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I Will Live With Dignity and Respect
Dontie Mitchell
I have this one life to live, and I tend to live it with dignity and self-respect. Yesterday, April 21st, 2020, I was released from solitary confinement and it didn’t take long for the facility… Full Transcript
In The Box Part 3
Dontie Mitchell
I want to make something abundantly clear about solitary confinement, to why I was placed in here. I said before and I say now, again, that solitary confinement is torture and negatively impacts the mental… Full Transcript
In The Box
Dontie Mitchell
I want to make something abundantly clear about solitary confinement, to why I was placed in here. I said before and I say now, again, that solitary confinement is torture and negatively impacts the mental… Full Transcript
Chuck Africa Goes Home
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Chuck Africa Goes Home.” For over 40 years. Chuckie Africa of the famed MOVE Nine, veterans of the MOVE confrontation of August 8th, 1978, has been imprisoned in state joints across Pennsylvania, serving what is… Full Transcript
Violence and Hypocrisy: As American as Apple Pie
Dontie Mitchell
Violence and hypocrisy: as American as apple pie. I was watching the house of managers giving their closing arguments during the impeachment trial. I couldn’t help but sit and wonder about how corrupt our political… Full Transcript
The Truth and Nothing But The Truth
Omar Askia Ali
The truth and nothing but the truth. In an article in the Philadelphia Tribune, page nine eight, one ten twenty entitled: Tyler Perry Hides From Conviction Integrity Program. The reporters, Pamela Kirkman and Michelle Copper,… Full Transcript
Delbert Africa, Free!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Delbert Africa, Free!” MOVE member Delbert Africa, held in prison since the confrontation of August 8th, 1978, has walked out of a Pennsylvania prison after 42 years. Delbert, in his 69th year of life, came… Full Transcript
A Question of Leadership
Dontie Mitchell
“A Question of Leadership.” So, let me tell you all what I’ve been dealing with for the last week or so. I was finally allowed to run for the ILC, which is the Inmate Liaison… Full Transcript
The Justice System
Omar Askia Ali
The title of this topic is the justice system. In the Philadelphia Tribune, 11-24-19, page one, Mr. Maurice Hudson was jailed for being poor. Philadephia Supreme Court freed him, calling the sentence an “egregious error.”… Full Transcript
The Truth is More Insidious and Treacherous
Dontie Mitchell
The Truth is More Insidious and Treacherous.” For years the superintendent here at Great Meadow has presided over and condoned some of the worst prison violence in New York state. The Correctional Association of New… Full Transcript
So The Public Will Never Know
Dontie Mitchell
“So That the Public Never Knows.” I’m currently litigating in federal court, three civil rights lawsuits on my own because I get no help from any of these so called prison legal services, organizations that… Full Transcript
Death in the Infirmary
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Death in the Infirmary.” It’s been less than a week, and the news about Reds is still circulating around the prison. “Hey man! Did you hear about Reds?” “Yeah, man, it was that Big Red… Full Transcript
Murder of Prisoners and Guard Protest At Great Meadow
Dontie Mitchell
“Murder of Prisoners and Guard Protest at Great Meadow.” For the last three days, the guards here at Great Meadow have been protesting for lockout of several of their own who were implicated in the… Full Transcript
You Paid For It
Dontie Mitchell
“You Paid For It.” Every day I watch the district prison guards yell, scream, and throw hissy fits because they lack the simple intelligence to use their authority responsibly, to get prisoners to act accordingly.… Full Transcript
Where is Governor Cuomo
Dontie Mitchell
“Where’s Governor Cuomo?” New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo once said that New York state will be the progressive beacon for the nation. That’s all well and good, governor. But when it comes to… Full Transcript
Quality of Moral Character
Dontie Mitchell
“The quality of moral character.” Today, September 4th, 2019, I was singled out of line on the way to morning chow by Sergeant Reynolds who is the grievance sergeant who screens prisoner complaints submitted to… Full Transcript
Stressing Out But Still In The Fight
Dontie Mitchell
“Stressing Out But Still In The Fight.” I told you all in my last commentary how Corrections Sergeant Reynolds here at Great Meadow singled me out of line, orders me into the Sergeant’s Bunker and… Full Transcript
The Great Contradiction
Dontie Mitchell
“The Great Contradiction.” Last week, I was in my aggression replacement training, A-R-T, program that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision mandate certain prisoners to take, regardless if we need it… Full Transcript
Free Lamar Johnson Now
Keith Malik Washington
This piece is entitled “Free Lamar Johnson Now.” My name is Keith Malik Washington, and I’m the chief spokesperson for the End Prison Slavery in Texas movement. Peace and blessing, sisters and brothers. For 24… Full Transcript
There are those who think I should give up my fight for UFD, and I should just accept the fact that these people who run the New York state prison system don’t want UFD to… Full Transcript