Biography
Stevie Wilson, also known as Stephen Wilson, is a Black queer abolitionist writer and organizer. While imprisoned at SCI Fayette in Pennsylvania, he wrote in support of Rikers Island hunger strikers seeking protection from COVID-19. Prison officials intercepted his electronic message and issued a misconduct report. Following an April 7, 2020 disciplinary hearing, he received 30 days in solitary confinement and began a hunger strike against the punishment. He later described spending a month in solitary for the writing. This case concerns that disciplinary confinement; his original criminal imprisonment is a separate matter. In a July 2026 firsthand essay, Wilson reported completing his underlying sentence and leaving prison on February 9, 2026.
In a 2020 interview published in The Abolitionist, Stephen “Stevie” Wilson described building abolitionist study groups at SCI Smithfield and later SCI Fayette. He obtained reading materials from presses and distributors, supplied notebooks and other materials, and developed discussion questions with participants. During the COVID-19 restrictions, participants continued exchanging written responses in notebooks when face-to-face meetings were curtailed. This is his firsthand account of organizing within his existing imprisonment. The Abolitionist, issue 34, pages 13–14.
