.
We demand answers from, and consequences for, the individuals responsible.
Call ODOC. Call your congressional reps. Call your city council members. Talk to people you know in media. Refer to prior reporting in The Intercept about the exceptionally long solitary confinement Malik has suffered and the unconscionable level of isolation and secrecy happening.
Please help our dear friend; they deserve every bit of support we can offer.
