The original Australian Prisoners Union received support from unions including the CFMEU, CPSU & NSW Teachers Federation as well as the following people:
Tim Anderson, PHD student USYD
Tony Barry, Actor
Emilia J Bellone, Prison activist, USA
Chris Binse, Prisoner, Lithgow Jail
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, MLC
Alan Corbett, MLC
Laurie Ferguson, MHR
Karen Fletcher, Prisoners’ Legal Service, QLD
Jim Gladwin, Breakout
Tessie D Gomez, Caritas, The Philippines
Paddy Gorman, CFMEU Mining & Energy
Rose Hollins, NZ
Richard Jones, MLC
Rodney Johnstone, Australian Family Party
John Kaeding, Prisoner, Bunya Unit Westmead Hospital
Kylie Kilgour, Redfern Legal Centre
Debbie Kilroy, Sisters Inside
Malcolm Larsen, Secretary, CPSU NSW
Damien Lawson, Western Suburbs Legal Service, Vic
Mark Leech, National Assoc. of Ex-Offenders, UK
Michael Lee, Raze the Walls, USA
Ruth Morris, Rittenhouse, USA
Garnett Jumanna Nuggins, Prisoner, Sir David Longland Correctional Centre
Dorsey Nunn, Criminal Justice Consortium, USA
Anthony Javier Ranada, Preso Foundation, The Philippines
Dr Brian Pezzutti, MLC
Lee Rhiannon, MLC
Redfern Legal Centre Staff & Management
Michael & Roberta Robles, CATS, USA
Eli Rosenblatt, Prisoner Activist Resource Centre, Mexico
Brian Steels, Prisoner Aftercare Support Service
Gordon West, International Conference on Penal Abolition
John Wilmerding, Campaign for Equity-Restorative Justice