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I’m Tired
Antoine “Indy” Walker
Hey, what’s up, everybody? This is Antoine, aka Indy. I’m calling in again. Today, I want to share something deeply personal that was published in a prison journalism project. The piece is titled “I’m Tired.”… Full Transcript
They’re Letting It Happen
Krystal Clark
Hi my name is Krystal Denise Clark. My inmate number is 435064. I’m in WHV the Valley of Death with these demon doctors. Like I’ve been trying to get in touch with y’all for a… Full Transcript
Illegal Use of Restraints
Harold Cunningham
My name is Harold Cunningham, and I’m housed at DC correctional jail. My DC number is 233634. I’m back after 30 years, hoping to have a new trial and hopefully be released within this year.… Full Transcript
An Introduction
Harold Cunningham
Good afternoon to all who are listening to Prison Radio. It’s a honor. My name is Harold Cunningham, and I am from Washington DC. My DC number 233634. And I was the lead plaintiff in… Full Transcript
Queen Elizabeth II and Imperialism
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
My inmate number is ND7568, and the title of this piece is “Queen Elizabeth II and Imperialism.” This is Kenjuan Congo Jr., calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. I have allies who are… Full Transcript
On Somali Martin
Ivan Kilgore
So, you know, the young man who they just recently arrested- his name was Somali Martin. And, you know, I knew Somali very well, and he- I don’t think he been out of prison for… Full Transcript
America Is Watching Israel’s Prisons
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Citizens of the world. My name is Shakaboona. I am one of America’s 2000 children serving a death by incarceration prison sentence at the Department of Corrections in Pennsylvania, United States of America, and I… Full Transcript
Maroon Prevails
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Russell Maroon Shoatz, a Black Liberation fighter since his youth, after many years of struggle, has prevailed in his action to bar the Pa. Dept. of Corrections (DOC) from ever holding him in isolation again.… Full Transcript
Update
The Free Virginia Movement
Uhuru Rowe
This is Comrade Uhuru of the Free Virginia Movement. As we inch ever so closer towards the September 9 anniversary of the Attica Prison Rebellion, which happened back in 1971, we, of the Free Virginia… Full Transcript
Now I Know
Edward Pinkney
Now I know. You would never, ever see Reverend Edward Pickney on The Oprah Winfrey Show. You would never, ever see or hear about Oprah Winfrey interviewing Reverend Edward Pinkney because she can’t handle the… Full Transcript
Government Torture is Old
Khalil Bennet
In a post-police brutality time, the United States boldly admits the brutal torture tactics placed upon so called terrorists via the hands of the CIA. This seems to be more and more of a slap… Full Transcript
Prison Torture Exposed
Khalil Bennet
“Prison Torture Exposed,” by brother Khalil. On August 22, 2015, approximately a day after my very first message on Prison Radio, exposing an untold truth concerning the riot here at SCI Houtzdale. I was denied… Full Transcript
It’s Torture in Here Too
Kenneth Hartman
The American Psychology Association recently issued a scathing report of the collusion between members of their organization and government torturers as a part of the War on Terror, begun under the second Bush administration. The… Full Transcript
Another Forum to Express Injustice
Khalil Bennet
On April 28, 2015, two prison guards and a sergeant brutally assaulted a Black prisoner. The immediate response was awry within seconds. Five guards were seriously injured, and many more were physically hurt. Roughly two… Full Transcript
19 Years of Torture and Counting
Lorenzo Cat Johnson
When I was illiterate to corruption in our judicial system, I believed that malicious prosecutions of innocent people only existed in movies and fiction books. That was until a crooked cop would change my life… Full Transcript
Execution in Oklahoma
Mumia Abu-Jamal
He tossed, he turned, he moaned, he burned. Clayton Lockett, on the death gurney of Oklahoma’s DOC, spoke words, struggled and reportedly kicked his legs for 43 minutes after a toxic cocktail was administered to… Full Transcript
Solitary Confinement
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Solitary confinement, especially for extended terms, is quite literally soul death; for the state’s way of killing without killing. I’ve seen men mutilate themselves, cut their necks, their throats, all because the mind-killing boredom drove… Full Transcript
Every little girl should know her name. From the bowels of repression and calamity, she came. Wrung poetic lyrics of love from raw pain. From a system designed to break, she remained untamed, gave herself… Full Transcript