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We are all in! Help us stay on the airwaves Dear Friend, Prison Radio has always been a tiny but mighty organization. We push all our chips in, all the time. It often makes us… Read More

Call & Demand Clemency for Krystal, and An End to Abuse at WHV Free Them All Dear On June 30th, flood the phones for Krystal Clark and the women incarcerated at WHV. From May 14… Read More

It’s about the Kids! ❤️ They are our Future Want to join our team? Volunteer Application Greetings! The kids are here. They say student repression. We say connection. They say fascism. We say liberation. They… Read More

Help Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Get Access to His Legal Property Back in Virginia, but Up Against The Clock As always, my choice was to… Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win! -Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Kevin “Rashid”… Read More

Third death in one month at Women’s Huron “Death” Valley! Important report sheds light on the intersection of disability, health and incarceration Dear The conditions at Women’s Huron “Death Valley” (WHV) Facility are dangerous, dirty,… Read More

We have Another Question! And your answers to the last one Who Supports Mumia? Greetings! Our crowd sourcing exercise for foreign news sources was incredibly successful! It proved that our collective wisdom is valuable, important… Read More

We have One Question for you! Time is of the essence Who Do You Trust? Who is the journalist or the newswire you trust the most that covers international issues? Who do you go to… Read More

What it Takes to Win International Solidarity! Dear International solidarity and generational resistance is how we fight fascism. Now is the time to make connections. We are going to the World Congress Against the Death… Read More

We Have New Correspondents! ❤️ Transmitting to the World from “Beneath the Mountain”     Greetings! Every week, prisoners across the country call us to transmit their humanity over the airwaves. Their reports lay bare… Read More

Meet Karen Brown Forty Years Incarcerated     Greetings! Karen Brown called us for the first time a few months ago to reflect on forty years of incarceration. “I’ve been behind bars since before Michael… Read More

Philly Spring Social – This Friday! Join us for great food and community! Join Us May 15th at Prison Radio Philadelphia! Email Us for the Address       Redwood Justice Fund | PO Box… Read More

Resistance is a Frequency Help us keep it on the air Dear At a time when the state is building bigger cages, wider surveillance nets, and new vocabularies for old repression, Prison Radio is doing… Read More

Pack the Courthouse for Jakhi! This Wednesday in NYC, Solidarity Forever     “Our greatest strength is each other.” -Jakhi McCray Greetings! Jakhi McCray has a court date on Wednesday April 29th in NYC at… Read More

Jakhi is ours and we will not let him be disappeared We stand with Jakhi McCray     “Our greatest strength is each other.” -Jakhi McCray Greetings! Jakhi McCray, former Prison Radio volunteer, is facing… Read More

One More Revolution Around the Sun❤️ Mumia Birthday Celebration Week Schedule of Events     Another revolution around the sun for our beloved “Long Distance Revolutionary.” Mumia Abu-Jamal went to prison at age 27, and… Read More

The Emperor Has No Hair New poems from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson “I have nothing and therefore nothing to lose. I have conditioned myself for every conceivable shock and strain – physically, mentally, and emotionally. I… Read More

Historic Win In Pennsylvania! 1100 Folks Inside Can Find a Way Home     Greetings! Given the dire times we are in it is important to celebrate every victory. And today we have an amazing… Read More

Uhuru Rowe: The Afterlife They agitated, and they won     Greetings! “My freedom was won by the young comrades who refused to let the state permanently erase me and render me invisible.”  Uhuru… Read More

“Don’t be good. Be good for something.” – Eddie Treadwell How you can help     Greetings! A Dispatch from Eddie Treadwell on Community Healing: “Genocide in Urban Communities” Mainstream headlines often treat community violence… Read More