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Mama
Jamil Pirant
Mama. It’s been 12 years I’ve been locked up. And I did everything that you did for me, from teaching me how to tie my shoes, teaching me how to walk across the street, teaching… Full Transcript
Support Prison Radio
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia: This is Mumia Abu-Jamal. A few words in support of the efforts of Prison Radio to raise funds to keep the wolf from the door. Prison radio has brought you the voices of those… Full Transcript
A Message To My Supporters
Mumia Abu-Jamal
My dear brothers, sisters, comrades, friends, people, I salute all of you because, although you think I don’t, I see and sense and feel a lot of what you do and what you do is… Full Transcript
In The Box
Dontie Mitchell
I want to make something abundantly clear about solitary confinement, to why I was placed in here. I said before and I say now, again, that solitary confinement is torture and negatively impacts the mental… Full Transcript
The Cost Benefit of Support PA Senate Bill 942
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“The Cost Benefit of Supporting Pennsylvania Senate Bill 942.” On November the 11th, 2019, Pennsylvania State Senator Sharif Street introduced Senate Bill 942 to help us finally get parole eligibility for our loved ones serving… Full Transcript
Pennsylvania Life Prisoners Struggle For Parole
Omar Askia Ali
The Pennsylvania life-sentenced prisoners are struggling for parole. Most States provide parole for life-sentenced prisoners. Seven states do not; Pennsylvania is one of those seven. As with the death penalty, life sentences were designed to… Full Transcript
We Got Tablets
Dontie Mitchell
“We Got Tablets.” Yesterday, October 1st, we were issued free tablets by JPay, a company owned by Securus Technologies. I remember when the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision first announced in… Full Transcript
If I Were A Rich White Kid
Dontie Mitchell
“If I Were A Rich White Kid.” In 84 days, December 24th, Christmas Eve, I’ll be 40 years old. Wow. 40 years old. From 17 to 40, I’ve been in prison. That’s 23 years behind… Full Transcript
New York State Prisons Reap What They Sow
Dontie Mitchell
Today, I had a conversation with the first deputy superintendent of this facility. I asked her what her thoughts were about my proposal to start a program here, that was similar to TRUE. She said… Full Transcript
Every Little Bit Counts
Dontie Mitchell
I was recently in the law library getting copies of the federal lawsuit I prepared to challenge, among other thing, doctor’s decision denying my request for approval to form a prison chapter of my UFD… Full Transcript
I See Clear Now
Dontie Mitchell
As I said in previous commentaries, the United States Supreme Court denied my petition for a writ of certiorari. Thus, declining to hear my case why the court should extend a constitutional right to rehabilitation… Full Transcript
Unlawfully Incarcerated
Stevie Stevenson
My name is Stevie J. Stevenson, K16324. And the title of this piece is “Unlawfully Incarcerated.” I’m from Los Angeles, California. I’ve been down for the past 28 years. In 2012, I filed what is… Full Transcript
CDC Removes Lawbooks from Prisoners
Stevie Stevenson
My name is Stevie J. Stevenson. I am a California state prisoner. The title of this is “CDC Finally Gets its Chance at Taking the Lawbooks Away from Prisoners.” In 1966, over 100 inmates filed… Full Transcript
Strike Supporter Occupation
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
This is Kevin Rashid Johnson. Strikes supporters set up occupied camp outside Florida prisons. Allies, comrades, and supporters of striking prisoners across the U.S. have set up an occupied camp outside of prison work camp… Full Transcript
Prison and Slavery
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
This is Kevin Rashid Johnson. It’s been some years since I’ve been able to communicate through Prison Radio on account of a series of transfers between various states’ prison systems. From Virginia to Oregon, to… Full Transcript
Love: A Message from Mumia
On Parole For Lifers
Omar Askia Ali
My name is, uh, Omar Askia Ali, aka Edward Sistrunk. I’m housed in Coal Township in Pennsylvania. I’m speaking about parole eligibility for life-sentence prisoners in the state of Pennsylvania. There is a dire need… Full Transcript
![For several months, Prison Radio has been receiving and amplifying the voices of women calling in from Huron Valley in Michigan. They've been consistently reporting on the overcrowding, mold, sexual harassment, inadequate healthcare, and much more. Although Women's Huron Valley has been problematic with its overcrowding and abuse long before COVID, the pandemic has exacerbated the problems and has made it much more urgent for us to take action. These conditions have led to a COVID surge at Huron Valley. According to the Detroit Free Press, the facility "constitutes 60% of all known cases [of COVID] among the incarcerated in the state."
We need to take immediate action. There will be a protest rally on Sunday, January 16th at Women's Huron Valley. Please rally and show up if you are in the Michigan area, and share this flyer with people you may know in the area.](https://www.prisonradio.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
Mumia, this is a quick message from Uptown Serg, just to let you know that you have my thoughts and prayers as you battle against not only a system that has unjustly imprisoned you but… Full Transcript