In 1981 , he was convicted for harboring a fugitive , Mutulu Shakur ( Afeni 's husband ) , who had taken part in the robbery of a Brink ’s armored car in Rockland County , New York as part of an operation by members of the Black Liberation Army and the Weather Underground . For this , Joseph served 5 and a half years in Leavenworth State Penitentiary in Kanas , where he earned two college degrees and wrote his first play
the robbery of a Brink ’s armored car
Brink's robbery (1981)
Jamal Joseph