On Saturday Mumia Abu-Jamal was hospitalized. When he put in a sick call slip and was seen by the SCI Mahanoy medical staff he was taken immediately to the hospital suffering chest pain and shortness of breath. Diagnosed with congestive heart failure he was given a battery of tests. It is unclear how long Mumia was hospitalized, but by Wednesday he was in isolation in the prison’s infirmary. Read More
Dear Friend, As you know, prisons are foreboding and inaccessible. Every day at Prison Radio we learn new handholds, brace ourselves, and continue to find ways to bring voices across the walls and into our… Read More
Dear Friend, PA has one of the largest populations of people sentenced to die in prison in the US — 5,467. As of January 31 2021, there are 521 people in Pennsylvania who were sentenced to… Read More
Dear Friend, Eric King, imprisoned since 2016, recently received a notice stating that his mail privileges have been restricted for the upcoming six months: stripping him of his ability to communicate with anyone outside of… Read More
Dear Friend, This is an amazing billboard in Central PA. The billboard campaign is a community initiative by a group called Let’s Get Free that seeks to eliminate life without parole sentencing as a means toward abolition. 5,467 people… Read More
Dear Friend, Yesterday Mumia Abu-Jamal called from his cell block at SCI Mahanoy, reaching Pam Africa, and letting all of us know that he is seriously ill. He has had difficulty breathing and chest pain, symptoms… Read More
Dear Friend, With Biden and Harris officially sworn into office, millions of people were full of relief and excitement. As correspondent Mumia Abu-Jamal said, “An American president loses his hard-fought re-election bid and, within moments, the streets… Read More
Dear Friend, As the nation explores its quest for democracy, we bring you the voices from is vast failures. We often write to you with regard to the injustices that incarcerated people face, telling you… Read More
Dear Friend, Since the beginning of this pandemic Michigan’s grassroots organizations have been asking Governor Whitmer, and the appointed Director of the MDOC Heidi Washington, to handle this crisis with public health and human rights… Read More
Dear Friend, In the time of great crisis, there is immense opportunity. The grassroots quest for justice on every front has gotten clearer and stronger. Our demands for a more just and peaceful world will… Read More
Dear Friend, Immediately before the far-right brazenly attempted a coup, the eyes of the nation were on the people of Georgia exercising their right to vote. Our support of Georgia’s grassroots organizing should extend to… Read More
Dear Friend, As long as prisons still stand between us and our people, we need to make sure we have first-hand accounts of what is happening behind these walls. And we need your help to… Read More
Dear Friend, Prison Radio has been fueled for decades by the principle that we all need to hear the lived experience of those that are on the inside of US prisons and their families on… Read More
Dear Friend, Every person below is someone’s father, brother, or mother. They died alone. Struggling for breath. PA Dept. of Corrections (DOC) has changed its policy and will now only report the 1st Death from… Read More
Dear Friend, My name is Jennifer Szénay. I’m a mother, student, advocate and daughter of a lifer. My passion as a prison abolitionist was born out of three decades of arduous lived experience within a… Read More
Dear Friend, This unparalleled year has taken so much out of us. Combatting this mass scale pandemic while in the thick of a global racial uprising has been no easy feat. It is crucial, now… Read More
Dear Friend, It is no surprise that many prisons are built on polluted land that has been torn apart for resources, brutally mistreated, and virtually destroyed. The land is dangerous, wrought with toxins and pollutants. … Read More
Mumia Abu-Jamal Urgent Legal UpdateFOP Loses for Now: Ominous Split Decision by PA Supreme Court Dear Friend, The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Five & Maureen Faulkner have lost this fight. But the rematch is… Read More
Dear Friend, My name is Angeline Etienne. I’m twenty-one years old, pursuing a B.A. in Black Studies and French/Francophone Studies, and have been working on the Prison Radio team since May of 2020. Like many others… Read More
Dear Friend, Perfecting Tyranny by Mumia Abu-Jamal & Stephen Vittoria is a window into the soul of a nation from one of its most respected and feared captives. Getting this book to print took enormous resolve. We now… Read More
