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Julia Wright Speaks on Mumia with Black Power Media
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Assata is so healing when she says, “The dead are gratefully dead. Let’s take care of the living.” So let’s take care of Mumia. And there’s such a time factor here. And that’s where Joanna… Full Transcript
Albert Woodfox: Angola Three Warrior Passes
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Albert Woodfox, Angola Three Warrior Passes. Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young Black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972, in the infamous Louisiana maximum-security prison… Full Transcript
Solitary Confinement
Willie Curtis
Alright, my name is Willie Curtis and I’m calling from Ionia, Michigan, and I am in the Ionia Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan. It’s a maximum prison for the criminally insane. That’s what it says… Full Transcript
An Introduction
Torrey Braxton
Hello world. My name is Torrey Braxton. My inmate number is 313197. I’m currently incarcerated in the Michigan Department of Corrections. I’ve been in prison since May 24th, 2000, most of which has been in… Full Transcript
Extended Segregation
Melaney Byrd
Extended Seg My name is Melaney Byrd. My number is 236846. I went to the officers and told them I had a sore throat. They automatically told me they called healthcare, they automatically told me… Full Transcript
The Man Called Chuck Africa
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Man Called Chuck Africa.” Several days ago came crippling news. Revolutionary Chucky Africa, the youngest of the MOVE Nine, and the last man released, has died of cancer. Chuck, born Charles Sims in West… Full Transcript
On Restrictive Release List Of Solitary Confinement
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on the restricted release list of solitary confinement. After a week-long hunger strike and protest of the prison conditions of long-term… Full Transcript
Litigations Against PADOC
Derrick Gibson
Prisoners on death row here in Pennsylvania Department of Corrections have successfully litigated and won the argument of being housed in indefinite isolation of solitary confinement as being cruel and unusual punishment and inhumane treatment.… Full Transcript
Solitary Confinement
Derrick Gibson
My name is Derrick Gibson, currently incarcerated the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections where I have been confined in solitary confinement and extreme isolation for the last eight years without any or very little privileges, such… Full Transcript
Solitary Confinement
Joadanus Olivas
“Solitary confinement.” I must admit during my 12 years of incarceration since the age of 16, I haven’t done much solitary confinement time in comparison to other fellow prisoners, so I didn’t rush into writing… Full Transcript
Interview with Irena
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
Irena: This is Irena Sean, a friend of Peter Mukuria also known as Pitt. These are some questions I had for him about solitary confinement. So, number one, how did it feel five years into… Full Transcript
Violent Offenders
Christopher Trotter
Dear outside world, my name is Christopher Trotter. I’m calling from inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Carlisle, Indiana. I would like to speak to you in regards of prisoners… Full Transcript
Political Prisoner
Christopher Trotter
My name is Christopher Trotter, and I’m a political prisoner held inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. I came into the prison system with a four-year sentence for theft. And… Full Transcript
In Solitary Confinement
Christopher Trotter
My name is Christopher Trotter. I’m calling from inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. I served 20 years in solitary confinement. And I just wanted to share something with you… Full Transcript
Psychological Impact of Solitary Confinement
Bryant Arroyo
“The Psychological Impact of Solitary Confinement.” Now I want to address the issue of the newly imposed administrative policy throughout the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. We are in a congregated administrative custody isolation mode, as… Full Transcript
Super Max Prisons
Donald Brown
My name’s Don Brown, 467895; I’m calling from Ohio. This is about supermax prisons. I was in a supermax prison from 2009 to 2014. And I’d like to talk about the effects that has on… Full Transcript
Better Education in College Or Prison?
Joadanus Olivas
My name is Joandus Olivas, currently incarcerated. The question is whether you receive a better education in college or in prison. Which of the two ensures that for sure success later in life? Which of… Full Transcript
I Can’t Breathe
Sergio Hyland
“I can’t breathe.” Most of America was first introduced to those three words after footage surfaced of the police murdering Eric Garner in New York City. But those words became a part of my life… Full Transcript
In The Box Part 3
Dontie Mitchell
I want to make something abundantly clear about solitary confinement, to why I was placed in here. I said before and I say now, again, that solitary confinement is torture and negatively impacts the mental… Full Transcript
This is Comrade Pitt. Once again, thanks for tuning in and thanks for your time. In my seventeen years of incarceration, majority of that time I’ve been in solitary confinement in my home state of… Full Transcript