Monday, February 26, 2007

Joe-Joe Bowen Needs Help

JOE-JOE BOWEN IS IN NEED OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE

02.26.07
LONG TIME BLACK LIBERATION SOLDIER, JOE-JOE BOWEN IS IN NEED OF LEGAL
ASSISTANCE TO AID HIS BATTLE TO WIN HIS RELEASE FROM SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT. THE JUDGE HAS REJECTED HIS CASE AND HE NOW NEEDS TO FILE AN
APPEAL. THIS NEXT STEP IN LEGAL ACTION FOR JOE-JOE HAS DEPLETED THE LITTLE
MONEY HE HAD. HE HAS ASKED THAT FOLKS SEND HIM SOME MONEY TO HELP WITH HIS
LEGAL BATTLE. PLEASE SEND U.S. POSTAL MONEY ORDERS ONLY, MADE OUT TO JOSEPH
BOWEN.
JOE-JOE’S ADDRESS:
JOSEPH BOWEN
AM-4272
1 KELLEY DRIVE
COAL TOWNSHIP, PA 17866-1021


JOE-JOE HAS BEEN LOCKED DOWN IN THE HOLE FOR OVER 25 YEARS STRAIGHT, FOR HIS
ACTIONS CARRIED OUT IN THE LIBERATION STRUGGLE BEHIND THE WALLS. ATTEMPTS
TO SEND JOE-JOE LEGAL BOOKS THAT HE REQUESTED HAVE BEEN REJECTED AS
PENNSYLVANIA HAS SEVERELY RESTRICTED ACCESS TO BOOKS AND OTHER READING
MATERIAL TO PRISONERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. PLEASE CONTACT JOE-JOE IF
YOU CAN ASSIST HIM IN THIS BATTLE.

THANK YOU
CONTACT JOE-JOE AT:
JOSEPH BOWEN
AM-4272
1 KELLEY DRIVE
COAL TOWNSHIP, PA 17866-1021

from abcf.net

Joseph "Joe-Joe" Bowen is one of the many all-but-forgotten frontline soldiers in the liberation struggle. A native of Philadelphia, Joe-Joe was a young member of the "30th and Norris Street" gang, before his incarceration politicized him. Released in 1971, his outside activism was cut short a week following his release when Joe-Joe was confronted by an officer of the notoriously brutal Philadelphia police department. The police officer was killed in the confrontation, and Bowen fled.

After his capture and incarceration, Bowen became a Black Liberation Army combatant, defiant to authorities at every turn. In 1973, Bowen and Philadelphia Five prisoner Fred "Muhammad Kafi" Burton assassinated Holmesberg prison's warden and deputy warden as well as wounded the guard commander in retaliation for intense repression against Muslim prisoners in the facility. In 1981, Bowen led a six-day standoff with authorities when he and six other captives took 39 hostages at Graterford Prison as a freedom attempt and protest of the prison conditions at Graterford.

Much of his time in prison has been spent in and out of control units, solitary confinement and other means of isolating Joe-Joe from the general prison population. These include three trips to Marion penitentiary, where he met Sundiata Acoli, and other units. However, he legendary to many prisoners as a revolutionary. "I used to teach the brothers how to turn their rage into energy and understand their situations," Bowen told the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1981. "I don't threaten anybody. I don't talk to the pigs. I don't drink anything I can't see through and I don't eat anything that comes off a tray. When the time comes, I'll be ready."

Joe-Joe is currently held in Pennsylvania.

Joe-Joe Bowen currently receives $30 per month from the Warchest Program.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

You prople are disease ridden vermin and need to be exterminated from the face of the earth. Jo Jo Bowen should be subjected to a slow and torturous death. You are a band of illiterate, society draining, scum sucking lot of liberal degenerates. Why don't you find something worth while to invest your time in like homeless people or abused children. Bowens is a murderer. What could he possibly contribute to society? As a matter of fact what does your web site contribute to society? How many innocent people have you set free?

Anonymous said...

joe joe bowen was not in any gun fight with police,,he had tried to rob an elderly couple in germantown,,shot them,,and escaped,,,later that evening he was attempting to steal a car,,officer joe kelly,,saw the car in the middle of the street,,a narrow road,,when joe kelly approached the car,,this coward, bowen,,who was laying down on the front seat,,shot officer kelly who more than likely never saw this coward hiding,,bowen then fledd to a nearby junk yard,,got in a car, locked the doors,,pulled out the back seat and got into the truck,,where he hid like the coward he is,,and later escaped but was captured...I was there that night,,i regret i didnt get the chance to end this cowzrds life,,he then killed the warden and deputy warden of holmesburg jprison,,while awaiting his trial for killing joe kelly,,i hope bowen lives a long, long, life,,in prison,,,and never again walks among decent people,,,gun battle,,my ass,,hid like a coward,,is a coward,,

Anonymous said...

Jo Jo is a confirmed homo. Seems he like the poop chute more than freedom. He's been seen puffing on man-steak inside the prison. And his butt is a two way street.

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Anonymous said...

Jo Jo Bowen is a piece of shit nigger. Period, the end.

Anonymous said...

How Bowen is still alive after all these years is beyond me . Especially after he killed the warden and deputy. Don't negotiate with terrorist, or inmates .