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Michigan Tough on Crime pt.1
Eddie Treadwell
Hello, my name is Mr. Eddie Treadwell from Alger Correctional Facility here in Michigan prisons, who been locked up over 32 years, incarcerated without any type of real rehabilitation or any incentive to try to… Full Transcript
An Introduction to Damaine Griffin
Damaine Griffin
It’s Damaine Griffin. I’m an inmate calling from McComb Correctional Facility. And I like to share my thoughts about trying to generate more support for the juvenile lifer, the second chance campaign that’s going on… Full Transcript
Now or Never Part 2
Izell Robinson
Plus his written oration reminded me of speeches I used to study at [inaudible] oratory competition. I knew that I had to place a keen focus back on becoming the old me. My- all my… Full Transcript
Now Or Never Part 1
Izell Robinson
This is Izell Robinson, inmate number 210006 in Minnesota. Um, I wanted to do excerpts from a personal piece I wrote called “Now or Never: Education Versus Excuses.” Langston Hughes wrote a populsr poem that… Full Transcript
A Life Worthy of Progress: Introduction
In Our Unity is Our Strength
Philip Jones
My name is Philip Alvin Jones. I’m calling for Washington state at the Washington State Penitentiary. The name of this piece that I’m going to speak about is called “In Our unity Is Our Strength.” … Full Transcript
The Perils of Reform
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Perils of Reform.” For years, indeed for decades, we have seen the mirage of reform being presented by neoliberal leaders and their media tools only to awake too late to ghoulish nightmares of shattered… Full Transcript
Revolution Vs. Reform
Sergio Hyland
Now that four corrupt police officers have been charged in the murder of George Floyd, the conversation has shifted to the issue of police reform. I hear that word a lot: reform. It’s popular, but… Full Transcript
Invisible Chess
Jason Goudlock
My name is Jason Goudlock, and I’m an African American Ohio prisoner who is the subject of the recently released feature-length documentary titled Invisible Chess: The Jason Goudlock Story. Which is a film that chronicles… Full Transcript
UFD
Dontie Mitchell
Hello. My name is Dontie S. Mitchell reporting from Great Meadow Correctional Facility. I’m the founder of UFD, which stands for the Ujamaa Fraternal Dynasty. UFD is a mutual self-improvement fraternity that I use as… Full Transcript
Prisoners here in Michigan – moreso, it’s not all, you know it’s never all, it’s always a few, some, or many – but I’ve ran across a few men in prison who were ready to… Full Transcript