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Equitable Justice: A Mental Health Disaster
Joadanus Olivas
My name is Joadanus Olivas. I call this “Inequitable Justice, Part One: Mental Health Disaster.” My theory is that criminal behavior should not result in punishment and be treated with confinement. I believe one way… Full Transcript
I Don’t Want To Lose My Life Here
Krystal Clark
Hi my name is Krystal Denise Clark my inmate numbers 435064. I mean WHV, the valley of death. This has been going on too long now, too long, how they are playing with my life… Full Transcript
My Analysis On Everything
Antwann Johnson
My Analysis on Everything: prison reform—the problem we’re having is not a white man’s problem. It’s society’s problem. The public has to realize the power is in their voices. The heading of the Constitution reads… Full Transcript
Ebony Alert
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
The title of this piece is “Ebony Alert.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. Black females continue to be the preferred target for human trafficking. That is because… Full Transcript
Life Update
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
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
Dr. Mutulu Shakur Presente
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dr. Mutulu Shakur Presente. His name was Mutulu Shakur. Dr. Mutulu Shakur. A lifetime freedom fighter for Black people for most of his life. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, as Jeral Wayne Williams on August 8,… Full Transcript
Fasting and Prayer
Marsha Byrd
Hi, my name is Marsha Byrd, and my inmate number is 1258690. I’m here in Las Vegas, a private women’s prison, and I’m here for a DUI that went bad. And I took a deal… Full Transcript
What To The Black Man is 4th of July
Bilal Muhammad
I have been completely stripped of all American rights, my liberties, due process, and every sense of justice. They have been made nonexistent by the El Paso court system for no legitimate reason other than… Full Transcript
Death Row: Then and Now
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Death Row: Then and Now. It is a daunting task to describe death row. That peculiarly American institution of ultimate excellence, where men, women, were sent to rot, to sit, to die. In the beginning,… Full Transcript
Fighting Malnourishment Pt. 2
Bilal Muhammad
So, so again, I deeply apologize for not giving commentary. I let the courts and the jail wear me down physically and mentally, and put me out of the fight for a little. Ms. Pam… Full Transcript
Fighting Malnourishment Pt. 1
Bilal Muhammad
My name is Bilal Hassan Muhammad II, inmate number 9602939. I’m illegally detained pretrial at El Paso County Jail Annex, El Paso, TX. First off, I wanted to truly apologize to our listeners of Prison… Full Transcript
Fighting Starvation and Malnourishment
Bilal Muhammad
My name is Bilal Hasan Mohammed II. I’m illegally detained pretrial at the El Paso County Jail Annex. I’ve been fighting starvation and malnourishment for most, if not all, my stay here, going on eight… Full Transcript
What About Our Life?
DNA Test
Torrey Braxton
This is Torrey Braxton in the Michigan Department of Corrections. Father’s Day just passed not too long ago in the United States of America. I understand that in the United States of America, Father’s Day… Full Transcript
Reclaiming Incarcerated Potential
Maximillian (Ian) Streisel
If you have a particular offense or long term sentence in prison, you are immediately flagged as non-priority and made ineligible for a majority of vocational, educational, or college programs, meaningful work assignments, Housing America… Full Transcript
I Need Your Support
Prison As A Laboratory
Joadanus Olivas
I haven’t truly introduced myself since I’ve been on Prison Radio. Let me apologize for that. Hello, I’m Joadanus Jerome Olivas, a 30-year-old who’s on his 14th straight year of incarceration for several attempted murders,… Full Transcript
The Created Environment
Joadanus Olivas
It has been very chaotic on this prison yard lately. I feel like Richard Blatchford as I relay this story, my bulletproof vest on in the middle of Syria, bullets swirling all around as we… Full Transcript
How
Joadanus Olivas
Joadanus Olivas. I call this “How?” for Juneteenth. “I’m sorry master, sir, I be’s a good boy, I’s work hard on this plantation for you, boss.” I wonder if any of my ancestors sank to… Full Transcript
Wars against Black history. And now we see, perhaps in the first time in modern days, states like Florida waging war against Black history by passing laws against what teachers can teach, and, perhaps more… Full Transcript