An 80‑year‑old Ky Walsh reflects from his prison cell on the mother who, in a world that failed her at every turn, still managed to give him something that never left him: a belief in the power of words.

⚠️ Content warning: suicide, institutional abuse, child poverty.

www.alanbonnici.com/2026/02/life-without-parole-letters-from-prison.html

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At 14, Maureen Walsh was cast out for getting pregnant and sent to a “home” for unwed mothers, where girls were worked, shamed and often robbed of their babies. She refused to give hers up. Decades later, that child writes about her from a prison cell.

https://www.alanbonnici.com/2026/02/life-without-parole-letters-from-prison.html

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Joan Walsh was a remarkable woman who founded “Call Joan,” an organisation dedicated to helping women escape abuse and build better lives. She's Dead.

https://medium.com/@chribonn/life-without-parole-letters-from-prison-joan-87e9d1c0bade

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Life without Parole: Letters from Prison: Joan

The following letter is by Ky Walsh from prison. He is serving a sentence for the death of John Kudson—the man who murdered his wife, Joan. Joan Walsh was a remarkable woman who founded “Call Joan,” a philanthropic organisation dedicated to helping struggling women escape abuse and build better lives.

https://www.alanbonnici.com/2026/01/life-without-parole-letters-from-prison.html

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If you have already sent a card, and / money, to Willie thanks so much. 👏

If not there is plenty of time left before the end of the month. ⏱️

ANY card is a great card. 🃏 Or even a short note saying you heard about his birthday on the Internet and wish him the best.

Thanks.

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It's Willie's birthday this month, and we have pretty graphics!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DOSgCpbDiva 

If you don't have Instagram, this is what you are missing: https://cryptpad.fr/file/#/2/file/5+sxErP-+P7a0i7ZJ1It9klv/ 

https://justiceforwilliesimmons.org/

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Willie was sentenced to life without parole for two convictions of receiving stolen property, and a mugging.  He’s been in jail for 43 years, and will most like die in jail.
 
So send the man a birthday card, so he knows that not everyone has forgotten about him.

https://justiceforwilliesimmons.org/

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Send Willie a card for his birthday.

It really does make a difference.

https://justiceforwilliesimmons.org/

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It's Willie's birthday this month. We have a pretty graphics deck, if that's what you are into.

In addition to sending a card, suggested donation amounts are:

$19.84 for the year he was imprisoned

$43 for the number of years he's been imprisoned

$68 as that's how old he will be

Thanks.

#mutualaid #abolition #lwop #life #without #parole #lifewithoutparole #birthday

It's Willie's birthday this month. Please send him a card. It really does make a difference. Let him know that people haven't forgotten about him. Give him a little something to look forward to.

Thanks.

#mutualaid #abolition @abolition #lwop #life #without #parole #lifewithoutparole #birthday