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Rapping with a Rapper
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Rapping with a Rapper.” For the last few years, in light of the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, then the arresting images from Ferguson, MO, rappers have created songs that rap not about… Full Transcript
Linking Movements
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Linking Movements and Daring to Be Free” by Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall. What does the Black Lives Matter, immigration movement, J20 protesters, Poor People’s Campaign, and Occupy movement have in common? Their commonality is that the… Full Transcript
Erica Garner: Death By Broken Heart?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Erica Garner: Death By Broken Heart.” Her name rang with similarity: Erica, Erica Garner. One could not say her name without thinking about her fallen father, Eric Garner. Eric Garner, attacked by a cop for… Full Transcript
Because Black Minds Matter
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Because Black Minds Matter.” Her name is distinctively and deliciously black. A young scholar named Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor has recently authored book that promises to open the eyes as well as minds. It’s titled “From #BlackLivesMatter… Full Transcript
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? An Introduction.” Does the title of this work seem provocative? If so, then good. That’s how it’s intended to be, for if the question is provocative, then what of the… Full Transcript
David Jones: Killed by Cop
Mumia Abu-Jamal
David Jones, Killed by Cop His name, David Jones. In his 31st year of life, about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: marriage and founding a family in Philadelphia. He loved riding dirt… Full Transcript
Public Health
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs, calling from, uh, Pennsylvania, Graterford prison. And, uh, this additional, uh, topic I would like to talk about public health. There is a public health problem in America, which… Full Transcript
Pressure on Philly DA
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali AKA Edward Sistrunk. I’ve been incarcerated since 1971. In an article of the Philadelphia Daily News, 5/18/17, page 16, state that a man named Joseph Langley, incarcerated in 1953,… Full Transcript
Law & Liberation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Law and Liberation.” From the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement now comes the rise of Law for Black Lives, a collective of lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers, and other legal workers in support… Full Transcript
Our Lives Matter by Rob G. Kelly: A Review
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Rob G. Kelly’s new work of poetry screams from its very cover: “Our Lives Matter!” In an era of the Black youth movement, often termed “Black Lives Matter” by the corporate press and in fact… Full Transcript
Why US Media Refuse to call Dylann Roof a Terrorist
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Why the US Media Refuse to Call Dylann Roof a Terrorist” by Shakaboona. The major US media corporations announced breaking news: Dylann Roof, the self-proclaimed white supremacist, has been sentenced by a jury of his… Full Transcript
Call to Action Iman Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
“The magic of black music.” As the deaths of two musicians recently demonstrates, black music is an art form that radiates freedom, and that radiation flows around the world. The death of Sharon Jones, lead… Full Transcript
Black Lives Don’t Matter & Neither Does Video
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Black lives don’t matter, and neither does video.” The trial of the killer cop who shot an unarmed black man named Walter Scott is off, hung jury. If the videotaped killing of Walter Scott wasn’t… Full Transcript
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
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On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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“Even the Koch Institute has a presidential pardon list of thousands of prisoners,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. The conservative Koch Institute, owned conservative billionaire Charles Koch of Koch Industries, has organized a loose coalition of… Full Transcript