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Election Day
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The election is several weeks behind us. Yet why does it seem so close? So heavy upon the hearts of millions? It is at the very heart of the feeling of despair that follows like… Full Transcript
#3 Are Prisons STILL Obsolete
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Marc Lamont Hill: Peace everybody you are now listening to The Classroom and The Cell Podcast. This is Marc Lamont Hill. Mumia Abu-Jamal: And this is Mumia Abu-Jamal. Marc Lamont Hill: Mumia, there has been… Full Transcript
Trump Dump
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Trump DumpBy Mumia Abu-JamalThere are times when events happen that are so stunning, so unexpected,that they blow us away. This is such a time.The jury verdict against former President Donald J. Trump of guilty on… Full Transcript
Demara Hatch
United Black Family Scholarship Foundation
What does it mean for me to learn how to establish my own public service organization? So this question is very important because for me to learn how to establish my own public service organization,… Full Transcript
Elderly Prisoner
Eddy Treadwell
Hello, this is Mr. Eddie Treadwell. Again calling from Brooks Correctional Facility here in Michigan, and I just wanted to speak briefly about elderly prisoners in Michigan prisons, as well as all prisons all over… Full Transcript
Moving Prisons
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Charlie Hughes also known as Bilal Abdul Salem Bey at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. About two months ago I got moved to medium cell house. Well, I got to medium cell house which… Full Transcript
Wrongful Conviction
Joseph Brown
My name is Joseph Patrice Brown. I’ve been on Mississippi death row for 31 years, wrongfully convicted and sentenced for the murder of Martha Day, a store clerk in August 8, 1992. My live-in girlfriend… Full Transcript
A Prayer
Izell Robinson
This is Minnesota inmate #210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice fighting to be heard. I only want you, the listeners, to hear me. I’m endeavoring yet again to be heard.… Full Transcript
20,000 Days
Steven Nicholson
Alright, my name is Steven Nicholson here at Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI. The name of this poem is “20,000 Days.” Sometimes I feel like a miserable, minuscule, pitiful, little fool. 20,000 days on… Full Transcript
D.B.I.
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. from the belly of the beast. My inmate number is ND7568. In issue number 46 of the Movement, I published an article about death by incarceration. This started a lot… Full Transcript
The Truth About The Death Penalty
William A. Noguera
I am William A. Noguera, and this piece is entitled “The Truth About The Death Penalty.” I’m calling from Death Row at San Quentin Prison. Mention the death penalty, and people usually take sides: those… Full Transcript
Retaliation For Hunger Strike
Mansa Musa
Okay, hello world, my name is Mansa Musa, and I’m currently incarcerated at the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California. I want to bring awareness to an incident that’s transpiring in my life,… Full Transcript
Kansas Freedom Bill Pt. 1
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Bilal Abdul-Salam Bey at the Hudson Correctional Facility. This piece is about the Kansas freedom bill called Kansas’ Healthcare, Education, Rehabilitation, and Re-entry Preparedness Bill Part 1. Section 1: be it enact a… Full Transcript
COVID 19 and Reconstruction
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Karim Charles Diggs. I’m calling from SCI Phoenix, Pennsylvania, and the title of my subject is “COVID-19 and Reconstruction.” A cure for all our diseases, including COVID-19, [inaudible] may very well be… 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
Phone Wars 3
Dontie Mitchell
I was in the prison yard this morning, trying to get my young [] together to have a discussion about their future, when two of them were pulled away by guys from their town to… Full Transcript
Fair and Impartial
Omar Askia Ali
Our constitution guarantees every United States citizen, a fair and impartial trial, effective assistance of counsel, equal protection and due process of the law. However, these guarantees are about the size of your wallet. Without… Full Transcript
A Podcast From Prison
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“A Podcast From Prison.” A young man named Sekou from north Philadelphia broadcasts weekly from prison. He shares with his growing group of listeners his thoughts, his hopes, and his concerns. What concerns him? What… 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
How do you create an institution that dehumanizes, incarcerates and destroys the soul of tens of thousands of people? How do you do that? You don’t undo that by, in your last week, giving more… Full Transcript