I have a right arm which I can do many things with so long as it is mine. The state may incarcerate me. If they sever my arm from me they won't have my arm. All they would have is a stinking corpse which would serve on further purpose. But with an anti-state union in force there would be no accumulation of arm corpses.
Unity is strength.
A union of determined beings who won't succumb to any master, mundane or so-called divine, is a force that no agency can vanquish. The prison warders were knew that I had lead off the successful revolt but did nothing. However to make a false show for the satisfaction of their superiors, eight innocent inmates were singled out for punishment. It was a lesson in unity. Need I say more.