Outside Looking Within And Embracing My Skin Pt. 1
Izell Robinson
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I Want Mines To Matter
Izell Robinson
This is a poetic piece called I want mine to matter. This is a poem that addresses the harsh realities of violence and police brutalities that has led to death, an effect that many inner… Full Transcript
Religious Freedom In Prison
On Restrictive Release List Of Solitary Confinement
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on the restricted release list of solitary confinement. After a week-long hunger strike and protest of the prison conditions of long-term… Full Transcript
Black August
Bilal Abdul-Salem Bey
This Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey, also known as Charley Hughes, an inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This piece is on Black August. Black August commemorates George Jackson and the other victims of… Full Transcript
Journal Entry
The 12 Steps
Dallas Britt
This is Dallas Britt, Minnesota ID 225132, incarcerated at Minnesota Correctional Facility—Rush City, Rush City, Minnesota 55069. For the last year and a half, I’ve been working a lot on becoming a better Christian and… Full Transcript
Genocide Schools
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Genocide School.” While most of us think of schools as a social good, in the history of some people, that has not been the case. Among Canada’s indigenous people, those we have come to call… Full Transcript
Sentencing of Derek Chauvin
Saving Souls
My Mother’s Stuck
Heather Jarvis
My name is Heather Jarvis, and this is called my mother’s stuck. Women’s incarceration has grown at twice the pace of men incarceration in recent decades, 80% of women in jail are mothers. Most of… Full Transcript
Consuewella Africa: Presente!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Consuewella Africa: Presente!” For many, the name Consuewella Africa is like many of the Africas: about interchangeable, for unless you spent time with them, how could you know them? Consuewella, called Swella by her MOVE… Full Transcript
Power To The People
Izell Robinson
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you, the listeners,… Full Transcript
Thoughts on Derek Chauvin’s Sentencing
Sergio Hyland
What’s up everybody, it’s Uptown Serg, and these are my thoughts on the Derek Chauvin sentencing. As a human rights activist who came into being while incarcerated, my natural inclination is to approach the fight… Full Transcript
On Meditation
Racism: Who’s Your Daddy?
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
This is Peter Kamal Mukuria, currently here at Red Onion Resort in Pound, VA. So my dear friend of mine, Rebecca, has been passed away. Her and I used to share a lot of articles… Full Transcript
On Juneteenth
Christopher Trotter
This is Chris Trotter, live from Wabash Valley Correctional Facility inside the belly of the beast. And, um, I feel good today. Uh, we’re celebrating Juneteenth, uh it’s the federal holiday, uh, and it marks… Full Transcript
In Conversation With My Daughter
Izell Robinson
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and affect positive change. Now I’d like to dedicate this broadcast in honor… Full Transcript
Whats Lurking In The Hallway?
In A Heavy Way
Spoon Jackson
In a heavy wayI do not understand this drought in lettersLike a stream in Death ValleyI have been writing a lot of poetryPerhaps they are letters to myselfFor loneliness has touched me in a heavy… Full Transcript
