Biography
The July 1975 Black Community News Letter, Awakening of a Dragon, individually listed Benjamin Holland in its "Write to Political Prisoners and POWs" directory, with a correspondence address in P.O. Box 747, Starke. The listing documents historical confinement but does not establish the underlying charge, sentence, admission or release date, or later custody status.
The contemporary directory names Benjamin Holland among political prisoners and prisoners of war receiving correspondence in July 1975. This preserves the source’s historical classification; it does not independently establish a political charge or present custody status.
Historical correspondence address as printed: P.O. Box 747, Starke.
Black Community News Letter: Awakening of a Dragon, July 1975, PDF page 35 / printed page 34.
In a signed letter printed on October 26, 1974, Benjamin Holland identified himself as Florida State Prison prisoner 030902 and said he was serving a ninety-nine-year sentence. He referred to a request for law books published several months earlier and criticized racial repression and prison overcrowding. This documents his own continuing confinement; the article does not give the original charge, conviction date, prison admission or discharge.
Source-reported institution for this episode: Florida State Prison.
