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Hawks Leer In
Rowan Gibson
This is Rowan Gibson, one of the Prairieland Defendants. Please go to prairielanddefendants.com. I have another untitled poem. Caged songbirds gaze out at their bloody, broken friends. Boots stomp their fragile bodies into the earth.… 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
Further Updates
David Annarelli
Further Updates, recorded on June 9, 2026. Just so everyone knows, as per the update I gave last week, Warden Mike Seville, who is no longer a warden, has also now “retired,” probably forced out… Full Transcript
Revolutionary Freedom Fighters, Part 1
Sinque-El (Louie-Kirk)
Part one of Black P. Stone Nation, Black Guerrilla Family, Blood, Ansar El Muhammad, revolutionary freedom fighters, warehousing the mind, prison politics, manufactured violence, and the new face of racism in California prisons. I entered… Full Transcript
Genocide in Urban Communities
Eddy Treadwell
Hello, how you doing? This is Mr. Eddie Treadwell from Cotton Correctional Facility here in Michigan prison. And I just want to talk a little bit about genocide, right, in our urban community, right? And… Full Transcript
Free Casino
Joseph Bigelow
**** my life. I was given life without the possibility of a parole date. Back against this cage, suffering, Knowing we can be judged for mistakes made when we were 20. Forever. Ignorance, far from… Full Transcript
Conscious Initiative 2
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
This is Charley Hughes, better known as Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey, currently housed at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This is the second part of “Conscious Initiative” from my newsletter, Conscious Outlook. A… Full Transcript
Cell Blocks: Young, Gifted, and Black
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
This is “Cell Blocks Full of Young, Gifted, and Black,” by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson. If ever you want to discover a place of boundless treasure, where sisters and brothers can be found with talents beyond… Full Transcript
Apologies
Eddy Treadwell
Hello, how you doing today? This is Eddie Treadwell. I’m incarcerated here at Michigan Prison at Brooks Correctional Facility. I’ve been here for 34 years now. Individual robbed and killed my brother, and basically tried… Full Transcript
The Present
Faluch Bigsby
William Dixon 0:00Greetings, fellow travelers. Well, this is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, on it’s A World Nation, first Peter, Chapter Two, Verse 9. I want to start with a quote… Full Transcript
Straight Out of Memphis
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Straight out of Memphis. It could have been anywhere, but fate chose Memphis, Tennessee, the place where Martin Luther King, Jr. breathed his last breath, and a musician named Elvis was crowned king. Memphis. In… Full Transcript
Prayers of a Savage, Part 1
Jy’Aire Smith-Pennick
What’s going on, y’all. This is Jy’aire Smith, and I’m coming to you live from SCI Chester. This is titled, “Prayers of a Savage, Part 1.” You want to know the funny thing about labels?… Full Transcript
Bullied
Krystal Clark
Listen to the full commentary here: Hi, my name is Krystal Clark. My inmate number is 435064. I’m in WHV, the Valley of Death. This prison is terrible, ladies. I gotta catch my breath. I’m… Full Transcript
With A Heavy Heart
Izell Robinson
Hello, I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006. Today, I come to you all with, you know, a heavy heart because of everything that I’ve witnessed going on out there with the recent mass… 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
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
Physical Abuse at Women’s Huron Valley
Naykima Hill
Hey y’all. My name is Naykima Hill and I’m at Women’s Huron’s Valley. We have a situation. I called some time ago and it went viral about how we’re being treated in this prison. Right… Full Transcript
Retaliation
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
Hey y’all, this is Comrade Pitt, Peter Kamal Mukuria, 1197165, currently here at Red Onion Prison, Virginia. So upon my arrival here at Red Onion Prison, I was subject to retaliation such as being deprived… Full Transcript
Delbert Africa Revolutionary!
Mumia Abu-Jamal
He was born under the name Delbert Orr, but is known in the world as Delbert Africa, a prominent member of the MOVE Organization.In the 70s in Philadelphia he was perhaps its best known and… Full Transcript
My name is Champagne. I was sentenced to 100 years in prison for being, in the words of the government, the embodiment of Antifa. I spoke the truth clearly and refused to be interrupted in… Full Transcript