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Noelle Hanrahan: You know, that’s why free form radio, or radio that we get to program, is so important. Because there’s a way in which we don’t have that music at our fingertips now, like…
Look at what you see in California. What is unmistakable is the aura of chaos, and I speak, not here, about the demonstrators. They are, in large part, reacting to government intrusion into their lives;…
This is a moment to be remembered but not feared, because this is a moment of madness. What do I mean by that? In politics, the body politic, like in individual human beings, there are times…
My name is Derek Gibson, a person in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on a restricted release list of indefinite solitary confinement since 2013, over a 12 year period. But under this harsh and inhumane,…
Tag me out. I was convicted under nothing but a theory; a theory that was conjected by lies, false testimony. During a hearing of trials, the prosecution never brought up forth any evidence that would…
This is Larry Stromberg. This is my new poem called “Hospice Behind Bars”. Hospice Behind Bars Hospice is one of my jobs, behind bars. I sit with the dying, those condemned by society, Riddled by…
Trump is a master of chaos, and that’s because he knows how to touch that nerve in the American psyche that makes people crazy. So it’s fear, it’s resentment, it’s all of these kinds of…
I think once people have a second thought, they’ll realize the gravity and the scope of their mass stupidity. And I hate to put it that way, but sometimes it is what it is, you…
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On the early morning on May 1, 2025 I was awakened by guards opening my general population cell door at Virginia’s Keen Mountain Correctional (sic!) Center and telling me to report…
When we think about the economy, most of us are in a ball of confusion. A “Ball of Confusion” isn’t just a great song back during the days of R & B, Rhythm and Blues.…
Hello. My name is Jermaine Dickerson, OID number, 226287. I’m calling from Correctional Facility Stillwater, in Bayport, Minnesota, and I’m going to be talking to you today about a medical issue I’m having. So, during…
Peace. This is KnowledgeBorn GodAllah calling from Pelican Bay State Prison. I want to inform my peoples and my listeners and the Nation of Gods and Earths that we are in progress of practicing our…
Thank you to the producers for maintaining this broadcast and giving us a voice and allowing me to discuss this issue today. Today, I’d like to discuss Brady v. Maryland and Napue v. Illinois and…
Noelle Hanrahan: Four questions for Mumia. In Fanon, how to dialectize the relation between subjectivity and objectivity. Mumia Abu-Jamal: Hmm, well, when I think about Fanon, he speaks of subjectivity from the context of colonial…
My name is David Annarelli, I’m a contributing writer for the Prison Journalism Project. Today is April 30, 2025, it’s a Wednesday. The Virginia DOC is notorious for a wide array of human rights abuses and…
Hello world. This is me, Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, I’m going to say the topic of this segment is called “Broken”, because right now, my life’s broken, my spirit’s broken,…
My name is Todd Robinson, and this is titled, “When Laws and Ethics Collide.” I was being accused of attempting to back my vehicle over two officers in a parking lot of McDonald’s in Wilkinsburg,…
Greetings Mexican friends, and those around the world. This is Noel Hanrahan. I’m a lawyer. I visit Mumia Abu-Jamal. I work on his medical cases, and I see him three to four times a month…
Two of the most widely publicized and vocal prisoners who set themselves on fire during latter 2024 in desperate responses to racism and abuses at Virginia’s notorious Red Onion State Prison have been transferred out…
My name is Ekong Ben Eshiet Jr. son of Marsha Pritchett & Ekong Eshiet Sr. Brother of Akon Eshiet, Breon Eshiet, Ben Eshiet, and Aaliyah Eshiet. I am 1 of the several brothers that was…
Today I’m gonna do a original piece, a rap that I wrote titled, “Shattered Dreams on this Earth.” Watched them [unclear] of words right up off the street,As if Black Lives Matter stood for nothing,Like…
Hello, my name is David Annarelli, contributing writer with the Prison Journalism Project. Today is April 22, 2025, Tuesday. This is Virginia Pardon and Parole Board update. It has now been reported locally and nationally…
Mick: This is Mick, from the Columbia Encampment. It’s an honor to have you on here. Your message was so powerful. We played it at the encampment. I guess I’m just wondering if you have…
For the German actor and human rights activist Rolf Becker, this has been a good year. First, he has marked a birthday: his 90th! Secondly, he has just been awarded the first Rosa Luxemburg Prize,…
Peace. This KnowledgeBorn GodAllah calling from Pelican Bay State Prison. I want to inform the people of the situation here. We still on lockdown. We came off lockdown for a day, after the statewide lockdown,…
Virginia a travesty of wrongful convictions – Part Two. Today is April 8. My name is David Annarelli, contributing writer with the Prison Journalism Project. As I have frequently reported, Virginia has the highest rate…
This is Spoon Jackson of Rabbits of Realness. And I’m here to let you know about the visual album, No Moon, on Spoon Jackson – YouTube. It just came out last Saturday. There was a…
Hello my name is Jamil. Now, today, I always start off with today gonna be a good day, and today has been a good day. I got off the phone with my mother, and the…
Hello world. This is Faluch Bigsby the author of God Uses Gangsters. I’m still standing. Today, I want to talk about injustice. Sometimes people just can’t do the right thing. And here’s the thing, we,…
Although attack dogs have been routinely used in Va prisons for decades (since the early 2000s), it is only now becoming an issue of public awareness and concern. The subject has begun receiving public attention…
Hi everybody, this is Krystal calling from the Valley of Death. Been trying to stay strong. Been really down for some days, my breathing and everything. Dr. Ellison, my guy, he is such a evil…
Peace to the people, this Knowledge Born God Allah, here at Pelican Bay State Prison, Facility B, Level 4. I want to talk about Level 4 statewide prison lockdown. If y’all didn’t know [unclear] prison…
Hi, everybody. This is Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix, in Pennsylvania. Today I’m gonna do a short play called “The Curves.” It’s a play about mental health issues. So hope you enjoy. The Curves My name…
Hi everybody. This is Krystal Denise Clark. My inmate number is 435064, and here in the Valley of Death, fighting to live, fighting for my life. I’ve been trying to get help. I’ve been trying…
In Oct 2024 the story broke that numerous prisoners at Red Onion State Prison had set themselves on fire in desperate response to racism and abuse at the Virginia prison that has an extensive history…
Hello my name is David Annarelli. I’m a contributing writer for the prisonjournalismproject.org. Virginia has the worst rate of wrongful convictions in the whole of the nation. 20%, or approximately 4800 captives, according to the…
Hey brother, I remember you with sheer joy because every time I saw you there was a smile on your face, you were chewing bubble gum like it was going out of style, and you…
When he was born on 13th July, 1948, his parents named him William R. Johnson, by father Lloyd Johnson and mother Lois Ethel Johnson. His name would later become Bilal Sunni Ali and it would…
This is Larry Stromberg, and today I’m going to do a poem called, The One From End. The One From End Once had a friend from the planet known as End, A time traveler from…
My name is Harlequin, and I am incarcerated at SCI Green, in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. On February 14th, the search team shook down E Block. 68 people got informal resolutions for altered property, and about half…
This is “Ironic Habitual Behavior in the Virginia Department of Corrections.” My name is David Annarelli. I’m a contributing writer with Prison Journalism Project and wrongfully convicted inmate. March 10, 2025. It is a Monday.…
Hey, this is Larry Stromberg. Today’s poem is called My Siblings Death. It’s in memory of my brother Sean, my sister Diane and my sister Michelle. My Siblings Death I remember their smiles from the…
Clifford Lea (Black Messiah) 0:00 As someone who has spent over half their life watching the world age and turn from a prison cell, I’ve had to observe the workings of society from afar. Not…
Yes, this is Izell Robinson, Minnesota, inmate number 210006, calling from the Stillwater prison here in Minnesota; an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard. I’m only asking you,…
My name is David Annarelli, and this is a response to Wren Williams piece in The Washington Examiner. On February 10, 2025, The Washington Examiner ran a piece by Virginia Delegate Wren Williams. In that…
Greetings. Hello, fellow travelers and all the beautiful Christian people. This is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today I want to talk about misappropriation of funds. I want to talk about how…
Black Power Media’s Update Amba, I greet you in an unexpected language. That’s the greeting by theAmazul, the Zulus of South Africa, and I speak to you and greet you Black Power Radio and Black…
Hello citizens, this is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Well, I’m still alive. Yet, and again, they still tried to come and get me and take me out, but God has prevailed.…
Hi. This is Larry Stromberg at SCI Phoenix, in Pennsylvania. I’m going to perform a short play I wrote called The Happy Addict. So here we go, The Happy Addict. I’m a happy guy. Yeah.…
David J. Annarelli, number 1853637, contributing writer of Prison Journalism Project at Lawrenceville Correctional Center, Virginia Department of Corrections. It is February 24th, 2025. “Interruption of Communications and First Amendment Violation.” In an unjustified attack…
As of latter, February, 2025 Charles Coleman is housed in the medical department at Red Onion state prison after setting himself on fire, yet again. Coleman, was one of numerous men who set themselves on…
This is your current contributor, by the name Raymond White; poet, writer, artist. Please share this very special poem I wrote for everyone who suffered the tragic disasters that the LA county wildfires caused. Today’s…
Octavia E. Butler said, “The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn’t always safe, but it is often necessary.” Despite the strength and optimistic outlook that comes from successfully participating in…
A Light in the Night Air Mumia Abu-Jamal In every day something extraordinary happens. Such was the case on Wednesday, January 22nd, when a plane and a helicopter collided in the night sky over the…
It was by any measure a stunning moment. An American president essentially offering to gentrify the Gaza Strip, suggesting that should they resist, they be forced to leave their historical homeland by the Armed Forces…
In every day something extraordinary happens. Such was the case onWednesday, January 22nd, when a plane and a helicopter collided in thenight sky over the Potomac River with a fireball, briefly turning night skybright. Athletes,…
by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On Feb 10, 2025 a meeting was held by people and members of groups who support or have signed on to PAPA (People these are the hottest jordan 3s dropping this summer Against Prison Abuse). This was our fifth meeting.…
by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson During latter 2024 I put out a call to create a prisoner support network and organization called PAPA or People Against Prison Abuse. The purpose of PAPA was to create a…
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson On Jan 28, 2025 three guards at Virginia’s Greensville Correctional Center were reported as having been criminally charged for violent assaults on prisoners. (1) Greensville is one of VA’s predominantly Black-staffed…
It was by any measure a stunning moment. An American president essentially offering to gentrify the Gaza Strip, suggesting that they, should they resist, be forced to leave their historical homeland by the Armed Forces…
Dear friends, comrades, and associates. I send kudos to you all for sendingsupport to people inside of what has been called “the iron house” by ourbrother and comrade Leonard Peltier. I’m impressed with the spirit…
For Howard Keylor, a long life in service to the working class began in hisyounger years in Ohio, where he saw miners going to work. In rural Ohio, notfar from the Appalachians and near the…
Just a few hours ago Leonard Peltier left the U.S. prison cell, what Indigenous people call the Iron House, and began the long trek home to North Dakota, where he was busted in 1975. His…
My name is Raymond White in the [inaudible] today is titled, “And I Will Still Be Holding You”. And I Will Still Be Holding You This poem speaks to the nature of human time.The beauty…
How do you create an institution that dehumanizes, incarcerates and destroys the soul of tens of thousands of people? How do you do that? You don’t undo that by, in your last week, giving more…
It is a wonderful and joyful thing to hear that Leonard Peltier will now spendhis last days outside of the iron cage, that iron cage that held him for almostfive decades. He will breathe the…
On Jan 17, 2025 I spoke with Phil Wilayto, the editor of the Virginia Defender newspaper. As many know, Phil supported and endorsed the call to shut down Virginia’s remote and notoriously racist and abusive…
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson It’s really common sense that those in power, who abuse power, will resist and attempt to suppress those who expose their abuses. The head of the Virginia prison system, director Chadwick…
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson Let me paint a picture for you. In this case art doesn’t merely imitate reality, it captures it. SLAVE LABOR IN VIRGINIA PRISONS In Va, prisoners are paid pennies per hour…
By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson When you combine an attention-seeking and drama-prone white woman who has a racist sense of entitlement over people of color with a hip shooting occupation that routinely captures, beats and lynches…
When the U. S. government brought charges against the Black Liberation group known as the Uhuru House and its movement, the African Peoples Socialist Party, FBI agents raided homes and offices of its leaders and…
My name is Mr. Eddy Treadwell. I’m at Michigan prison, Brooks Correctional Facility, and I would just want to speak a little bit briefly about the need to be free from prison. I know freedom…
Larry Stromberg, from SCI Phoenix. And I’m going to perform — read — my poem, called Prison Shell Shock. Prison Shell Shock. Guilty and broken.Freezing trauma.I’ve been locked away for decades.Some say I deserve the…
How are you all doing out there fellow citizens and travelers? This is Faluch Bigsby. Today I want to ask you, is it conspiracy or fact, you tell me. There’s a lot of you that…
Sally O’Brien, a radio reporter for New York’s public radio WBAI FM, has given her final broadcast. In 1988 she began her signature show Where We Live, often co-hosted with Black Liberationist Safia Bukhari, herself…
Hello, my name is David Annarelli, Virginia Department of Corrections, number 1853637. This piece is entitled “All on the Record”. On September 24th, 2016 I was the victim of Floyd County Deputy Alicia Akers, who…
My Contribution I’ve seen gray skies, tear drops and laughs, the anguish and pain caused by cocaine. I’ve seen it done by Demerol, some LSD and alcohol trying to escape life’s confusion up in a bottle…
As we look at this world, as the new year dawns, we must admit that the world is on the march, and if we’re honest it’s a march to the right. Why is this so?…
The name, Ekong Eshiet, has become widely known in the media after he and numerous other prisoners set themselves on fire in desperate efforts to be transferred away from the racist abuses at Virginia’s Red…
Greetings from Florida’s death row. My name is Ronald Wayne Clark Jr. I’ve been incarcerated since February 7th, 1990 in a solitary confinement unit. Upon my arrest, my trial judge, David C Wiggins, appointed me conflict-free…
James Earl Carter (1924-2024). His name James Earl Carter junior was not a famous one, for few knew him by that name. But millions knew him by his nickname, his high-voltage smile and his Georgia accent as…
https://outfm.org/liberation/index.php/home/internship-application/627-exclusive-mumia-abu-jamal-embraces-lgbtq-liberation Mumia Abu-Jamal Embraces LGBTQ Liberation [Play “Free Mumia” song by The Heartical Crew (T.H.C.) ] —————————— In 1970, just a year after the Stonewall Rebellion, Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton gave groundbreaking public…
Let me introduce myself, I am the Black Messiah and I have awoken. I’m here to do what God created me to do, which is free the people. The following is not ramblings of a…
Hi, my name is Larry Stromberg, and I’m going to perform my short play called “The Struggle”. Speaker:I struggle every day with mood swings, emotional, mental health, depression. I’ve been diagnosed bipolar. Rejection could set…
I started my hunger strike Monday, October 21st. Once everybody refused a breakfast tray, the CO came to my door and said, “Why? Why you messing up the spot? This is a good spot.” He …
This poem is called “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”. This could be about my family. Easily, It could be about your family. This could be about American democracy And how it’s constructed currently,…
Hello. This is Donald C-Note Hooker, foundational Black American, prison artist and advocate for justice. Today, I want to speak about Leonard Peltier, a man who like me, will face a parole board in 2026.…
Unshackling Our Future: My Fight Against Involuntary Servitude In Prisons. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is C-Note. I am a California state prisoner. For nearly 40 years, I have lived behind the prison walls of…
Inmates broadcasting from Stillwater, as we’ve been on the news lately, and the information that you’re getting is incomplete, and some of it’s just downright incorrect. They say still waters run deep. That’s because on…
Hello. How are you guys doing out there? This is Faluch Bigsby, the author of God Uses Gangsters. Today, I want to tell you guys about some things that have happened in our country. When…
Hi. This is Mr. Jenkins from Corcoran State Prison. Today is October 10, 2024. My topic will be, ‘When do we feel we are worth it, but do not act on it, deserve it? Okay,…
Her name was Bariki Hall Shabazz, but I knew her as “Maestra,” my music teacher. Her community knew her as “Sister Bariki” or “Mama Bariki,” a Black woman who, as the old saying goes, was…
This poem is called “Moving Mountains.” I am this mountain. Can you see me? See me? See me? See me? I’ve seen mountains move for agesMy eyes scanning through the rocky brown and dark green peaks…
Julian Assange finally goes home. Julian Assange of the online news agency known as Wikileaks had to wonder if this day would ever come, for he faced not only the enmity of governments including, of…
The proposed political frame up of leaders and supporters of the African Peoples Socialist Party, perhaps best known as the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida, has ended with a federal jury rejecting the government’s…
from Beneath The Mountain: An Anti Prison Reader edited by Jennifer Black and Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dear readers, I’ve written many books on a variety of subjects: on jailhouse lawyers, on history, on Black liberation, and other topics. As a general rule, I don’t brag about my books for, in a…
The Ellis unit is more than just your typical prison within the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). It is a dream job for assaultive guards that are also aspiring police officers,…
32 Womens Hoops & the Politics of Identity The Classroom & the Cell Podcast with Marc Lamont Hill
Victor Ladio Jara Martinez nació en septiembre de 1932 en la aldea agrícola de Lonquén al sudoeste de Santiago. La granja donde vivió era parecida a una plantación en las tierras de una familia rica y…
A Sierra Leonean refugee named Oury Jalloh burned to death in Cell No. 5 in the city of Dessau, Germany. The date: January 7, 2005 Police at the station have called it…
What happens in our minds when something quite unusual happens, like when an assassination attempt occurs? I don’t know, but invariably my mind turns to a movie such as the Danny Trejo film Machete, where…
It’s been about four years since the last presidential election, and here we are embedded in a media-fed controversy that borders on the ridiculous. I speak here of the spectacle of Joe Biden’s misfires of…
Over half a century ago, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon told TV interviewer David Frost the following on May 19, 1977: “When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.”Of course, Nixon resigned…
Joseph Biden’s recent performance at the nationally televised debates with former U.S.President Donald Trump left many TV viewers stunned and in a state of shock, for Bidenseemed befuddled, out of his element, and looking like…
When we think about war, we often assume that, in war, all things are possible. That may be because wars break all rules. That may be true, but it doesn’t make it legal, for countries…
THE PRISONS NEXT TIME – A poem by sister Julia Wright the daughters and sonsof the studentsof 1968havelearned wellthe only university courseworth its while:The Revolution throughoutthe United Statesthroughout the territoriesstolenfrom the Indigenous Peoples,our brave…
As the ruinous war continues to rage in Gaza, Black and Palestinian scholars continue to tell the untold stories of these oppressed peoples. One such scholar is Greg Thomas, the founder and editor of the…
Hunger strike: the act of refusing to eat as a way of showing that you strongly disagree with something or disapprove of something. ponder on that for a second…The immediate thought which comes to mind…
It’s crazy how certain types of human calamity are right now being set right in front of us. Knowing that someday we as living beings will be put back down to the low surface of…
After being held in solitary confinement since June 29, 2023 in unlighted cells, and without needed and entitled personal property, all under the pretext of an investigation, I have been released back to general population…
By Bro. Khalfani Malik Khaldun Indiana’s Voice of the Voiceless August 1, 2023 “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moment of comfort and convenience… but where he stands…
And we got an exhibit happening at Santa Cruz University on June 11, and the art will be from Realness folks, and the theme is “Inner Rabbit,” expressing your inner rabbit. If you want to…
Anatomy of America’s wasteful prison-industrial complex. America, America, land of the free. The society filled with justice and equality. This is a clear example of hypocrisy, unless they forgot to include me and millions of…
It’s all about numbers. 142,138. This is the number of individuals who are currently incarcerated and/or on parole, according to CDCR.org. Here in California, the website also propagates that 36,000 of those 142,138 are out…
The title of this piece is, “Contact Me.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp, behind enemy lines. Due to prison restrictions and monitoring, some people don’t feel like they’re comfortable reaching…
Greetings to the UN delegation. Initially, I wish to thank the members of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, who prepared and filed an amicus brief in my case. And, of…
Taxpayers 101. Taxpayers: I’m worth about $1.5 million of your tax money. You pay for me to be here for 14 years thus far. Did you know your money that you pay the IRS is…
Comrades, This is Kevin Cooper and I send this missive to you in Peace & Solidarity, just as I wrote it. These truth(s) I write and send to you through our fellow Comrade Carole ‘are a must’. While theyare obvious truths, they still must be said by me. MoFo, and their ex-L.A, county sheriff department ‘experts’ and others they hired did more than just say that in their opinion I…
Anatomy of America’s Wasteful Prison Industrial Complex: America, America! Land of the free, PA-Society filled with justice and equality. This is a clear example of hypocrisy, unless they forgot to include me, and millions of…
The title of this piece is “The London Police.” This is Kenjuan Tango Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. I want to talk to you all about the London police. A report…
Race Matters ~ The Murder of Tyree Nichols & The overpolicing & Unjustifiable Slaying of Black Bodies “We want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of Black people,other people of color, all people…
Read Kenjuan’s published article on page 39 The title of this piece is “The Social Psychology of Prison Grief.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. In issue number…
This is Torrey Braxton 313197, coming with a few requests. I’m currently incarcerated in the Michigan Department of Corrections, and we’ve been busy at the Law- Fellow inmates been real busy at the Law Library,…
Solitary torture in Virginia In 2011 the United Nations declared solitary confinement to be torture and that it should not be used for longer than two weeks. The next year I was transferred out of…
“Voting one’s rage.” As of now, the nation’s midterm elections are not yet over. But this much is clear: one major political party—shall we call it the Trump party—suffered from a massive miscalculation. For months,…
Hi, my name is Krystal Clark. My inmate number is 435064. I’m in WHV, the valley of death. This prison is terrible. A couple of weeks ago, I don’t know, I was telling you [inaudible]…
Hey Prison Radio listeners, so I hope this message finds you well. My name is Eric Knutson, and my OID is 240094. I am currently incarcerated at MCF Lino Lakes at 75 25 4th Avenue,…
CounterSpinTV snake oil salesman and Republican Pennsylvania candidate Mehmet Oz began a recent debate with opponent John Fetterman with reference to Maureen Faulkner, the widow of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Fetterman, Oz claimed, “has…
The death of the death penalty. In a stunning surprise, the jury, hearing sentencing arguments in the case of Nicholas Cruz at the Stoneman Douglas School, Parkland, FL for the killing of 17 people, recommended…
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you to listeners…
My inmate number in ND7568. The title of this piece is “The women at Huron Valley.” This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. It been brought to my attention…
Hi everybody, it’s Torrey Braxton once again. I would have called back months ago, but, once again, I’m locked up in the Michigan Department of Corrections. They held me hostage in seg- in the hole,…
Hi, my name is Krystal Clark. My inmate number is 435064. I’m in WHV, the Valley of Death. This is so true, the Valley of Death. We just had another death, a young lady commit…
This is Kenneth Zamarron, calling from Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle, Indiana. This piece is titled, “The Hospital Drive.” The hospital drive. They drove me to the hospital. It was the first time I…
The Wisdom of Frantz Fanon. His name was Frantz Fanon, born in Martinique, in the West Indies, 1925. At the time of his death 36 years later, his words would inspire freedom movements around the…
All right, this is Kevin Rashid Johnson. It’s September 24, 2022, Saturday. I’m giving an account or an update of my medical condition as well as my status condition in response to requests of various…
This is Kenneth Zamarron from Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, located in Carlisle, Indiana. This piece is entitled, “Racism Extinguished.” I was in a microscopic prison cell the other night with some friends. We were sharing…
This is Dennis “Solo” McKeithan, calling from SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania, and I’d like to give a updated report on what’s happening with my struggle. Firstly, I would like to thank all the people who…
Hello, my name’s Valentino Facey. I’m 37 years old, calling from Massachusetts [Correctional] Institution – Norfolk, and I’m in prison serving a life sentence. I’ve been in for a little over 16 years and I’d…
My inmate number is ND7568, and the title of this piece is “Queen Elizabeth II and Imperialism.” This is Kenjuan Congo Jr., calling from a prison camp behind enemy lines. I have allies who are…
Hey, this is Kenneth Zamarron, calling from Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle, Indiana. This is called “Turning 31.” Turning 31, and today I spent half my life in a draconian prison. At 16, I…
Assange, Palestine, and Other Freedom Struggles. Julian Assange, a journalist and publisher for the internet agency known as WikiLeaks, faces a frightening regime of U.S. torture if he’s extradited to America on false espionage charges.…
This is Kenneth Zamarron at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, in Carlisle, IN. The title is “Cruel Punishment.” For the last seven years, I’ve been dealing with a rare skin disorder called dissecting cellulitis of the…
This is Comrade Pitt. Once again, thanks for tuning in and thanks for your time. In my seventeen years of incarceration, majority of that time I’ve been in solitary confinement in my home state of…
This is Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, imprisoned in Virginia. I wanted to express my appreciation to everyone who has been raising their voice, sending kind regards in regard to my recent diagnosis of cancer and denial…
So hello Prison Radio listeners. I hope this message finds you all well. My name is Eric Knutson and I am currently serving a 201-month sentence, residing at MCF-Lino Lakes, 7525 4th Ave, Lino Lakes,…
When the environment turns. Floods are ravishing Mississippi, while expensive drought are occurring out west. The areas in between are held in a sweaty grip of a heatwave. In Europe, hundreds of people die from…
Pitt discusses with Sylvia Ryerson the importance of radio station WMMT-FM as an airwave of hope for prisoners and asks that we support their efforts to recover from a recent flooding. You can find more…
This is Richard Valdez, coming to you from San Quentin State Prison, California. The following commentary is titled, “COVID Update from San Quentin’s Death Row.” On Monday, July 18th, 2022, the East Block Condemned Unit…
Hello, yes, this is Izell Robinson, inmate #210006, Minnesota inmate confined in the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and effect positive change. Yet, in order to do that, I need you the…
https://www.paperchained.com My inmate number is ND7568. I’m calling from SCI Chester. This is Kenjuan Congo Jr., from the belly of the beast. Paper Chained is a not-for-profit journal in Australia. Contributions from incarcerated, formerly incarcerated,…
Divine lessons part three. Chapter 25 of the Holy Quran for the Moorish Science Temple of America, a holy covenant of the Asiatic nations. Ye are the children of one father provided for by his…
This is Sheik Abdul Salaam-Bey calling from Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, KS. This is piece is divine lessons part two. The spiritual life in disarray is a shadow of the standing institution which dominates…
Hi, my name is Krystal Clark. I’m in WHV, inmate number 435064. We’re in the valley of hell. She took out the bleach, I think it was last month. The prisoners is on lockdown due…
Hey, this is comrade Pitt. So after watching a video of Jayland Walker’s execution by Akron police, to say my blood was boiling is an understatement. He did evade police, but that is not a…
I’m Mr. Eddie Treadwell over here at Alger Michigan correction facility. And today I like to speak a little bit about who is Mr. Eddie Treadwell to give you a little insight of view of…
Real. Realness eats raw meat, does not waver nor trips on the currents. He has the staying power of the sun. Realness walks only in his own shoes. Today. Today I died. I died yesterday…
Hello today. My name is Eddie Treadwell. I’m a prisoner here in Alger Correctional Facility, a Michigan prison. And I would like to talk about today how intelligence rules the world and ignorance bears its…
My name is Jamil. I’m at IDC, Indiana Department of Corrections. And this is call “To My Tribe.” Over the last two weeks, I’ve been going through a range of level of anxiety, stuff I…
When The Empire Calls My brothers, sisters, and comrades in Tijuana, I welcome you delegates of the excluded. People from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and beyond. Many of you come from poor nation, countries with relatively…
This is Mr. Nicholson again from Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI I just want to say before I start this poem, this is already getting ready to start off for the Juneteenth coming up…
Hello, I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006. Today, I come to you all with, you know, a heavy heart because of everything that I’ve witnessed going on out there with the recent mass…
This is Mr. Eddie Treadwell in Michigan Correctional Facility in Michigan, and I’m a prison reform activist. And I would like to discuss or express what I had to overcome and what I had to…
Hey guys, this is Steve Nicholson, 492918 from Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI, and I just wanted to say that all of our prayers go out to the families of the children in Texas…
Alright, this is Steven Nicholson in Cotton Correctional Facility from Jackson, MI, 492918. I just wanted to go on the record. We are one prison out of three in Michigan right now that is trying…
My inmate number is ND7568, and I’m calling up from SCI Chester. This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. reporting from the belly of the beast. Here at SCI Chester, we have the Real RAT Program founded…
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006. As we all know, this month is mental health awareness month. All of you who listen to my commentaries know that lately I’ve had a struggle with…
Prisoners here in Michigan – moreso, it’s not all, you know it’s never all, it’s always a few, some, or many – but I’ve ran across a few men in prison who were ready to…
Spoon Jackson, calling from Solano, and got a piece that I want to read about a fellow LWOP who is dying of cancer and trying to be commuted. Been down over 30 years but the…
My name’s Kenneth Lee Zamarron and I’m currently incarcerated at the gallows in the Indiana State Prison. My piece’s name is entitled, “Prison Scars Due to Cruel and Inadequate Medical Treatment at an Indiana Prison.”…
Hello, my name is Mr. Eddie Treadwell from Alger Correctional Facility here in Michigan prisons, who been locked up over 32 years, incarcerated without any type of real rehabilitation or any incentive to try to…
So this is Kenneth Zamarron from Indiana at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. The short piece is entitled “Four Days on Lockdown.” We were placed on lockdown for four days. That’s 96 hours, 5,760 minutes, 345,600…
Hi, my name is Naykima Hill and I’m calling about my friend, Krystal Clark. My friend is, like, literally dying and it’s sad to see her, like, deteriorating. And like, just drawing up before my…
This is Richard Valdez calling prisonradio.org from San Quintin, CA. The following piece is “The Unsung Heroes of The World: Our Mothers.” With every passing year. It’s amazing all of the things that I can…
This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. and the title of this piece is “The Socioeconomic Status in Prison.” There are socioeconomic statuses in prison. Those economic statuses being a composite rating based on various dimensions of…
“A welcome to the oppressed. Dear friends, I greet you all at the People’s Forum in New York City. As we reason and reflect on the plight of Palestine, let us not forget the recent…
This is Richard Valdez calling from San Quintin, CA to prisonradio.org. This is an update on the COVID situation in the CDCR and in San Quentin State Prison. Currently, they’re shutting down visiting in both…
This is Charley Hughes also known as Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey. I’m at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, KS. This piece is called “The Declaration of Nationality.” I am putting all government officials on…
My name is Krystal Clark, inmate #435064. I’m in WHV, the Valley of Death. I fear for my life. I really do fear for my life. I’m just tired of saying it. And my whole…
This is Christopher Trotter, speaking live from inside the belly of the beast. I’m with all the women of this country right now and I stand united with you. The Supreme Court is poised to…
“Willy’s Way.” For well over 30 years, Willy Stokes was a lifer in Pennsylvania, or a man serving a life sentence which only ended in death. During these long bitter years, he filed plenty of…
My name is Jamil Pirant. I’m calling out of Indiana Department of Corrections, and this piece is called “Uplift Michigan City.” I was transferred from Wabash Valley to ISP in like 2019. Now I went…
Hey, this is Peter Mukuria, also known as comrade Pitt. I recently got transferred here in the state of Maryland at Jessup Correctional Institution, came from Virginia DOC, Red Onion State Prison where I was…
This is Steven Nicholson. I’m at Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, MI. And this poem is called “The Two Poem Poem.” At the end of each line, the word is pre-created with the rest of…
Hey, the title of this piece is called FAMM. F-A-M-M. This is Kenjuan Congo, Jr. Inmate number ND7568. Calling from the belly of the beast. Mandatory minimum sentences are a major topic as it relates…
I went to the hospital. I was swollen all over the place. Both of my ears and stuff is affected. I’m trying to tell the hospital like what is going on about this black mold…
Hi, this is Jamil Pirant calling out of the Indiana Department of Corrections. And the title of this is called, “Support Khalfani.” It was like, probably like 2015 and I heard this big voice, he…
This is Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006. And this is part two to the series of the parallel lives of North and Kyle, one city, two broken families, and adolescent years of racism versus…
My name is Verlie Word. I’m calling from Virginia Department Correctional, Nottoway Correctional Center. I will be speaking on mental illness. I want to talk about the toll prison takes on our psychological well-being. Incarceration…
“The eradication of the State Institutional Grievance Process Act of 2020.” The primary purpose of this act is to eradicate and replace the state department of correction’s grievance process with a float 17-member grievance commission…
Okay, how you doing? My name is Krystal Clark. My inmate number is 435064, and I’m in WHV. It’s a lot going on right now. This prison is – we getting harassed, retaliate from calling…
“The Anti-Corruption Unjust Enrichment Institutional Consumer Protection Act of 2020.” The primary purpose of this act is to chill unjust enrichment enjoyed by the state department and state departmental entities, distributed phone time, and the…
Askia Muhammad: Black Journalist He was known as Askia Muhammad, and in his 76 years of life, he was principally known, and indeed renowned, as a Black journalist. But he was also a poet, a…
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate #210006. Sadly, in the Minnesota correctional facility, Rush City, where I’m confined, we have been subjected to a rise of COVID-positive cases. This has come as a surprise to…
How everybody doing? My name is Andraus McCloud. That’s Andraus, A-n-d-r-a-u-s McCloud, M-c-C-l-o-u-d. My prison number is 302822. And I just want to know for all the listeners that’s out there. You know, every year,…
I am William A. Noguera, and this piece is entitled “The Truth About The Death Penalty.” I’m calling from Death Row at San Quentin Prison. Mention the death penalty, and people usually take sides: those…
Hello world. My name is Torrey Braxton. My inmate number is 313197. I’m currently incarcerated in the Michigan Department of Corrections. I’ve been in prison since May 24th, 2000, most of which has been in…
Hello. My name is Robert Hinds, and my number is 410196. I’m currently incarcerated at the Michigan Department of Corrections in Chippewa Correctional Facility. If you are someone that’s fighting for or supporting a loved…
This is William A. Noguera. I am presently on Death Row at San Quentin Prison. And this commentary is entitled “Consequences.” There is a theory that exists that connects the movements of a butterfly’s wings…
What’s up everybody. It’s Uptown Serg. And I just want to give some appreciation for Prison Radio. I’ve had the privilege of reporting for Prison Radio now for nearly two years, and I can’t put…
My name is Ashleigh Smith, and my number is 698500. And I’ve wanted to call for quite a while actually, but I’ve been apprehensive because I was worried about retaliation from the staff here. But…
My name is Desarae Bodnovich, number 110380. Okay, on three separate occasions, I’ve witnessed officers, two male officers, punch women inmates and then tackle them to the ground. One’s name is [inaudible] and the other’s…
Okay. My name is Marcia Graham. My prison number is 849136. I’m calling today because another fellow person here, Jackson, gave us all the number or whatever to call and inform you all about what’s…
What’s up everybody. It’s Uptown Serg. I want to address the question of violence. Nobody can question whether or not the great city of Philadelphia is still in the thick of a gun violence epidemic.…
Yes, my name is Auroniece Jackson. My number is 863572. First off, I’m going to speak on the situation with COVID, like how they’re handling the COVID situation. There’s no structure whatsoever. They’re housing all…
My name is Quiana Lovett, and my number is 779728. And I’m calling with issues regarding the overcrowding here at Women’s Huron Valley correctional facility. Now, yesterday on C-SPAN, there was a hour worth of…
Okay. My name is Andraus McCloud,and my number three, 302822. I’m currently incarcerated at Chippewa Correctional Facility. I’m innocent. I’ve been fighting for my freedom for almost 16 years. My story is kind of unique.…
Sup everybody. It’s Uptown Serg. I got another one for you right now. Last year, Philly’s gun violence epidemic pushed the homicide rate to new heights. Nobody seems to be safe from becoming a potential…