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Interview with Ekong’s Mother (Martha Pritchard)

Ekong Eshiet

Before being incarcerated at the Red Onion State Prison, June of this year, he was at the Wallens Ridge State Prison. December of 2023, he was in an altercation with another inmate. By the time the… Full Transcript

Self Immolation in Virginia Prisons

Kevin “Rashid” Johnson

On September 15, 2024, a young African man, Ekong Eshiet and his cellmate Trayvon Brown, set themselves on fire at Virginia’s remote supermax Red Onion State Prison.  Ekong suffered third degree burns along his legs… Full Transcript

Restricted Movement Unit

Khalfani Malik Khaldun

Hello. My name is brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun, Indiana political prisoner. I am calling from Indiana Department of Corrections at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility.  In September of this year, September 6, the Indiana Department… Full Transcript

Excerpt 1 from “The Making and Unmaking of a Criminal”

Ozzie Mannwright

Hello Prison Radio. This is Ozzie Mann Wright coming to you from Summit County Jail again. Today, I’ll be reading an excerpt from my upcoming book, “The Making and Unmaking of a Criminal.” I hope… Full Transcript

Cetewayo Freed from the Hole

Mumia Abu-Jamal

On the white card above his cell door, the name Arthur Johnson is typed, followed by his prison number. Johnson has been held in solitary confinement in half a dozen PA prisons, since 1979, late… Full Transcript

Maroon Prevails

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Russell Maroon Shoatz, a Black Liberation fighter since his youth, after many years of struggle, has prevailed in his action to bar the Pa. Dept. of Corrections (DOC) from ever holding him in isolation again.… Full Transcript