On Prison Abolition
Raymond White
Becoming Abolitionist: A Lawyer’s Radical Vision
https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2023/07/18/abolition-lawyers-radical-vision “The only way that we are going to get people to have a decent, equitable future is to completely re-envision this entire rubric that is suffocating and killing our people,” says lawyer Noelle Hanrahan. More… Read More
Abolition Is Possible
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
This is comrade Pitt, um, this commentary titled “Abolition is Possible.” So Juneteenth is upon us: the day that the news finally reached the slaves in the Deep South long as the Union had won… Full Transcript
A Smarter Approach To Prison Abolition
Dontie Mitchell
A smarter approach to prison abolition. In my last commentary I reported on this new coalition of prison abolitionists called No New Jails NYC. They advocate a vision where incarceration is wiped from the American… Full Transcript
Prison Abolition vs. Reform
Dontie Mitchell
“Prison Abolition Versus Prison Reform.” I recently was asked if I support the abolition of prisons or am I an advocate just for prison reform. My response was pretty unorthodox for a prisoner serving an… Full Transcript
Abolition Of Repression
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Abolition of Repression.” Legates, friends, comrades, brothers, and sisters. Greetings! There can be no serious consideration of the subject of prison abolition in America without reflection on the work of black feminist scholar activist Dr.… Full Transcript
An Abolitionist Life
Mumia Abu-Jamal
What does it mean to call oneself an abolitionist? The word doesn’t mean today what it meant 150 years ago. Then, it meant an end to what some have called ‘America’s Original Sin’–Slavery. Today? Well,… Full Transcript
Mumia’s Shout Out to Abolitionist Law Center
Abolitionist Law Center Files Lawsuit Over Censorship
Mumia Abu-Jamal Archives at Brown University
Your first thought was probably not– Rhode Island! Many of you are asking yourself, what continent is that on? I know better than most, because, yes, I grew up there. Abolitionist revolutionaries come from everywhere.… Read More
There Is Always A Back Story
As I emerge from the sterile lobby of SCI Mahanoy, I always feel drained. On my last visit I was bone tired, sad, yet undaunted. The warm hug Mumia and I shared standing in front… Read More
No Place For Old Men
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Quite recently during the hight of the ravaging Covid-19 crisis an American health care agency announced a series of projects and programs designed to ease human suffering and indeed to advocate for the abolition of… Full Transcript
Black August Letter Writing
Register Here: Write On! We know that the power of the movement comes from connections to the inside. Tangible real letters, phone calls, and visits. The building blocks of trust, bonds, and family ties. We… Read More
Mailing E-Blast Donors
As the founder of Prison Radio and as someone who has been on this journey for decades, when a person makes a gift, I feel hope and a renewed resilience. It literally means that we have… Read More
New learning resources
Theory does not solve issues—only action and solidarity can do that—but theory gives you language to fight, knowledge to stand on, and a humbling reality of what intersectional social justice is up against. —Bettina Love… Read More
Fundraising
In all the noise of the strange colonial holiday of the Fourth of July, Prison Radio keeps liberating voices. In June we recorded Mumia Abu-Jamal, Bilal Muhammad, Krystal Clark, Torrey Braxton, Maximilian (Ian) Streisel, Joadanus… Read More
Death Row: Then and Now
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Death Row: Then and Now. It is a daunting task to describe death row. That peculiarly American institution of ultimate excellence, where men, women, were sent to rot, to sit, to die. In the beginning,… Full Transcript
Rising Up With Sonali Interviews Noelle Hanrahan
Rising Up With Sonali interviews Prison Radio Director Noelle Hanrahan. https://risingupwithsonali.com/an-abolitionist-lawyer-takes-on-criminal-courts/ Read More
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 135
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. Pennsylvania Senate Bill 135 is parole eligibility for those who are serving life sentences, and of course, people are going to scream… Full Transcript
Letter from Kevin Cooper May 8th
Comrades, This is Kevin Cooper and I send this missive to you in Peace & Solidarity, just as I wrote it. These truth(s) I write and send to you through our fellow Comrade Carole ‘are a must’. While theyare obvious truths, they still must be said by me. MoFo, and their ex-L.A, county sheriff department ‘experts’ and others they hired did more than just say that in their opinion I… Full Transcript
