Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:01 — 66.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe focus this week is on the impact of habeas corpus both for prisoners and their loved ones. We begin with news on a call-in effort for queer and trans prisoners in Michigan, followed by updates on the death due to neglect of a Michigan prisoner and …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:23 — 67.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWelcome to the YIMBY episode: Yes In My Backyard. We focus on some positive projects in our area that affect those experiencing incarceration, addiction, and poverty. We have updates on the National Prison Strike, read a letter from an inmate in the Monroe County Jail, and hear …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:11 — 66.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week is our introduction to the topic of women, health, and prison. We speak with some prisoners about their experiences with mental health in prison, and hear additional commentary from outside sources, hoping to lay the groundwork for future episodes about the subject.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:45 — 26.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe begin our show with updates on the National Prison Strike, and then devote the entire episode to Marius Mason, a friend and former Bloomington resident currently serving a 22 year sentence for acts of ecological defense. We hear messages from people to and about Marius, listen …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:27 — 27.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week on Kite Line, we follow up on what’s happening nationally and internationally in regards to actions for the National Prison strike, both on the inside and outside. We talk to a supporter of Kara Wild, a US trans woman who is currently being held indefinitely …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:20 — 20.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode, we focus on the September 9th National Prison Strike. We hear the Free Alabama Movement’s initial call for the strike, learn a bit about prison labor and Whole Foods, get an update on Siddique Hasan’s ongoing hunger strike, and talk with people involved in …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:59 — 50.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we recorded at Bend The Bars, a conference in Columbus, Ohio, that brought together former prisoners, various organizations, and people who are interested in prisoner support. First off, we read a letter from an inmate at the Monroe County Jail. We learn about the upcoming …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:02 — 53.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear some prison related news, and then return to the theme of Prison Ecology. There is more from the panel at the Fight Toxic Prisons convergence in Washington, DC., Jasmine Heiss from Amnesty International, and former eco-prisoner Eric McDavid.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 53.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn the third episode of Kite Line, we focus on prison ecology. We talk with organizers of the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons as well as a member of the Letcher Governance Project in Letcher County, Kentucky. We hear from Ramona Africa from the Philadelphia-based organization, MOVE …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn the second episode of Kite Line, we hear from Bomani Shakur, a prisoner on death row in Ohio, have our second installment of Prison 101 with Professor Micol Seigel, get an update about repression against Siddique Hasan in response to the upcoming September 9th prisoner strike, …
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