My name’s Larry Stromberg. This is my poem, “C’est La.” C’est La The barbed wire has me in its grips, Cutting and ripping my life away. I’m in a prison within a prison.C’est la.I gain… Full Transcript
This is “The Virginia Model: Severe Discrepancies and Deprivations of Mental Health.” Today is October 31st. As everyone knows, there has been a long history of problems in the Virginia Department of Corruptions. And just… Full Transcript
Hey, everybody, it’s Steven again here in Jackson, Michigan. As always, you know, support prisonradio.org. They’re great. They’re awesome. They’re doing things that are just mind-blowing. Support them. Support PCAP, Prison Creative Arts Program, from… Full Transcript
My name is Reggie Harper. I’ve been housed here for four years in the Rush City Prison in the state of Minnesota and I’m reaching out because regardless of how we go about it, kites… Full Transcript
His name is Muhammad Ahmad, and if this name doesn’t ring a bell, well, don’t be surprised, for it indicates how media has supported the Civil Rights Movement while ignoring and downplaying the Black Liberation… Full Transcript
Steven Nicholson again here in Jackson, Michigan. I’m going to do this poem called “Perception.” This poem is inspired by the 30th Annual Exhibition of Artists in Michigan Prisons. It’s something that’s put on through PCAP,… Full Transcript
This is Larry Stromberg from SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem “A Free Mind.” A Free Mind Waking up at 3 a.m. in prisonIn cold sweats Mind racing and screaming in the darkness.Feeling… Full Transcript
KnowledgeBorn GodAllah: Peace, this KnowledgeBorn GodAllah, calling from Pelican Bay State Prison. I have two issues that I want to discuss. One is the disparity within the CDCR police staffing, in which they’re now using,… Full Transcript
This is Mr. Jenkins recording for October the 21st, 2025, and today’s topic is drugs we receive in prison. And the reason why I’m doing that topic is because we have a big problem, issues, with… Full Transcript
This is the Virginia Model: “Escalating Psychological Violence.” Today is October 17, 2025. As I’ve recently reported, there are a number of problems occurring within the Virginia Department of Corrections. I myself have, for 10… Full Transcript
Janine Jackson: When our guest turned 71 in April, his organized advocates acknowledged the day with mobilizations around how US constitutional law is “weaponized to repress dissent and create political prisoners,” with public discussion about activism on campuses… Full Transcript
This is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix. This is my poem entitled “Turn.” I’ve turned, changed, many times in my life. I don’t know why – The reasons behind the change. Maybe it’s just like the… Full Transcript
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Are we there yet? No, not yet Bet we are somewhere Though not where We aim to get And where is that? It’s a place where We won’t be preyed on… Full Transcript
Her name, Assata Shakur, has become an iconic symbol of Black revolutionary resistance to the white nation and American empire. Shot, beaten and threatened with death, Assata lived up to the meaning of her name:… Full Transcript
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson For weeks now, the mainstream U.S. media has been awash with coverage and accolades about Charlie Kirk, a racist ultra-right young fascist who was shot to death on Sept 10, 2025.… Full Transcript
Hello, everybody, my name is Chad Smith, number 532291, for Michigan Department of Corrections. You can reach out to me through chadsmith532291@jpay.com. I was shot by the police several times back in 2018 and they… Full Transcript
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson If anyone needed further confirmation that Virgina’s top officials can’t be trusted to safely run the state’s prisons, their recently created policy of collective punishment proves the case. The policy is… Full Transcript
This is Larry Stromberg, and my poem today is called “Facing the Prison Demons.” Facing The Prison Demons Every day, every night,The demons come and torment the incarcerated. The sounds, the noises.These demons come in… Full Transcript
Hi. My name is Krystal Denise Clark. My inmate number is 435064, I’m in the valley of death. My rights is being tooken from me. Medical, Jacqueline Jones. This is just so sad. I was… Full Transcript
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