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Death Around The Corner
Lexter Almagro
My name is Lexter Almagro. I’m calling from Donovan State Prison. The title of the poem is called “Death Around the Corner.” Got half my anger received and I’m overcome by self control. Replace my… Full Transcript
A Second Surge of COVID 19
Dennis “Solo” McKeithan
This is a report by Dennis Solo McKeithan, SCI Phoenix, Collegeville, PA, pertaining to the second surge of COVID-19 in the state prison system. You know, I reported about the first surge and how frightening… Full Transcript
Killer on Deathrow
Ronald Gibson
This is Ronald Gibson, BQ5220, calling in live from death row. There’s a killer on death row: for six months here at SCI Phoenix, we did everything within our power to mitigate against the COVID-19… Full Transcript
Buried Alive
Jamil Pirant
My name is Jamil Pirant. It’s just that when I think about being buried alive, I think about being in the joint. It’s like, you know, you got all these capabilities but you can’t do… Full Transcript
The Populism of Pandemics
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For months now, the nation has been battered by the ravages of COVID-19: the Coronavirus. With millions of people infected, and over 190,000 people now dead, it now turn out that from the very start,… Full Transcript
Aging in Prison in the time of Coronavirus
Dennis “Solo” McKeithan
My name is Dennis Solo McKeithan. I’m chairman of project 60, a committee underneath the Gray Panthers organization at SCI Phoenix, which is a senior citizen organization with about 900 members. The main agenda under… Full Transcript
In The Box Part 2
Dontie Mitchell
New York state governor, Andrew M Cuomo, gave a press conference on Monday, March 30th. In which he discussed the need for New Yorkers to practice social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is… Full Transcript
Dennis McKethan, SCI phoenix in Pennsylvania. “Another Death by COVID.” The day I learned that another friend from childhood who was imprisoned at SCI Phoenix has died from COVID. His name was Bruce Knaus. He… Full Transcript