We Have New Correspondents!

Greetings!

Every week, prisoners across the country call us to transmit their humanity over the airwaves.

Their reports lay bare the violence and contradictions of the criminal justice system, while giving voice to the ongoing struggle for dignity and freedom against the machinery of incarceration.

Here are two new voices reporting back from “beneath the mountain.”

Xandan Gulley

A trans man in solitary confinement in Texas, Xandan’s words expertly disassemble the material and rhetorical tools that justify his mistreatment. As he says, “words design the world.” Solitary confinement is the norm for trans prisoners in Texas. Xandan’s words expose a system that profits from prisoners’ pain. He discusses beatings, transphobic guards, and forced fights between inmates for the amusement and profit of prison officials. His latest commentary: High Priced Communications, identifies how exorbitant phone call costs prevent incarcerated people from communicating with the world.

Ricky Moorefield

Ricky Moorefield saw his juvenile life sentence overturned by a 2016 Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision. However, in his first recording for Prison Radio, Failed Commutation, he points to the insurmountable legal barriers separating him from freedom. A psych report performed during his re-sentencing concluded: “historical factors show there is no way a person with his upbringing and background could possibly be the person he portrays.” His record at the institution says otherwise. Ricky speaks with the cadence of a patient teacher, “I’ve completed every group required of me and volunteered for more…” He hopes to be a youth mentor upon release.

Prison Radio is dedicated to ensuring that our correspondents’ words travel far beyond the walls designed to silence them. Their reports expose the violence and contradictions of the prison system while documenting ongoing struggles for dignity, survival, and freedom. Every word spoken through a prison phone line is an act of courage — and another brick pulled from the foundation of racial capitalism.

Our correspondents endure isolation, censorship, retaliation, and enormous personal sacrifice. The very least we can do is listen, share their words widely, and make sure their voices remain part of the public conversation.

Help us amplify the stories, analysis, and lived realities of incarcerated people.

Donate to Prison Radio and help keep incarcerated voices on the air.

Toward Freedom,

Jo Morrison, Prison Radio Office Manager

Here’s what your gift can do:

• $50 covers our email and mail communication with correspondents.
• $100 funds a week of recording phone lines.
• $178 pays expenses for one prison visit.
• $250 covers publishing one action alert.
• $500 funds the editing and publication of one commentary (we release more than 250 every year!).



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