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We begin this week with a short piece by WFHB reporter Aaron Comforty, who reports on an alleged instance of attempted suicide in the local jail, a...
- Added: Dec 21, 2020
- Length: 29:00
After this week’s news and updates, Kite Line sits down with Keith Malik Washington, who was released from prison last month. We’ve shared many of ...
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share important news from around the Midwest and more updates from the struggles in Louisiana’s immigrant detention centers. Kevin ‘...
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 29:00
ICE detainees are a week into a hunger strike at Pine Prairie, Louisiana. This week, we broadcast audio of a call between an anonymous Pine Prairi...
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share the voices of three prisoners in Florida. Choosing to speak anonymously due to repression, they told us about horrible conditio...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
We will continue the final installment of the interview between Kristina Byers and Anastazia Schmid next week, as they talk about barriers to educa...
- 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
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
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 focuses on call-ins from two prisoners: Khalfani Malik Khaldun in Indiana, and Muti Ajamu-Osagboro in Pennsylvania.
First, we hear from ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
For the first part of this week’s episode- we hear from Onishona. In this interview, she tells us about her experiences with recidivism and problem...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share two messages sent to us from the inside. We hear from Shaka Shakur about the issues he has been facing since being transferred ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:17
As we covered last week, prisoners in California have been subjected to a new and disturbing round of gladiator fights – conflicts between prisoner...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:04
Prisoners in California have been subjected to a new and disturbing round of gladiator fights – conflicts between prisoners instigated by guards fo...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:05
This week’s episode covers the situation in the Midwest. We hear from Ben and Aaron, who work on supporting prisoners in Ohio and Indiana, respecti...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:50
This week, we are sharing the words from a prisoner who contacted us from inside the South Carolina prison system. In addition to his thoughts on t...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:34
The National Prison Strike is on its second week. Shutdowns have been confirmed in five Florida prisons, with new strike activity in Georgia, Calif...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:52
Next week, on August 21, is the start of the 2018 National Prison Strike. Anticipated to be the largest in U.S. History, this strike comes after ma...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:37
As the 2018 National Prison Strike quickly approaches, we have news of hunger and work strikes already underway. We have updates on the successful,...
- Added: Mar 08, 2020
- Length: 29:00
In this week’s episode, we speak with Karen Smith in Florida, who gives us insights into Operation PUSH. Kicking off in just 10 days, Operation PUS...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:17
In this week’s episode, we hear from Valerie Buford, the sister of Leon Benson, a prisoner here in Indiana. Valerie talks about the circumstances t...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:43
In this episode we give follow-up information about the hunger strike at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Then, we finish a conversation wi...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 29:35
In Wabash Valley, Shaka Shakur is maintaining his hunger strike, demanding an end to guard abuses and the isolation of active prisoners in camera c...
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 29:54
