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Ekong Interview: Q&A
Ekong Eshiet
Noelle Hanrahan: How did you meet Rashid? Ekong Esheit: After I set myself on fire at Red Onion last year and I came back from the hospital, he was in Medical and he seen my… Full Transcript
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – CDCR: White Supremacist
Darren Stanley (KnowledgeBorn GodAllah)
Praise, this KnowledgeBorn GodAllah calling from Pelican Bay State Prison. As I have reported before, peace officer Sherman, who runs, who walks the walkway in B facility, is a practicing white supremacist who dislike the… Full Transcript
Archie Bunker Without the Chuckles
Mumia Abu-Jamal
If I just say what’s on my mind, I know that people of a certain generation, shall we say under 40, will not get the reference that I’m about to make. But, if you’re 50… Full Transcript
My Twenty-First Year In Prison: Uhuru Rowe
Uhuru Rowe
(Text Only)This is Uhuru Rowe speaking to you from the Virginia prison system. This year marks the 21st year of my incarceration here in the Commonwealth of Virginia, after entering a non-cooperating guilty plea to… Full Transcript
On the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation – UBFSF
Ivan Kilgore
This is Ivan Kilgore, founder of the United Black Family Scholarship Foundation, speaking to you from behind the walls of a medium security prison in California. I’ve been incarcerated for 25 years serving a life… Full Transcript
They Expect Us
Charles Carpenter
This is the author of the book, Handcuffed, Charles Carpenter. I’m currently incarcerated in Chino State Prison. I’ve been incarcerated for 23 years. My CDC number is Victor 08580. The title of this poem is… Full Transcript
Hunger Strike Announcement
Ekong Eshiet
My name is Ekong Eshiet, State Number 304103. I’m currently incarcerated at Westville Correctional Facility in Westville, Indiana. My reason for doing this recording is because I want to notify y’all that as of tomorrow… Full Transcript
Shattered Dreams On This Earth
Izell Robinson
Today I’m gonna do a original piece, a rap that I wrote titled, “Shattered Dreams on this Earth.” Watched them [unclear] of words right up off the street,As if Black Lives Matter stood for nothing,Like… Full Transcript
Ohio
Faluch Bigsby
Hello world, it’s me, the political prisoner. I went from political gangster to political prisoner. This is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, I want to talk about the justice system in… Full Transcript
Truth Behind California Prison Lockdown
Darren Stanley (KnowledgeBorn GodAllah)
Peace to the people, this Knowledge Born God Allah, here at Pelican Bay State Prison, Facility B, Level 4. I want to talk about Level 4 statewide prison lockdown. If y’all didn’t know [unclear] prison… Full Transcript
Corrupt Parole System in Minnesota
Izell Robinson
Yes, this is Izell Robinson, Minnesota, inmate number 210006, calling from the Stillwater prison here in Minnesota; an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard. I’m only asking you,… Full Transcript
Whatever Happened to Obama?
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Whatever happened to Obama?Oh, tell me, please, Mama, whatever happened to Barack Obama? They said he was so hated ‘cuz he see us liberated. Well, there’s still no money in your purse, and since he… Full Transcript
Shutting Down Red Onion and Wallens Ridge State Prisons
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
In a random survey, Virginia prisoners call for shutting down Red Onion/Wallens Ridge State Prisons. On January 17, 2025, I spoke with Phil Wilayto, the editor of The Virginia Defender newspaper. As many know, Phil… Full Transcript
Best Case Scenario
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Let me share with you what a “best case scenario” investigation and outcome into abuses at Red Onion would look like. I’ve seen it before, and it not only goes nowhere, but more deeply entrenches… Full Transcript
State Legislature Describes Red Onion As Inhumane
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
During October 2024 I was able to pierce the veil of secrecy that surrounds Virginia’s remote super max prison, Red Onion State Prison, and the extreme abuses and racism that have plagued the prison since… Full Transcript
A Native American’s View of Virginia’s Red Onion Prison
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
A Native Americans Views of Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison. This is an exchange featured on [unclear]. During January 2024, I was transferred away from Virginia’s notoriously racist and abusive Red Onion State Prison. after… Full Transcript
Extreme Abuse at Red Onion State Prison
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
It’s extreme abuse. It’s, I mean, it’s pretty much blatant racism. It’s really, it’s really hard, I guess, for people on the outside to really understand the context of that environment. The culture that comes into… Full Transcript
Golden Nuggets
Steven Nicholson
This one is for the University of Michigan’s Prisoner Creative Arts Program. We call that “P-CAP.” It’s for the creative writing final I’m going to do here in two weeks. I call it, “Golden Nuggets.… Full Transcript
Why Was My Neighbor Tear Gassed?
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Why was my neighbor just tear gassed? It’s November 11, 2024, 10:52am. My neighbor here in Red Onion State Prison, these three solitary confinement cell blocks, was just tear gassed for the most absurd reason,… Full Transcript
Okay, everyone. This is Knowledge Born God Allah. I want to dedicate this to my daughter, Aquisha Stanley, and my grandchild, Aquia Thurston, as well as my other grandchild, my granddaughters, Jay Grace Turner, three… Full Transcript