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Seeking Representation
Richard A. Valdez
My name is Richard Valdez, and I’m a Death Row prisoner at San Quentin State Prison reaching out for help to find competent state habeas counsel to represent me on my appeal. Due to Prop… Full Transcript
Sabo’s Donations
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Sabo’s Donations.” Question: What do you call a judge who takes money from one side of a case? Answer: In Philadelphia, you call him your honor. Here, I speak of the late notorious judge Albert… Full Transcript
Youth Offenders
William A. Noguera
This is William A. Noguera calling from San Quentin’s Death Row. And this piece is “Discrimination and Youth Offendership.” Discrimination is something we should all strive to eliminate. However, there is a group of teenagers,… Full Transcript
Political Jurist
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Political Jurist.” Question: what is the difference between a politician and a political jurist? Answer: one wears a robe. In fact, both are actually politicians, for both run for elections. What’s the political jurors or… Full Transcript
My Conditions at Huron Valley Women’s Prison
Krystal Clark
Hi, my name is Krystal Clark. I’m from WHV here, Women’s Valley Prison in Ypsilanti. I don’t even know where to start. I’m suffering with- I came here with a heart condition and asthma. Now… Full Transcript
Physical Abuse at Women’s Huron Valley
Naykima Hill
Hey y’all. My name is Naykima Hill and I’m at Women’s Huron’s Valley. We have a situation. I called some time ago and it went viral about how we’re being treated in this prison. Right… Full Transcript
Retaliation For Hunger Strike
Mansa Musa
Okay, hello world, my name is Mansa Musa, and I’m currently incarcerated at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California. I want to bring awareness to an incident that’s transpiring in my life,… Full Transcript
Retaliation
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
Hey y’all, this is Comrade Pitt, Peter Kamal Mukuria, 1197165, currently here at Red Onion Prison, Virginia. So upon my arrival here at Red Onion Prison, I was subject to retaliation such as being deprived… Full Transcript
The Third Wave
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The third wave.” Like a trickster, the newest variant of COVID-19 has emerged just in time to dash the hopes of over a dozen states, especially those with the highest unvaccinated populations. Across the south… Full Transcript
Game Over
Izell Robinson
I’m Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, and today I’m going to just perform a little rap piece for you all, kind of about, you know, my tribulations with the state. Here we go. What’s… Full Transcript
Sentencing of Derek Chauvin
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner incarcerated in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The sentencing of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin is again a travesty of injustice by a brazenly racist system, that the… Full Transcript
8 Years In The Hole
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, a prisoner in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. I have been held in the hole, isolated on a restricted release list of indefinite lockdown over eight years now. I… Full Transcript
Grievances at Women’s Huron Valley
Sharon Hinojosa
My name is Sharon Hinijosa, 823708 from Women’s Huron Valley. I’m in unit four and we have big- sick- we have no air and we have big industrial-sized fans, and we don’t even have one… Full Transcript
Women Are Different
Heather Jarvis
My name is Heather Jarvis, and this is “Women Are Different.” I sat on my bunk anticipating the morning supply drop along with the rest of the women in my dorm. It was that time… Full Transcript
Support the George Floyd Policing Act
Derrick Gibson
Hi, my name is Derrick Gibson, uh, prisoner of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and I can’t breathe, because law enforcement officials have a foot on my neck due to systematic racism and racial profiling,… Full Transcript
Weapons Planted by a Prison Guard
Zohnpierre D Perkins
My name is Zohnpierre Perkins. I’m a 28-year-old black activist at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. And I would like to say what the word that ends up. On May 25th of this year, a cat… Full Transcript
Parole Denied
Christopher “Naeem” Trotter
My name is Chris Trotter, I’m talking live from Wabash Valley, inside the belly of the beast. On May 11th, I went to the Indiana parole board for a clemency hearing, which is nothing but… Full Transcript
My Silencing
Izell Robinson
I thank Prison Radio for this platform and allowing people in my condition, that’s routinely silenced, the real opportunity to have a voice. I am a son, brother, nephew, cousin, father, uncle, and decent man… Full Transcript
Police Misconduct in MN
Izell Robinson
The murders of Philando Castile and George Floyd open the nation’s eyes and unsettled many people’s conscious to police abuse and misconduct here in Minnesota, where shouts for defund the police and criminal justice reform… Full Transcript
“What is Justice?” As I sit in the cell, letting my hands lean, pondering in anger in what has come to be called justice. Thoughts racing a hundred miles an hour, furious that a wannabe… Full Transcript