Matthew White is about to be released to the halfway house after being imprisoned since the 2020 George Floyd uprisings in St. Paul, MN. Let’s show some solidarity and raise funds to smooth his transition to the “free world”!
Donate directly to his sister’s CashApp: $JessicaBail
Please read this inspiring March 2025 update from Matthew White about his imminent release!
What’s up Midwest Books to Prisoners?
Greetings to all my comrades over there and among your readers. I just wanted to let you all know that I’m approaching my release/halfway house date after serving an unjust sentence for my role in the uprising in St. Paul after the murder of George Floyd.
I hope all of you out there know that I’m grateful for the support I received from all of you there during my imprisonment. Your inclusion of my name/ information in subsequent installments of your newsletter has been greatly appreciated. In a carceral setting, just knowing that you aren’t being forgotten, that the people who share your values, your dreams, and your belief in a better world still think of you and say your name – it means the world. Inside I’m surrounded by people who have become so desensitized to cruelty and injustice, or even more incomprehensibly, support the neo-fascism infecting our world at every level. After years of this, it’s hard to keep hope and to maintain my resolve. Being reminded why I started to get involved in the first place – by seeing your regular updates of activism and direct action across the country — has helped me to not forget who I am or what is important to me. I might have lost some years, but George Floyd lost his life. That truth, that perspective, grounds me.
Apart from the mental and emotional strain of this experience, unfortunately a lot of other things have to be dealt with. When this all started I had a good job, years in recovery, and a stable, full, rich life like I’d never known before. I’m leaving federal prison with nothing. I have only a little family left in this world, and a whole list of things to overcome when I touch down.
With that in mind, I have two things to ask of you brothers & sisters. One, for all the political prisoners locked away in this system, I would ask that you continue to share the mailing/email addresses of the activists who sent you their info. That support is vital. My other request is that you update our community of my upcoming release, and let everyone know that any help when I’m touching down would be appreciated, My sister’s CashApp is SJessicaBail and anyone who can aid in smoothing this transition is welcome to send what they can and drop a note for me. I’m grateful.
Keep fighting,
Matthew White
Matthew can be reached by mail at the following address until late June, when he is expected to be released to the halfway house. Please consider this handy guide when writing to people in prison.
Matthew White 21434-041
U.S. PENITENTIARY
P.O. BOX 33
TERRE HAUTE, IN 47808