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Suicide At W.H.V.
Krystal Clark
Hi, my name is Krystal Denise Clark. My inmate number is 435064, in WHV, the valley of death. When I say this is the valley of death, no kidding. We had a lady that last… Full Transcript
Uplift Michigan City
Jamil Pirant
My name is Jamil Pirant. I’m calling out of Indiana Department of Corrections, and this piece is called “Uplift Michigan City.” I was transferred from Wabash Valley to ISP in like 2019. Now I went… Full Transcript
Suicide Or Murder?
Joadanus Olivas
This is Joadanus Olivas, currently housed in New Folsom State Prison. The title is “Suicide or Murder?” The voices of older prisoners resonate in my brain. One in particular is the voice of Old G… Full Transcript
Nicholas Feliciano
Dontie Mitchell
“Nicholas Feliciano.” Nicholas Feliciano was my baby [inaudible]. I initiated him into UFD on June 22nd, 2019 here at Great Meadow Correctional Facility. He was a young Hispanic kid born May 7th, 2001. Having just… Full Transcript
Rest In Peace Marcello and Javon
Dontie Mitchell
Ujamaa Ujamaa. This is Dontie S. Mitchell, better known as Mfalme Sikivu, reporting to you from Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York. I want to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt sympathies… Full Transcript
Public Health
Charles Karim Diggs
My name is Charles Karim Diggs, calling from, uh, Pennsylvania, Graterford prison. And, uh, this additional, uh, topic I would like to talk about public health. There is a public health problem in America, which… Full Transcript
A Crack In the Wall of Death
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The State of Florida, as of 2012, held over 400 souls on its death row. In America, it was the second largest death row after California, which held over 700 men and women awaiting death… Full Transcript
Ronald C. White
The Cost of Loss
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Democracy Now!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We are “Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We’re broadcasting from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, broadcasting outside that… Full Transcript
You Can’t Bully Me
Lisa Strawn
Lisa Strawn. “You Can’t Bully Me.” Why do you bully me? Is it because I’m smart, funny, Or because I have red hair?Is it because I love everyone And you are filled with hate? Why… Full Transcript
The War Against White Men
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Several days ago, while viewing the Sunday weekly CNN show hosted by Fareed Zakaria, I saw a segment documenting the rising death tolls of white men, especially those between the ages of 45 and 54… Full Transcript
Junior Prison Jumpsuits
35 Years Gone
Kenneth Hartman
This is Kenneth B. Hartman, Executive Director of the Other Death Penalty Project, from inside California’s prison system. 35 Years Gone. I’ve now served more than 35 years in prison for killing a man in… Full Transcript
Voices of the Forgotten Political Prisoners
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
I am the voice of the forgotten political prisoners. I have lived in a windowless torture chamber 24 hours a day for the last 20 years in solitary confinement. The prison cracks think I am out… Full Transcript
Hey, this is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, and I want to announce that my play [is] being staged in Georgia. The play’s entitled “Behind the Dark Gray Wall”. It’s going to be performed at the… Full Transcript