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Demara Hatch
United Black Family Scholarship Foundation
What does it mean for me to learn how to establish my own public service organization? So this question is very important because for me to learn how to establish my own public service organization,… Full Transcript
Culture
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Charlie Hughes also known as Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey. This piece is called “culture,” Haile Selassie said, A people without their culture are a people without meaning. A people without their culture are… Full Transcript
The Blood Of The Lamb
Steven Nicholson
Hi, this is Mr. Nicholson, Steve, from Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI. I’ve been off of here for a while, just been very busy crocheting and doing a lot of other stuff. Prison life… Full Transcript
Preaching in Prison
Dana Stevens
Yeah, my name’s Dana Stevens. My inmate number is 228599. I’m calling from Kinross Correctional Facility in Chippewa, in Michigan. And being a preacher, I’ve been locked up for the past 31 years and, you… Full Transcript
The Sole Purpose By Daryl Mitchell
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey. This piece is by Daryl Mitchell, number 114031, at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. It is called the full purpose of 22:12 Islam as presented are Daryl Mitchell. And he says… Full Transcript
Constitution Of The Black Man
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
My name is Charley Hughes, also known as Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey. I am a inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility here in Hutchinson, Kansas. This piece is called “The Constitution of the Black Man,” and… Full Transcript
Stricken
Spoon Jackson
“Stricken” by Spoon Jackson. I remember that Sunday morning tune, you snapping snap beans for dinner while rock doves cooed in the Oak trees. I thought you were the strongest person ever. I thought you… Full Transcript
Wrongfully and Unjustly Convicted
Michael Paul Astorga
Michael Paul Astorga and my piece is titled: “Wrongfully and Unjustly Convicted.” Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Hello, my name is Michael Paul Astorga. I like to start by taking the time… Full Transcript
Girls to Women
Terri Harper
This is Terri Harper from SCI Muncy. This is titled “Girls to Women.” There’s a lot said about maturity, but historically the focus is how boys become men. That, of course, is most specifically linked… Full Transcript
How Convicted Women Are Treated
Terri Harper
Hi, this is Terri Harper calling from SCI Muncy in Pennsylvania. This piece is about a conversation that I had with one of my sisters about how I am looked upon as a woman who… Full Transcript
The Visitor
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders, Jazz the Poet, with “The Visitor.” While captured in the world of hard knocks, behind steel doors with electronic locks, fences topped off with razor wire, a living hell without the… Full Transcript
Sunni Muslims
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
My name is brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, Indiana political prisoner. I am calling from the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, where I’ve been held for the last, uh, four years. “We’re All Sunni Muslims, Not Terrorists,”… Full Transcript
Prisoner Blues
Christian Weaver
My name’s Christian Weaver. I’m calling from Mountain City, TN, contributing to the Cruel, Not Unusual Enough audiobook, and the name of my poem, the first poem, is “Prison blues.” You don’t know loneliness until… Full Transcript
The Stolen 30 Months from the Corrupt Berrien County Court System
Time
What is PREP?
Dortell Williams
California prisoners love PREP. You know why? Because PREP offers faith and hope. PREP stands for Partnership For Re-Entry Program. What PREP does is to offer rehabiltative correspondence lessons to prisoners thristy for self-help and… Full Transcript
Hello, people, how you doing out there? Well, today I want to discuss the essence of perception. So the Bible is actually one book, but the way that people perceive it, it makes it two… Full Transcript