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Statewide Action Lawsuit
Derrick Gibson
On March 4, 2024, Attorney Bret Grote and Abolition Law Center along with the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and Dechert LLP, filed a statewide class action lawsuit regarding solitary confinement and Pennsylvania Department of Corrections,… Full Transcript
Mental Illness Has No Color
Harold Cunningham
Good afternoon. My name is Harold Cunningham, and I’m calling from DC jail tell y’all that I’m trying to start a movement on. It’s called “Mental Has No Color.” And it goes like this. Mental… Full Transcript
Illegal Use of Restraints
Harold Cunningham
My name is Harold Cunningham, and I’m housed at DC correctional jail. My DC number is 233634. I’m back after 30 years, hoping to have a new trial and hopefully be released within this year.… Full Transcript
An Introduction
Harold Cunningham
Good afternoon to all who are listening to Prison Radio. It’s a honor. My name is Harold Cunningham, and I am from Washington DC. My DC number 233634. And I was the lead plaintiff in… Full Transcript
Tell the Truth
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
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
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
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
Violent Offenders
Christopher “Naeem” 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 “Naeem” 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 “Naeem” 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
‘Sup everybody. This is Antoine calling, better known as “Indy,” calling out SCI [State Correctional Institution] Greene Pennsylvania, Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. I’m just wanting to, you know, kind of follow up. I had some people… Full Transcript