Dear Friends and Family– With heavy hearts, we write to share that our partner, brother, father, grandfather, comrade and friend, Albert Woodfox, passed away this morning at Ochsner Baptist hospital in New Orleans from COVID-19-related complications. He was 75.… Read More
Murder Incorporated: Empire, Genocide, and Manifest Destiny, our non-fiction narrative published and distributed by Prison Radio and Chicago Review Press — and all three books are going into their second or third printing (hardcover/softcover/eBook/Audible). Angela Davis, Chris… Read More
On Tuesday, October 26, a group of lawmakers sent a letter to President Biden advocating for the release of Turtle Mountain Chippewa member Leonard Peltier. The group of lawmakers are all members of federally recognized… Read More
In March of this year, after being denied care at the infirmary in SCI Mahanoy, Mumia was transferred to the hospital and diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He had emergency double bypass surgery. When Mumia’s Hepatitis-C,… Read More
At least 13 prisoners at SCI Phoenix, the Pennsylvania prison with the largest population, began a 10-day hunger strike in late June that ended on July 4. Their action was in response to the Intensive… Read More
“Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It’s my job to do the work for them because they have no one.”—Mumia Abu-Jamal This year, 40 years ago, Mumia Abu-Jamal was… Read More
Leonard Peltier is a 76-year-old Indigenous prisoner and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who’s been unjustly held in detention for over 45 years. Authorities claimed that he was responsible for the murder of… Read More
Lack of free mobility, lack of access to prompt medical care, near-constant surveillance, and a lack of access to resources. These are fixtures of prisons in the U.S. and are also the reality of life… Read More
Sundiata Acoli, born in 1939, is a New Afrikan political prisoner of war, mathematician, and computer analyst. Sundiata has been incarcerated since 1973, when he and two comrades, Zayd and Assata Shakur, were ambushed at the New Jersey… Read More
Naykima Hill’s April 14th call to Prison Radio opened the floodgates of commentaries documenting the appalling reality of daily life at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) in Michigan. India Porter, Auroniece Jackson, Sharon Hinojosa,… Read More
Dear Friend, “The criminal justice system in America is one of the biggest abusers of justice,” – Izell Robinson, a 39-year-old correspondent who has been incarcerated for the last 8 years. He is currently located in MCF… Read More
Dear Friend, An email is truly not enough space to describe the public health nightmare that is the women’s prison in Ypsilanti, Michigan (Women’s Huron Valley, WHV). The decrepit building hosts decades old ventilation systems,… Read More
Dear Friend, On Sunday an Oscar was awarded to Daniel Kaluuya for his role in “Judas & The Black Messiah” which told the story of 21 year old Black Panther icon Fred Hampton and the… Read More
“We could not save Malcolm X, but we can save Mumia. We can save him, and we must save him, because we love our Brother, and we need our Brother to help us fight for… Read More
Dear Friend, Tuesday April 20 9:34am: Mumia’s medical attorney’s have received word from the Open Heart ICU doctors. Mumia’s surgery was successful. There were no complications. He is receiving minimal oxygen and has one IV. … Read More
Dear Friend, It is hard to write while crying. But let me try. Mumia Abu-Jamal is awkward and funny. He walks slowly, slew foot. Deliberately. Lumbering. He has a big broad and warm and… Read More
Dear Friend, Youtube live stream link for today’s press conference, starting in 15 minutes. Free Mumia!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqmN3o8lZ6U Prison Radio will record and archive this broadcast at www.prisonradio.org Attachments areaPreview YouTube video Mumia to Undergo Heart Surgery: Emergency… Read More
Dear Friend, “My country’s justice system is designed to disrupt your sanity and annihilate your dignity from the very beginning.” – Heather Jarvis Twenty-nine-year-old Heather Jarvis is a mother, daughter, writer, and student currently serving her… Read More
Dear Friend, Prison Radio works with many correspondents who use their stories and voices to further the cause of abolition and liberation. Peter “Pitt” Mukuria is a powerful voice who is currently held at Red Onion State Prison,… Read More
Dear Friend, If your new stimulus check could be spared, please consider making a gift to Prison Radio. “Prison Radio is critical to support, please join me in making prisoners heard and visible. Prison Radio is getting… Read More
