“Assata,” by Kevin Rashid Johnson. Every little girl should know her name. From the bowels of repression and calamity, she came. Wrung poetic lyrics of love from raw pain. From a system designed to break… Full Transcript
It is foolish for us to predict what is to come, for life is full of variables, and none can see the whole. But sometimes, some things are so clear that they impress themselves upon… Full Transcript
For one, I need to be released from confinement. They know they have me unlawfully confined. Two, remove me from South Carolina. These conditions here, which are basically retaliation for what I was doing in… Full Transcript
This is “The Virginia Model: Failure of Grievance Process.” Today is December 19, 2025. If the Virginia model is about anything, it’s about ideas and policies that are archaic and failed. Harmful punishment, prejudice and… Full Transcript
Hi, this is Mr. Jenkins calling from Corcoran State Prison. Today is December the 16th, 2025. Christmas is approaching on us next week. The prisoners in Corcoran wish everybody a Happy Christmas and a Happy… Full Transcript
The “Virginia Model: Bait and Switch Equals Overt Deceit.” December 22, 2025. For decades, Virginia and its Department of Corrections have been known for every constitutional and human rights violation under the sun. In recent… Full Transcript
I’m at Prairie Correction Institution in South Carolina. Been here since May the1st. They transferred me in the storm of the articles that were going out about the conditions in the Virginia prison; the Red… Full Transcript
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now. democracy now.org. I’m Amy Goodman with Juan Gonzalez, one of the world’s most well known political prisoners, Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested on this day in 1981, for the murder… Full Transcript
Peace. This is knowledge for God. Allah. I’m calling from Solano State Prison, A yard, a PPF yard, where I’ve been taken from Pelican Bay State Prison and transferred back to Solano, which where I… Full Transcript
Hello everybody. This is Steven Lynn Nicholson again, over here in Jackson, Michigan, doing an old poem/verse. First song I did back when I was, like 16 years old, just pulling something out of the… Full Transcript
My Prisoner Creative Arts Program [PCAP} out of University of Michigan. Song number three. PCAP recharge.PCAP recharge.Every single week I need my PCAP recharge.Art is sparked from hurting hearts.PCAP pulled the broke about the dark.PCAP… Full Transcript
This is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, in Pennsylvania. This is my poem, “Christmas Peace,” for anyone who’s struggling during the holidays. So, “Christmas Peace.” Struggling during the holidays,Incarcerated with suicidal thoughts.Memories of the past control… Full Transcript
“The Virginia Model: Collective Punishment.” Today is December 1st, 2025. Collective punishment — recognized worldwide as illegal and immoral. In Virginia DOC [Dept. of Corrections], collective punishment is regularly used. Over the holiday weekend, Thanksgiving,… Full Transcript
Hey, everybody this is Running River with A.I.M.P.A., American Indian Movement People’s Alliance, the Pennsylvania chapter. I wanted to tell everybody to support my new book, Two Eagles Lodge, a story about the sweat lodge… Full Transcript
Mumia was participating in a conference entitled “From Partition to Solidarity” held on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 at the behest of Professor Rabab Abdulhadi Full Transcript
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