Kite Line
Series produced by WFHB
Kite Line is a radio program devoted to prison issues around the Midwest and beyond.
Behind the prison walls, a message is called a kite: whispered words, a note passed hand to hand, or a request submitted to the guards for medical care. Illicit or not, sending a kite means trusting that other people will bear it farther along till it reaches its destination. On the show, we hope to pass along words across the prison walls.
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In this episode, we have two updates from prisoners in California on their conditions amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Afterwards, we speak with Max Fel...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share a phone conversation between Kijana Tashiri Askari and C, one of their outside supporters. Askari is incarcerated in the Califo...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
The whole country is in upheaval as a vast Movement for Black Lives continues to challenge white supremacy and the institutions of policing and pri...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 28:59
In the wake of uprisings across the world in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, this week’s episode shares ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
Welcome to the 200th episode of Kite Line.
This week, we revisit the important intersection of incarceration and higher education. Barriers to hig...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
On this episode, we have a letter from a prisoner at Pendleton Correctional Facility about his experiences with COVID-19 there. We share a short PS...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we broadcast updates on a riot in Macon State Prison, and two calls from mothers of prisoners at Westville Correctional Facility. After ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This core of this week’s Kite Line is a conversation between Anastazia Schmid and Jennifer Fleming about trying to get an education before, during,...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
The country might be locked down, but struggles inside prisons and out continue to develop chaotically and unexpectedly intersect with the COVID-19...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
Across the country, politicians and businessmen are calling for the economy to reopen, regardless of the consequences. At the exact same time, the...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
For this week’s episode, we continue airing messages about the coronavirus from prisoners around the country. You can call in on behalf of a loved ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we continue our coverage of the pandemic’s impact on prisoners across the country. A COVID-19 uprising broke out in Washington state th...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
Prisoners across the US, and the world, face terrifying prospects as COVID-19 spreads almost uncontrolled inside the prison walls. It’s now or neve...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we continue to air urgent messages from people on the impact of the coronavirus on prisoners around the world and closer to home. We sta...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to change life on the outside for people all over the world, the prison population stands to suffer immensely...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:01
The entire country of Italy is now a “red zone,” not quite quarantined, but facing serious restrictions to movement and public gathering due to the...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we return to the Breakaway Recovery House to share a conversation between Micol Seigel and four of the women who lived there: Hillary, J...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
The Indiana legislature is currently debating SB 449, which would expand the range of situations that would send children to adult court and adult ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we focus on the history of police in the United States, and the concept of community policing. Alex Vitale, author of the new book, “The...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
In this week’s episode, we start off with a call for action from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. JLS is calling for a new set of actions from August 21- S...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
