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Police Misconduct in MN
Izell Robinson
The murders of Philando Castile and George Floyd open the nation’s eyes and unsettled many people’s conscious to police abuse and misconduct here in Minnesota, where shouts for defund the police and criminal justice reform… Full Transcript
A Trial That Wasn’t
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“A Trial That Wasn’t.” Whole lifetimes have passed, and until recently, few have seen a presidential impeachment trial. What have we seen? We’ve seen politics at play, or as the rastas say, poly-tricks. From beginning… Full Transcript
People Not Pest
Heather Jarvis
I’m Heather Jarvis, and this is “People Not Pest.” At 22, I was arrested and admitted into the masses of incarcerated in our country. I found my so-called [inaudible] bathroom with a burly female officer… Full Transcript
Solitary Confinement
Joadanus Olivas
“Solitary confinement.” I must admit during my 12 years of incarceration since the age of 16, I haven’t done much solitary confinement time in comparison to other fellow prisoners, so I didn’t rush into writing… Full Transcript
Roderick Johnson Has Case Dismissed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
On Death Row he’s known as “Roddy,” short for Roderick—Roderick Johnson, in fact. For the last 23 years, “Roddy” has been on Pennsylvania’s Death Row, a co-defendant charged with 2 homicides: a drug deal gone… Full Transcript
Maroon Fights Two Battles
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Maroon Fights Two Battles.” Russell Maroon Shoatz, the black liberation fighter and self-taught historian is presently engaged in at least two battles for his life. One is colon cancer, stage four, which he has been… Full Transcript
90% Infected
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
My name is Charlie Hughes. About two weeks ago, I had got back from Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kansas. Due to testing positive for COVID-19. I was moved back to Hutchinson Correctional Facility and… Full Transcript
Disaster At The Heart of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Disaster the heart of empire.” As Americans slink toward the elections, a sense of disquiet haunts the land. It’s a feeling of heightened caution, the shadow of fear radiate from a proto-fascist government, one riddled… Full Transcript
On COVID-19
Christopher “Naeem” Trotter
My name is Christopher Trotter. I’m calling from inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. I’m living under the threat of COVID-19 inside the facility. It’s like waiting for the Grim… Full Transcript
The Court System
Donald Brown
Today, I’m going to be talking about the court system. My name is Don Brown, 468895 and I’m calling from Ohio. In America, over 95% of all convictions are acquired by plea bargains. The public… Full Transcript
COVID-19 in California Prisons
Ivan Kilgore
My name’s Ivan Kilgore and I am the founder of the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation. And I’m calling you from Solano State Prison in Northern California. Let’s go back to March of 2020. What’s… Full Transcript
COVID-19 To Life
Joadanus Olivas
I call this “COVID-19 to Life.” I never believed that jailhouse rumor pertaining to a world catastrophe or an invasion on U.S. soil, which would prompt the correctional officers to go to each cell and… Full Transcript
Hi-Tech Lynching
Omar Askia Ali
My name is Omar Askia Ali. I’m at SCI Coal Township in Pennsylvania, and my topic today is on white men are allowed to stand on the steps of a government building in protest of… Full Transcript
Hood Culture
Dontie Mitchell
I want to tell you a quick story about a young man who does eleven years in prison from the time he’s 18. While in prison, he really doesn’t learn how to be an adult… Full Transcript
How Do You Fight an Unjust Racist System?
Dontie Mitchell
How do you fight an unjust and racist system? Definitely not by being their good nigga. How do you find an unjust and racist system that uses the power of the state to grind people… Full Transcript
When Good People Do Nothing, Tyranny Reigns
Dontie Mitchell
When good people do nothing, tyranny reigns. Let us analyze why people are looting and rioting in the wake of George Floyd’s death. It’s because people lose respect for law when the very people responsible… Full Transcript
George Floyd: What Do You Expect To Happen
Dontie Mitchell
George Floyd and state power: what do you expect to happen? The death of George Floyd is on a long list of unarmed black people murdered by the police. His death is sad and tragic.… Full Transcript
Hypocrisy of DOCCS
Dontie Mitchell
It seems to me that prison officials don’t want to accept responsibility for their own conduct. However, they will punish those of us who are behind these walls for the things that we do wrong. … Full Transcript
Phone Wars 4: Organizing Against Mass Incarceration
Dontie Mitchell
Organizing against mass incarceration. I was reading the interview of Ruth Wilson Gilmore, who I never heard of until now. She wrote a book entitled “Golden Gulag,” which analyzes the buildup of the California prison… Full Transcript
I thank Prison Radio for this platform and allowing people in my condition, that’s routinely silenced, the real opportunity to have a voice. I am a son, brother, nephew, cousin, father, uncle, and decent man… Full Transcript