Kite Line

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 38.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAfter hearing statements of solidarity with striking South Carolina prisoners, we share stories and reflections from Willis X, a former prisoner of 23 years, who became an advocate for others still inside.  He talks about his false conviction, and eventually winning his freedom after being sentenced as …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:04 — 34.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs we covered last week, prisoners in California have been subjected to a new and disturbing round of gladiator fights – conflicts between prisoners instigated by guards for their own amusement or to break down solidarity between different groups on the inside.  This week, we continue sharing …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:05 — 34.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePrisoners in California have been subjected to a new and disturbing round of gladiator fights – conflicts between prisoners instigated by guards for their own amusement or to break down solidarity between different groups on the inside. This week, we will begin sharing a powerful conversation with …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 29.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor this episode, we share calls from folks on the inside. First, we have the statement from the striking prisoners at the Clallum Bay Correctional Facility in Washington State. After their statement, Abu Faheem Shabazz calls in to talk about conditions at Westville Correctional Facility, followed by …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:47 — 44.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we finish our conversation with Anastazia Schmid. This time around, she talks about labels- and the media’s role in the stigmatization of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. Schmid also talks to us about the Indiana Women’s Prison History Project, and other ways of presenting her …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 42.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe return this week to our conversation with Anastazia Schmid. Speaking to her just weeks after her release, she talks about stigma and control- both for women and for the incarcerated. After spending 18 years in Indiana prison, her case was recently overturned- due largely to her …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 41.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share the first part of an interview with Anastazia Schmid. Schmid has appeared on Kite Line before, analyzing women’s health care in the prison system. Now, she joins us on the other side of the walls, talking through her release and subsequent support, and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:23 — 36.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear a talk by H.H., who spoke recently at the Bend the Bars conference in Lansing, Michigan. H.H. shares his story, including the inside scoop on the Kinross prison uprising on 2016 and its aftermath. He was only released last month, after being in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:42 — 42.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFirst, we hear some prison news and reflect on the anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion. Then, we hear more from last month’s Bend the Bars conference, which was held in Lansing, Michigan. In a compelling panel called “Fighting Immigrant Detention Centers”, organizers with the Little Village …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:02 — 32.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we speak on the phone with writer and prison abolitionist Craig Gilmore, who begins by discussing his recent piece in Commune Magazine. The article, “The Business of Incarceration” is a review of American Prison, a critically acclaimed 2018 book by Shane Bauer. In his conversation …