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Women Are Different
My name is Heather Jarvis, and this is “Women Are Different.” I sat on my bunk anticipating the morning supply drop along with the rest of the women in my dorm. It was that time… Full Transcript
Support the George Floyd Policing Act
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, uh, prisoner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and I can’t breathe, because law enforcement officials have a foot on my neck due to systematic racism and racial profiling,… Full Transcript
Romaine Chip Fitzgerald Returns To His Ancestors
“Romaine Chip Fitzgerald returns to his ancestors.” The name Romaine Chip Fitzgerald is perhaps not widely known except for his supporters. In his wild youth decades ago, he was a teenage member of the LA… Full Transcript
Weapons Planted by a Prison Guard
My name is Zohnpierre Perkins. I’m a 28-year-old black activist at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. And I would like to say what the word that ends up. On May 25th of this year, a cat… Full Transcript
Parole Denied
My name is Chris Trotter, I’m talking live from Wabash Valley, inside the belly of the beast. On May 11th, I went to the Indiana parole board for a clemency hearing, which is nothing but… Full Transcript
Investigation of Abuse at PADOC
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and I’m strongly advocating for disclosure and investigation of the abuse of prisoners and their rights by corrupt staff at SCI… Full Transcript
Gun Violence Against Children
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota, inmate number 21006. 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
Significance Of Taking Direct Action
Hey, uh, this is comrade Pitt, Peter Kamau Mukuria, calling you from Red Onion State Prison. Um, so this piece right here, this commentary is regarding the, uh, uh, the IWW/IWOC, um, and, uh, it’s… Full Transcript
City of Bones
“City of bones.” Can these bones live? From the book of the prophet Ezekiel 37:3. For several weeks, the city of Philadelphia has been immersed of the remnants of the MOVE bombing, May 13th, 1985.… Full Transcript
Litigations Against PADOC
Prisoners on death row here in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections have successfully litigated and won the argument of being housed in indefinite isolation of solitary confinement as being cruel and unusual punishment and inhumane treatment.… Full Transcript
Mental Health Awareness Month
Hi, I’m Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and to affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you to… Full Transcript
An Innocent Man
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota, inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be hurt and affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you, the listeners,… Full Transcript
The State Of Mumia
I don’t usually do this. This is discussing my self. I find it far more interesting to tell the stories of other, the revolving globe on which we dwell and the stories spawn by the… Full Transcript
Look Away
Look away. It took a life sentence to show me how to love today, it took a life sentence to show me how to look away. Close your eyes if you don’t like the color… Full Transcript
Turning Point
“Turning Point,” new poem for Meghan and Suzanna. I released the past, because forgiveness springs forward and hate falls back. I’ll never forget what I’d done, but I cannot go back and peel back the… Full Transcript
Shooting in Wichita Kansas
This is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey, also known as Charley Hughes, inmate at Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, KS. This piece is just an update on, uh, a shooting that happened in Wichita, KS on Monday,… Full Transcript
Lyrical Verse
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 320006, 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
J&J Resumes at PADOC
On May 3rd, 2021, Johnny Wetzel, Secretary of Corrections in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, sent out a bulletin to all PADOC prisoners which reads: “Following a thorough safety review, the US FDA and the… Full Transcript
Berlin Revolutionary Mayday
My brothers, my sisters, my friends in Germany, welcome. As we think about Mayday, we think about the struggle, really, all over the world for working people and the working class all over the world… Full Transcript
Hello world, this Zohnpierre. I wanted to take time out to thank all the people who have supported me and take time to thank prisonradio.org for giving ones who were going through the struggle a… Full Transcript