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Mean Men
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The regime of Donald Trump has radiated a global aura of dread, fear and the bared teeth of the state as a predator, hungry for power. From Day One the Trump Regime has used fear,… Full Transcript
The Bans of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Bans of Empire.” Remember when departing president Obama reassured the nation that everything was all right after the ascension of Donald Trump to the oval office? Well, a week has passed, and guess what?… Full Transcript
El Comadante Fidel Castro, Presidente
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, the iconic revolutionary leader, beloved by many and hated by few, has passed away Friday (11-25-2016) at the ripe old age of 90 in his homeland of Cuba. The news… Full Transcript
Organized Crime
Wilbert Sanders
Hi, this is Wilbert Sanders, as Jazz the Poet, with a piece I call “Organized Crime.” After reviewing the situation of race relations within and out this complex nation, the disenfranchised hold United States guilty… Full Transcript
On Politics
The Greatest American Hypocrisy
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Good morning. My name is brother Khalfani Malik Khaldun. I am calling from in Indiana Department of Corrections, Wabash Valley Corrrectional Facility, and this is the greatest American hypocrisy, all power to the people. Since… Full Transcript
Elections by the Numbers
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The 2016 elections for the United States presidency was truly a nail-biter that went down to the wire to determine the winner. But in the end, Donald J. Trump seized electoral victory and has now… Full Transcript
“Tears & a Smile”
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Tears and a smile. For many across America, the presidential election has left them distraught, awash with anxiety, fear, and dread. It seems surreal. A candidate caught on tape saying what he said, who launched… Full Transcript
For the Party Everything- For the People Nothing
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For the party, everything, for the people, nothing. It is, to say the least, somewhat disturbing to see how impassioned are the president and the first lady in bringing out the black vote for democratic… Full Transcript
United Snakes of America
DN Interview Amy Goodman
Mr. Kaepernick, You Are My Hero
The Reparations Case
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Ever since the end of slavery, Africans in America have been hoping for and seeking reparations, for wrongs done against Black people for centuries. Initially, after the US Civil War ended, Africans were offered 40… Full Transcript
The Policy of Death
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It has happened again. And again. And again. And again. And again. A cop arrives on a scene. An order is barked (or oinked) And, in a flash, a person is dead. More than likely,… Full Transcript
Theater of the Absurd
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When I was a young Panther, a tiny, bald, blue-eyed Frenchman came to visit the national headquarters in Berkeley, California. David Hilliard, the Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, greeted him briefly, and… Full Transcript
Donald Trump: Genius or Idiot?
Dark Days
Oh Baltimore Blues
Black August 2003
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Black August has many markers throughout the long history of resistance in the Americas. There are more than we could ever recount here. But here are a few that are important and undeniable events that… Full Transcript
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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“Law and Liberation.” From the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement now comes the rise of Law for Black Lives, a collective of lawyers, law students, jailhouse lawyers, and other legal workers in support… Full Transcript