Support Prison Radio Dear Friend, This season of giving, support Prison Radio’s work to amplify the voices of incarcerated people—voices that expose injustice, demand accountability, and inspire change. From solitary confinement to supermax prisons, from… Read More
Click here to support Prison Radio’s abolition journalism Dear Friend, “Before I have to stay up here and do the rest of my time up here, I would rather die. Every day I’m dealing with… Read More
Dear Friend, We need your help to stop a cruel act of retaliation. Darren Stanley, also known as Knowledge Born God Allah, is a Prison Radio correspondent currently incarcerated at Solano Prison, but he is… Read More
Negotiating the twists and turns through rural routes and former coal mining towns, brings me closer to the State Correctional Institute, SCI Mahanoy, 301 Greyline Dr. Frackville Pennsylvania, USA. We are driving to the place… Read More
Dear Friend, We are asking you to do three things: Krystal Clark, incarcerated at Michigan’s Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV), which she calls “the Valley of Death” is suffering life-threatening medical neglect. WHF is… Read More
Dear Friend, Mumia Abu-Jamal reminds us that, while disbelief and despair are natural, it’s time to “dry your tears, blow your noses, and join movements of resistance to this madness.” Mumia’s post Trump election essay… Read More
When We Love, We WinWhen We Survive, We WinWhen We Fight, We Win* As the dust settles after another election, one truth remains: no president of these United States will save our people behind bars.… Read More
“I would rather die before I stay up here, because every day I’m dealing with discrimination, whether it’s about my race, my last name, or my religion.” Ekong Eshiet, Red Onion State Prison. Imagine being… Read More
Dear Friends, On September 15th, 2024, a tragic, horrifying event took place at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison—an event that highlights the unbearable conditions incarcerated individuals face every day. In a recent radio essay, Kevin… Read More
Dear Friend, In his piece on the release of Julian Assange, Mumia exposes the dark underbelly of imperial war and state violence. He reminds us that truth-tellers like Assange are labeled enemies of the state… Read More
“Law is politics, by other means.” David Kairys, Temple Law Professor Mumia Abu-Jamal’s petition for relief on his 1st degree murder conviction was rejected by the PA Superior court on September 10th, 2024. An appeal… Read More
Mumia and I are both working journalists and were radio reporters before we met. Since that hot day in the summer of 1992, we have been colleagues working the same beat. Investigative journalism is key… Read More
Bay Area book launch at City Lights BookstoreSunday, September 29th, 2pm PT261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco Join Us in San Francisco!You are personally invited to join the Prison Radio community Join Us in San Francisco!You… Read More
You are personally invited to join the Prison Radio community at our Northampton event! We hope you take this opportunity to engage with our new novel Beneath the Mountain through this enriching panel discussion by remarkable abolitionist… Read More
This week we are honoring the incarcerated revolutionaries that took part in the groundbreaking Attica Prison Uprising of September 9-12, 1971. Hundreds of people living inside the infamous Attica State Prison in upstate New York… Read More
Dear Friend,For years, Prison Radio Correspondent Krystal Clark has been suffering abuse and medical neglect at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Michigan. Now, she needs our help. Women’s Huron Valley (WHV), a prison approximately… Read More
Dear Friend, Prolific and accomplished playwright, poet, and journalist Larry Stromberg has recently started recording commentaries with Prison Radio. And he’s asking for our help publishing his most recent play. While incarcerated at SCI Coal… Read More
In a featured commentary on Black August, Mumia Abu-Jamal states: “August, a month of injustice and divine justice. Of repression and righteous rebellion. Of individual and collective efforts to free the slaves and break the… Read More
Dear Friend,Mumia and I are proud to introduce our newly published, co-edited book! Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader (City Lights, 2024) is a collection of revolutionary essays providing a vital core of primary texts and… Read More
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