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Prison Scars
Kenneth Zamarron
My name’s Kenneth Lee Zamarron and I’m currently incarcerated at the gallows in the Indiana State Prison. My piece’s name is entitled, “Prison Scars Due to Cruel and Inadequate Medical Treatment at an Indiana Prison.”… Full Transcript
Update on Mold, COVID, and Sexual Discrimination
Auroniece Jackson
Yes, my name is Auroniece Jackson. My number is 863572. First off, I’m going to speak on the situation with COVID, like how they’re handling the COVID situation. There’s no structure whatsoever. They’re housing all… Full Transcript
The State Of Mumia
Mumia Abu-Jamal
I don’t usually do this. This is discussing my self. I find it far more interesting to tell the stories of other, the revolving globe on which we dwell and the stories spawn by the… Full Transcript
Kansas Healthcare and Rehabilitation Bill Pt. 2
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Bilal Abdul-Salaam Bey, also known as Charley Hughes, inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This is part two, section one of the Kansas Healthcare, Education, Rehabilitation, and Reentry Preparedness bill.… Full Transcript
Resolutions for Kansas Part 4 & 5
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey. also known as Charley Hughes number 96576, a prisoner at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. This concludes part four and five of the resolution for the Free Kansas movement. Part four:… Full Transcript
Wabash COVID Outbreak
Christopher “Naeem” Trotter
Hello, my name is Christopher Trotter. I’m coming live inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, Carlisle, Indiana. At this moment, the facility is on lock-down due to COVID-19. A upkick… Full Transcript
When All Things Changed
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The crisis created by the coronavirus has revealed, with amazing speed, how vulnerable the United States, and indeed nations around the world, is to something that the human eye cannot see. In a matter of… Full Transcript
Chimenti … Settled?
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Chimenti … Settled?” Salvator Chimenti, a Pennsylvania state prisoner who is the named plaintiff in a civil rights suit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections—the other two plaintiffs are David Maldonado and Daniel Leyva—is suing… Full Transcript
Prison Health in an Unhealthy Place
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Prison health in an unhealthy place.” It is at first blush somewhat odd to expect healthcare in a place where essentially no one really cares about you. Prisons are the slums of the state, for… Full Transcript
The title of this piece is “Universal healthcare in California.” This Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. The California Nurses Association plans to work with assemblymember Ash Kalra to introduce… Full Transcript