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Are We Willing To Imagine?
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs. I’m calling from Graterford Prison in Pennsylvania. The title of my little, uh, speech, is “Are We Willing to Imagine?” Try to imagine a prison system that uses its… Full Transcript
Frackville’s Systemic Water Crisis
Bryant Arroyo
On October 26, 2017, the town of Frackville, Pennsylvania sat down to Schuylkill County Water, Municipal water source, and switched over to SEI fright mill prison’s water preserve tank. Staff indicated the Schuylkill municipality was… Full Transcript
The Plight of Political Prisoners in America
Delbert Africa
“The Plight of Political Prisoners in America” by Delbert Africa. On A Move! This is Delbert Africa from Dallas Prison speaking about the plight of political prisoners here in America – especially in light of… Full Transcript
Major: Battling on Two Fronts
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Major Tillery, for many years known as the jailhouse lawyer who led the 1990 Tillery v. Owens prisoners’ rights civil case, spawned from unconstitutional conditions at the state prison in Pittsburg, I still rumbling these… Full Transcript
The Visitor
Wilbert Sanders
This is Wilbert Sanders, Jazz the Poet, with “The Visitor.” While captured in the world of hard knocks, behind steel doors with electronic locks, fences topped off with razor wire, a living hell without the… Full Transcript
The Chimenti Case
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In years to come, for thousands of imprisoned men and women across America, several cases will mark when they received the right to be cured of Hepatitis C: 1) Abu-Jamal v. Wetzel (Civ. A. No.… Full Transcript
Hep C: A New Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Hep C: A New Death Row.” When I left Death Row, little did I know that I was entering another quieter, non-obvious Death Row. Here, I’m not speaking of Pennsylvania’s draconian life sentences, what I’ve… Full Transcript
Hepatitis C Wars Widen
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When our recent hepatitis C case was decided (Jan. 3,2017), we thought that the state, known widely for its repressive penal attitudes and its cold resistance to the principle that prisoners were, after all, human… Full Transcript
The DOC Appeals
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The DOC Appeals.” Several days ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections appealed from the January 3rd ruling granting an injunction against their so-called protocol covering hepatitis treatment—or should I say lack of treatment? The state… Full Transcript
DN Interview Amy Goodman
Courts Ruling in Mumia Exposes PA Dept of Corrections’ Modern Tuskeegee Experiment
Mumia Featured on Democracy Now
Mumia Abu-Jamal
JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We end today’s show with news that a federal judge has denied a request from former Black Panther and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal for a life-saving medication that could cure his hepatitis C. Mumia… Full Transcript
Update
Leotis Jones Holmesburg Prison
Mumia Abu-Jamal
When Black History Month rolls around, many are tempted to tell great stories of great heroes and heroines, Black warriors fighting for freedom against vile racists. This isn’t that kind of story. Years ago, when… Full Transcript
Statistics
The PA DOC Asssassination Attempt
Mumia’s Reaction to PA DOC Denial of Care
Lethal Substandard Medical Care Provided in the PA DOC
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ (PDOC) best kept secret from the public, is its dreadful alliance with Wexford Health Corporation in providing lethal sub-standard medical care to prisoners. Since the PDOC handed its healthcare sector… Full Transcript
On October 26, 2017, the town of Frackville, Pennsylvania sat down to Schuylkill County Water, Municipal water source, and switched over to SEI fright mill prison’s water preserve tank. Staff indicated the Schuylkill municipality was… Full Transcript