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The Runners, Part 1
Champagne Song
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. I’m one of the Prairieland defendants. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com. This is a short story I wrote called ”The Runners,” part one.” This bright and dusty city is divided… Full Transcript
Crucible of Survival
Xandan Gulley
Have you ever stared death in the face? Ever seen your life flash before your eyes? Can you imagine every second of the day looking over your shoulder, feeling like a rabbit being chased by… Full Transcript
Books Banned in Texas, Denying Education
Xandan Gulley
Prison is supposed to be rehabilitation. So why is Texas making the prisons a domain of inhuman practices? There are four things that keep a person sane in prison: family and loved ones outside support,… Full Transcript
Lost, Stolen, and Never Returned
Xandan Gulley
Pack up. These are two fearsome words to hear when you’re incarcerated, unless you’re going home getting your freedom. Lost, stolen, and never returned. That’s what many incarcerated people complain of concerning their personal property.… Full Transcript
Words
Xandan Gulley
Words designed the world culturally, socially, politically, historically, and militaristically. And with these same words, law, policies, preconceptions, misjudgments, and aversions are being shaped. In these brief words of William Shakespeare, “‘Tis but thy name… Full Transcript
Holiday Greetings to PDC: Partisan Defense Committee
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear friends and comrades, happy holidays and welcome to a new year. As we all gather today – we do so across the nation – state repression based upon naked racism against immigrants from what… Full Transcript
Double Amputee Beaten and Tortured in Virginia Prisons
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Double amputee, beaten, tortured and terrorized for over a decade in Virginia’s prisons. The inhumanity of Virginia’s prisons knows no limits. The experiences of Neil Lyness also known as Turbo, proves the case. Neil is… Full Transcript
Virginia DOC Outdated Restrictions
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
I’m at Prairie Correction Institution in South Carolina. Been here since May the1st. They transferred me in the storm of the articles that were going out about the conditions in the Virginia prison; the Red… Full Transcript
On Hunger Strike: Losing Phone Access
Ekong Eshiet
My name is Ekong Eshiet. I’m currently being held out at Indiana [unclear] Department of Corrections at Westville Correctional Facility. My Indiana DOC number is 304103. I got sent out here on an interstate compact… Full Transcript
Mental Health Care
Kahlil Hammond
Hello. This is Kahlil Hammond. Since my arrival at SCI Phoenix, I noticed that, like most PA DOC [Dept of Corrections] facilities, the staff here operate with a high level of disregard for the health… Full Transcript
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
Prisoners Continue Self-Immolation at Red Onion State Prison
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
As of latter, February, 2025 Charles Coleman is housed in the medical department at Red Onion state prison after setting himself on fire, yet again. Coleman, was one of numerous men who set themselves on… Full Transcript
First Amendment Anathema or Weapon – Part 2
Bryant Arroyo
Prisoners have an absolute right to speak in their own voices. Especially those who have been targeted by the PA DOC, an entity which seeks to keep us enslaved by cowardly using inappropriate force, to… Full Transcript
First Amendment Anathema Or Weapon – Part 1
Bryant Arroyo
Sitting in obscurity in solitary confinement now, for over 280 days, in the inferno of the entrails of the Restricted Housing Unit, RHU, at Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution in Pine Grove, litigating my federal lawsuit,… Full Transcript
“I Set Myself on Fire” Statement by Demetrius Wallace: Read by Kevin Rashid Johnson
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
This is a statement written by Demetrius Wallace, read by Kevin Rashid Johnson, who is coming to you from within America’s Gulag Archipelago U.S.A. Dare to struggle, dare to win. All power to the people. He… Full Transcript
A Punishment on Top of a Punishment
Antoine “Indy” Walker
‘Sup everybody. This is Antoine calling, better known as “Indy,” calling out SCI [State Correctional Institution] Greene Pennsylvania, Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. I’m just wanting to, you know, kind of follow up. I had some people… Full Transcript
Introduction
Antoine “Indy” Walker
Hey, what’s up, everybody? This is Antoine Walker calling from Pennsylvania, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. I’m currently incarcerated SCI Greene, inmate number KG7791. I just wanted to come on and basically give a quick introduction of myself… Full Transcript
Statewide Action Lawsuit
Derrick Gibson
On March 4, 2024, Attorney Bret Grote and Abolition Law Center along with the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and Dechert LLP, filed a statewide class action lawsuit regarding solitary confinement and Pennsylvania Department of Corrections,… Full Transcript
Mental Illness Has No Color
Harold Cunningham
Good afternoon. My name is Harold Cunningham, and I’m calling from DC jail tell y’all that I’m trying to start a movement on. It’s called “Mental Has No Color.” And it goes like this. Mental… Full Transcript
This is Champagne Song from solitary confinement. Please visit prairielanddefendants.com. This is a short essay I wrote called “The U.S. and Canada Are Close to War.” In the War of 1812, the main goal of… Full Transcript