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COVID Update from San Quentin
Richard A. Valdez
This is Richard Valdez calling from San Quintin, CA to prisonradio.org. This is an update on the COVID situation in the CDCR and in San Quentin State Prison. Currently, they’re shutting down visiting in both… Full Transcript
Whats Lurking In The Hallway?
Stacey Anderson
Okay. My name is Stacy Anderson. My number is 821983. I’ve been incarcerated for 12 years and I was inspired by writing my own poem. I always had a vivid imagination, so I decided to… Full Transcript
Intro to India Porter
India Porter
So my name is India Porter. I’m currently incarcerated at Women’s Huron Valley correctional facility, and I’m in Ypsilanti, Michigan. I have been incarcerated going on 19 years as of August. I was convicted in… Full Transcript
Testing Positive for COVID
Taylor Conley
Hello, this is Taylor Conley here, and I’m currently incarcerated in Washington State Prison. I would like to talk a little bit about my experience with COVID. Currently, I have been, uh, tested positive with,… Full Transcript
Still Standing Strong
Hakim Kikongo Akbar
My name is Hakim Kikongo Akbar. I’m a prisoner in the state of California calling from Salinas Valley State Prison. Just calling to really check in on an update: they had me underneath the pen… Full Transcript
Prisons Herd Policy
Christopher “Naeem” Trotter
Hello outside world. My name is Christopher Trotter. I’m calling live from inside the belly of the beast at Walbash Valley Correctional Facility. Carlisle, Indiana. I would like to update everybody on- on the situation… Full Transcript
Update on COVID at Wabash
Christopher “Naeem” Trotter
Hello outside world, my name is Christopher Trotter. Again, calling inside the belly of the beast at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Carlisle, Indiana, to update you on the COVID-19 situation inside the belly of the… 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
Doing Hard Time
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
My name is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey. I am a prisoner at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility here in Hutchinson, Kansas. My commentary is called “Doing Hard Time.” About a month ago, the prison was locked down… Full Transcript
Mumia Reporting In
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia: You heard that I was hospitalized. It is not true. In fact, I haven’t been up medical for about a month… Other speaker: Oh wow! Mumia: …which is rare for me because I usually… Full Transcript
Locked Up and Locked Down
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Locked up and locked down.” For nearly a month now, all prisoners in Pennsylvania state prisons, over 40,000 men and women, have been locked down. What does lockdown mean? When I was on death row,… Full Transcript
Real. Realness eats raw meat, does not waver nor trips on the currents. He has the staying power of the sun. Realness walks only in his own shoes. Today. Today I died. I died yesterday… Full Transcript