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Unavailable LWOP Programming
Yo peace! This is KnowledgeBorn GodAllah, calling to stand in solidarity. I’m in Solano State Prison. And I want y’all to know that I just been joined into a group called the LWOP group. It’s… Full Transcript
Loss of Housing and Reconfined
Yes, this is Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 21006, and that’s a man confined within a quadrilateral prison system of injustice, fighting to be heard, but I need you the listeners to hear me and… Full Transcript
Life Update
This is Charley Hughes, number 96576 at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility, also known as Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey. This piece is just an update of what is going on with me in Hutchinson Correctional Facility.… Full Transcript
Investigating LWOP
This is Paul Rodgers reporting from the state penitentiary at SCI Chester. I recommend we do a investigative report and survey on life without the possibility of parole sentences. The focus will be on how… Full Transcript
Appealing My Parole Board Decision
Hello everybody, it’s me once again, Torrey Braxton, currently incarcerated in the Michigan Department of Corrections, inmate number 313197. I’ve been going to the Law Library relentlessly trying to figure out how to appeal my… Full Transcript
My Release Date is Coming Up
Once again, this is Torrey Braxton, 313197. I’m currently incarcerated in the Michigan Department of Corrections, and everything that can go wrong is going wrong. Since the last time I made a recording which was… Full Transcript
Bad Behavior Before Parole
Inmate number is ND7568. Imma call this “Bad behavior before parole.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. A lot of times people do whatever’s called idiotic thing- idiotic… Full Transcript
Prison Radio – Much Needed for Prisoners’ Success and Humanity
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you to listeners… Full Transcript
Come Get Me
My name is Jamil. I’m at IDC, Indiana Department of Corrections. And this is call “To My Tribe.” Over the last two weeks, I’ve been going through a range of level of anxiety, stuff I… Full Transcript
Parole Board
My name is Jamil Pirant. I’m calling from Indiana DOC. This is called “Parole Board.” Maybe two weeks ago, I was at work, and I heard the CO come on the floor and say, “Who… Full Transcript
Sergio Hyland Granted Parole
What’s up everybody. It’s Uptown Serg. And I just want to give some appreciation for Prison Radio. I’ve had the privilege of reporting for Prison Radio now for nearly two years, and I can’t put… Full Transcript
Overcrowded at Women’s Huron
My name is Quiana Lovett, and my number is 779728. And I’m calling with issues regarding the overcrowding here at Women’s Huron Valley correctional facility. Now, yesterday on C-SPAN, there was a hour worth of… Full Transcript
In Prison (A Call for Help)
Today, today was one them days where I really realized that I’m in prison. I mean, I always knew I was locked up, but today I realized that I’m in prison, I’m on a true… Full Transcript
Parole Denied
My name is Chris Trotter, I’m talking live from Wabash Valley, inside the belly of the beast. On May 11th, I went to the Indiana parole board for a clemency hearing, which is nothing but… Full Transcript
Conditional Release Pt. 1
This is Izell Robinson, inmate number 210006, from Minnesota again. It was brought to my attention that it’d be good to bind up and express the concerns I had about pumping in Minnesota—the practice of… Full Transcript
The Situation in San Quentin
This is Lisa Strawn. I’m a trans woman. And I recently was paroled after 25 years from San Quentin. I was one of fourteen, fifteen hundred people who tested positive. I can’t even begin to-… Full Transcript
Hood Culture
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
The Cost Benefit of Support PA Senate Bill 942
“The Cost Benefit of Supporting Pennsylvania Senate Bill 942.” On November the 11th, 2019, Pennsylvania State Senator Sharif Street introduced Senate Bill 942 to help us finally get parole eligibility for our loved ones serving… Full Transcript
Change is Coming
In this Pennsylvania state prison system, there is an estimation of 5,000 people sentenced to prison. Most of those were men and women are African Americans. The balance of the 5,000 are poor whites and… Full Transcript
Today’s topic is The Weakest Link a little bit. We’ve been having a problem with the phone on my end of, also so, but the weakest link pertain a person that come into the prison.… Full Transcript