Running Down The Walls 2021
“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
Filter News & Updates
38 news and updates found
Page 1 of 2
Indigenous Activist and Artist: Leonard Peltier
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
An Open-Air Prison!
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
Free Sundiata Acoli
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
Urgent: Mumia to Undergo Heart Surgery
“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
The Pitt Panther
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
Confidence In Your Conviction: What Krasner Needs to Do!
Dear Friend, What Larry Krasner the District Attorney of Philadelphia Needs To Do! We ask that you examine whether you have “confidence” in this conviction. Is the record that you are defending in court something… Read More
The State Wants Mumia To Die
This is a life and death situation and we need to mobilize immediately. Congestive heart failure. Unrelenting skin eruptions are causing damaged, ruptured, leathery, dry, exposed wounds. Not one spot on his body is free of dry cracked and bloody open wounds. No longer in an outside hospital, Mumia is back in the prison infirmary in excruciating discomfort and pain. Read More
Mumia has Congestive Heart Failure & is Covid 19 positive
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
The Silencing of Eric King
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
Urgent Mumia Legal Update
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
Passing The Torch
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
Perfecting Tyranny: Mumia’s New Book Hot Off The Press!
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
In Solidarity With Maroon
Dear Friend, Now at the age of 77, Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has spent the majority of his years through the most horrific treatment by state. As a Black Panther during the height of Frank Rizzo’s reign… Read More
BREAKING: Colin Kaepernick Throws Down For Mumia
Breaking News! Colin Kaepernick demanded Mumia Abu Jamal’s release and laments the 38 years of Mumia’s life that he has been held behind bars. Today’s press conference, hosted by Dr. Johanna Fernandez and sponsored by… Read More
Political Leadership From Behind the Bars
Dear Friend, We amplify political prisoners and politicized prisoners voices. We work with people who are in prison because of their political beliefs, associations, and actions and also people inside who have become conscious of class, race, and… Read More
Voter Suppression
Dear Friend, According to The Sentencing Project, 5.17 million people have been legally stripped their right to vote based on a felony conviction. The prison-industrial complex suppresses our people’s right to political power long after they… Read More
Jalil Muntaquim: Free At Last
Dear Friend, On October 7th, after nearly half a century in prison, Jalil Muntaquim is free. A former Black Panther, Jalil was denied parole for over two decades for his refusal to renounce the beliefs… Read More
Indigenous US Activist Peltier Wins Rights Prize
MONTEVIDEO — Leonard Peltier, an indigenous rights activist jailed in the United States for decades, has received the first Mario Benedetti Foundation international human rights prize, the group said Monday. The group called Peltier, a… Read More
A Letter From Prison: Tim DeChristopher Speaks Out
By Tim DeChristopher, Grist.org August 30, 2011 | The following text appeared in a handwritten letter from Tim DeChristopher addressed to Grist’s Jennifer Prediger. If I had ever doubted the power of words, Judge Benson made their importance all… Read More
