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American Victims
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Kareem Charles Diggs. I met a woman one day while sitting in the visiting room. She asked me why was the prison so large? And why there was nothing but concrete wires,… Full Transcript
Think About the Children
How Long
Charles Karim Diggs
Okay, good evening. My name is Charles Kareem Diggs. I’m calling from Pennsylvania, uh, state prison, a Phoenix, and the title of my essay this evening is “How Long?”What did Dr. Martin Luther King mean… Full Transcript
Freedom
Somewhere in Your Lifetime
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from Pennsylvania state prison, SCI Phoenix. The name of my essay is “Somewhere in Your Lifetime.” America has experienced the African-American president, our first. Our parents used… Full Transcript
Control
How Does Millions Of Felons Succeed
National Awareness of Domestic Violence
Charles Karim Diggs
I’m in Pennsylvania state prison Phoenix. Here’s the title of my essay: “Are we as a nation aware that domestic violence is the national character of a larger violence against humanity?” As I write this… Full Transcript
Domestic Violence
Charles Karim Diggs
Charles Karim Diggs. I’m a Pennsylvania prisoner at Phoenix, a new prison. And the name of my, uh, title is “Domestic Violence, Harassment, and Denial.” Domestic violence has taken front stage because the president and… Full Transcript
Prison Voters
Charles Karim Diggs
Okay, the obsession with struggling year after year, asking for justice and equality, has caused many African-Americans and others away from the voting polls. They see no use. They hear the same talk, same issues.… Full Transcript
America Addicted to Trauma
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m at Graterford prison in Pennsylvania. And the name of my, uh, essay is “America Addicted to Trauma, Cncompromising Violence, and Abuse.” In 1968, and before a pattern of… Full Transcript
The New World
Charles Karim Diggs
“The New World.” My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from Pennsylvania, from the new prison called Phoenix. A European escaped from Europe because of oppression, tyrants, and religious persecution. They also suffered economic… Full Transcript
Is Administration of Justice Fair in America?
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs, and I’m at Graterford state prison. What we call it now- it’s a new jail we have called Phoenix. They just completed it, and we will have been transferred… Full Transcript
Are We Willing To Imagine?
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from Graterford Prison in Pennsylvania. The title of my little, uh, speech, is “Are We Willing to Imagine?” Try to imagine a prison system that uses its… Full Transcript
Love and Economics
Charles Karim Diggs
Charles Karim Diggs. I’m in Graterford, Pennsylvania, Graterford State Correctional Institution. Um, my topic for this evening is “Love and Economics.” Wealth should help more than the wealthy. Riches should enrich the community. Success should… Full Transcript
Is There a Fear To Love?
Charles Karim Diggs
Charles Karim Diggs, and I’m calling from Pennsylvania, Graterford. And, uh, my, uh, title for the subject tonight is, “Is There a Fear to Love?” You may ask yourself, what does love have to do… Full Transcript
Are We Letting The Great Moment Vanish
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from, uh, Pennsylvania Graterford state prison, and the, uh, topic for my, uh, little essay here is, uh, “Are We Letting a Great Moment Vanish?” This nation… Full Transcript
American Prisons as Senior Citizen’s Warehouses
Charles Karim Diggs
Hello everyone. My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m at Graterford, uh, prison. And my number is AK7945, Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426. I wanted to, uh, share my feelings about the senior citizens in… Full Transcript
National Disaster and Prisoners
Charles Karim Diggs
Good evening. My name is Charles Karim Diggs. Once again, I’m at Graterford prison in Pennsylvania. My number is AK7945. I want to talk about, uh, the, the hurricane that’s going on in the country… Full Transcript
My name is Karim Charles Diggs. I’m calling from SCI Phoenix, Pennsylvania, and the title of my subject is “COVID-19 and Reconstruction.” A cure for all our diseases, including COVID-19, [inaudible] may very well be… Full Transcript