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Golden Nuggets
Steven Nicholson
This one is for the University of Michigan’s Prisoner Creative Arts Program. We call that “P-CAP.” It’s for the creative writing final I’m going to do here in two weeks. I call it, “Golden Nuggets.… Full Transcript
Conscious Initiative 2
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Charley Hughes, better known as Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey, currently housed at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This is the second part of “Conscious Initiative” from my newsletter, Conscious Outlook. A… Full Transcript
Interview with Jay Rene
Darren Stanley (KnowledgeBorn GodAllah)
KnowledgeBorn GodAllah 00:00 All right, peace. This is KnowledgeBorn GodAllah calling y’all, staying on a true-hustle, universal God-life Radio. I’m with my sister, Jay Rene. You know, she’s healing our community. So, peace sis’, how… 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
Positive Community in Prison
Eddy Treadwell
Hello, this is Mr. Eddie Treadwell at Kinross Correctional Facility in Michigan. I’ve been incarcerated now for 32 years in prison and just submitted a commutation to the governor trying to get out of prison.… Full Transcript
A Call For Unity
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections at SCI Pinegrove, a classified restricted release prisoner housed in indefinite isolation of solitary confinement the past 10 years. That means… Full Transcript
Men in Society
Eddy Treadwell
Hello, this is Eddie Treadwell at Alger Correctional Facility here in Michigan. Once again, been having some thoughts about paying tribute to the men in our societies. We fail to give recognition to those who… Full Transcript
In The Moment
Joseph Kwaha
My name is Joseph Kwaha, and I’m calling out of SCI Chester. As my buttocks are planted firmly upon this top bunk, my legs are dangling off the side of it. My feet are circling… Full Transcript
On Meditation
Travis Nettles (Seven)
What was going on now? Peace, well, peace, well, all is well. I hope all is well new for all those out there that’s going through, you know, this transition of normalcy in so many… Full Transcript
A Soldier
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey, also known as Charlie Hughes. This piece is called “A Soldier.” It’s about the definition of what a soldier is. A soldier fights for the people. He or she does… Full Transcript
Dennis Banks
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, two names emerged from the Native American and Indigenous community that stood for resistance to white repression and assaults on Native life: Russell Means and Dennis Banks. They… Full Transcript
Fight Toxic Prisons Full Speech
Bryant Arroyo
Speech for the Fight Toxic Prisons 2017 National Convergence Conference. Hello there, environmentalists ecologists, bioneers, blue gold rainforest protectors, movers, shakers, GMO opponents, green tech innovators, indigenous leaders, social-environmental justice activists gathered here today. I… Full Transcript
Brokenness, but I’m Still Winning the War
Edward Pinkney
The title is brokenness, but I’m still winning the war. I read the book, Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy. And the story seems very similar to mine. I would like to quote you from his… Full Transcript
The Art of Political Activism
Note We Want Freedom #4
The Awakening
Wilbert Sanders
This is Jazz the Poet with “The Awakening”. Our society is infested with vicious killers,Stick-up men, hustlers and drug dealers, Elevating crime to all-time highs. Every 30 seconds someone dies. Teenagers tow Uzis, semi automatics,… Full Transcript
The Killing Fields
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders as Jazz the Poet with a piece I call “The Killing Fields.” Instead of providing safety to communities, Police are executing Blacks and minorities. Inner cities are concrete killing fields With… Full Transcript
Solidarity
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Solidarity. The word has been spoken for the better part of a century, at least. Like many words of such ancient vintage, what it means today may vary from what it meant at the dawn… Full Transcript
This is Mr. Jenkins calling from Corcoran state prison. Today is September, the second, 2025. Today’s topic is, “Keep Your Eyes On The Prize.” The reason why I picked that is because the prisoners; we… Full Transcript