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Mumia’s Message For Abolitionist Law Center Fundraiser

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Dear friends, forgive me if I don’t mention everybody’s name because, guess what? I’m 71 y’all [laughs]. I can’t remember everything. But I know Martha’s there, also Marcus, old friend, all of you, Jules, right?… Full Transcript

On the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation – UBFSF

Ivan Kilgore

This is Ivan Kilgore, founder of the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation, speaking to you from behind the walls of a medium security prison in California. I’ve been incarcerated for 25 years serving a life… Full Transcript

Restrictive Release List

Kahlil Hammond

Hello, to all who are listening. My name is Kahlil Hammond, and I am a prisoner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, currently housed in the intensive management unit at SCI Phoenix. For the past… Full Transcript

Prisoner Creative Arts Program Inspires

Steven Nicholson

Hey guys, it’s Steve again. I just wanted to just preface this poem with letting you know that when you hear the mention of the word PCAP, I explained this before, but it’s the Prisoner… Full Transcript

Inspector Abuse

Faluch Bigsby

Hello, how y’all doing out there? This is Fauluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, I want to talk about how the institutional inspectors here in the prison system work. Okay. First off,… Full Transcript

Unjust Punishment

Christopher “Naeem” Trotter

On June the ninth, 2025, in the afternoon, I was at work at the Education Department, pre-mentor tutor, when Sergeant Ibeiby, Ibeiby, that’s i, b, e, i, b, y, pulled me out of classroom and… Full Transcript

An Introduction: Marvin “Running River” Banks

Marvin “Running River” Banks

Hey, everybody. My name is Marvin “Running River” Banks. I’m the president of American Indian Movement People’s Alliance – the Pennsylvania chapter. I’m incarcerated in a State Correctional Institution, Fayette, you know, out here in… Full Transcript

Mumia on the Power of Music and Rickey Vincent

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Noelle Hanrahan: You know, that’s why free form radio, or radio that we get to program, is so important. Because there’s a way in which we don’t have that music at our fingertips now, like… Full Transcript

Chaos In California

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Look at what you see in California. What is unmistakable is the aura of chaos, and I speak, not here, about the demonstrators. They are, in large part, reacting to government intrusion into their lives;… Full Transcript

We Are Not The Same

Peter “Pitt” Mukuria

Hey, this is Comrade Pitt, Peter Kamal Makuria. I’m calling in from Jessup Correctional Institution in the state of Maryland. So, this piece, I decided to name it “We’re Not The Same” because, well, you’ll… Full Transcript

Due Process is No Longer a Constitutional Right

Faluch Bigsby

Hello all. This is the author of God Uses Gangsters, Faluch Bigsby. Today I want to talk to you about due process, constitutionality, and I want to kind of explain how this works. In America,… Full Transcript

Hunger Strike Announcement

Ekong Eshiet

My name is Ekong Eshiet, State Number 304103. I’m currently incarcerated at Westville Correctional Facility in Westville, Indiana.  My reason for doing this recording is because I want to notify y’all that as of tomorrow… Full Transcript

Power and Corruption

Peter “Pitt” Mukuria

Hey, this is Peter Mukuria. Peter Kamau Mukuria. I am a prisoner from the state of Virginia, but I am currently incarcerated here in the state of Maryland at this facility called Jessup Correctional Institution.… Full Transcript

Continued Medical Neglect

Krystal Clark

Hi everybody, this is Krystal Denise Clark. Y’all know where I’m [unclear], the WHV the Valley of Death. Oh my God, it’s just so much been going on. It’s just so much been going on.… Full Transcript

VADOC “Uniquely Virginian”

David Annarelli

Hello. My name is David Annarelli, contributing writer to Prison Journalism Project. Today is June 9. It is Monday, 2025. This is Uniquely Virginian, Virginia DOC.  On June 5, 2025, Lawrenceville Administration put out an… Full Transcript