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When Good People Do Nothing, Tyranny Reigns
Dontie Mitchell
When good people do nothing, tyranny reigns. Let us analyze why people are looting and rioting in the wake of George Floyd’s death. It’s because people lose respect for law when the very people responsible… Full Transcript
Phone Wars 4: Organizing Against Mass Incarceration
Dontie Mitchell
Organizing against mass incarceration. I was reading the interview of Ruth Wilson Gilmore, who I never heard of until now. She wrote a book entitled “Golden Gulag,” which analyzes the buildup of the California prison… Full Transcript
Silencing the Unique Collective Voices of Prisoners
Dontie Mitchell
“Silencing the Unique Collective Voice of Prisoners.” A decision and order dated December 5th, 2019, the United States Justice Court for the Northern District of New York dismissed several of my claims raised in my… 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
Save Tax Dollars Through Prison Reform
Dontie Mitchell
Ujamaa, ujamaa. This is Dontie S. Mitchell, better known as Mfalme Sikivu, reporting to you from Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock New York. New York state is in a bit of a budget crisis… Full Transcript
Hello. This is, “The Virginia Model: The War on Proper Medical Care.” Today is August 7. It is a Thursday. The mounting reports about the Virginia Department of Corrections and its inhumane treatment of captives… Full Transcript