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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.

September 23, 2022: The Integrity of Marius Mason

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share the second part of a recorded discussion hosted by the Civil Liberties Defense Center.  CLDC has been at the forefront of anti-repression legal work for decades now, working on many of the Green Scare cases, in which the FBI infamously hounded and smashed …

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September 16, 2022: Marius Mason- The Last Green Scare Prisoner

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share a recorded discussion hosted by the Civil Liberties Defense Center.  CLDC has been at the forefront of anti-repression legal work for decades now, working on many of the Green Scare cases, in which the FBI infamously hounded and smashed radical environmental organizing between …

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September 9, 2022: A Fire Ignited- Shawn Sutton on the George Floyd Uprising

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:59 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreShawn Sutton is from Greenville, North Carolina, and she participated in the George Floyd Uprising when it spread there in late May 2020.  Shawn was imprisoned due to her participation and has been recently released.  Today, she discusses the incident surrounding her arrest and the overall way …

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September 2, 2022: Ray Luc Levasseur on Parenting in Prison

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreUp first, we have our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. In celebration of over 300 consecutive weekly episodes of Kite Line, we are revisiting some features from our archive of shows. In this clip from Episode 58, which aired in 2017, …

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August 26, 2022: Habeas Corpus as a Tool for Freedom

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, Zolo Azania returns to Kite Line. He recently visited Indiana University’s campus, and gave a talk that we began airing last week. On that episode, he reflects on that visit and talks about his history, focusing on how learning to use the law improved his …

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August 19, 2022: Prison’s Vicious Cycle- Reflections From Zolo Azania

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 26.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, Zolo Azania returns to the show. Azania was on the Kite Line back in 2019, shortly after he was released after surviving decades on Indiana’s death row.  He speaks with Jok Huerta, who has been on the show previously, moderating discussion with various Indiana prisoners. …

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August 12, 2022: The Phone as a Weapon – Keith LaMar on His Hunger Strike

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreKeith LaMar, also known as Bomani Shakur, is a prisoner on Ohio’s Death Row.  He is facing execution in autumn 2023 after being framed in prison due to his advocacy for other prisoners and his refusal to snitch on others in the aftermath of the 1993 Lucasville …

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August 5, 2022: Summer of Kites 2022

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe launch into this episode with our monthly roundup of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle.  Afterwards, we have audio from a prisoner, Paul Lee, reporting on a massive transfer of inmates back in February from Pontiac, Illinois correctional facility to Centralia Correctional Center due to …

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July 29, 2022: Prison’s Impact on Families

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | More We are again sticking close to home this week. We share the second part of a panel on the effects of incarceration on families. Max E. Smith, Becky Harris, Stacy Flynn, and Ashley C. Ford speak on their experiences of having incarcerated loved ones or how …

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July 22, 2022: Incarceration’s Burden

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe are sticking close to home this week. We share the first part of a panel on the effects of incarceration on families. Max E. Smith, Becky Harris, Stacy Flynn, and Ashley C. Ford speak on their experiences of having incarcerated loved ones or how their time …

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