Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:02 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBy Zoe Moczek Riots at two separate prisons in Ecuador have left at least 31 people dead. On September 25th, violence broke out at a prison in the city of Esmeraldas, with reports showing that at least 17 people were killed. This comes only three days after …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this week’s episode, we air the second part of a conversation between Jok Huerta from Focus Initiatives and Rodney Jones, known as Big R. Big R was a witness to the beating that sparked the the 1985 Pendleton prison uprising here in Indiana. This conversation is …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 37.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWe start this episode with our monthly list of prison disturbances compiled by Perilous Chronicle, an journalistic collective that tracks prisoner protests across the US and Canada. Afterwards, we share the first part of a conversation with people working with Parole Illinois, a group campaigning for a …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 34.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week marks our 4-year anniversary, and we would like to thank all those who have contributed their stories, labor, and expertise to Kite Line, making it possible to air news and experiences of incarceration for 211 consecutive episodes. Thank you! — In this episode, we share …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:06 — 31.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week we are honoring the anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising of 1971. The current National Prison Strike began on August 21st, the anniversary of George Jackson’s assassination, and is slated to end in two days, on September 9th. We have updates on the prison facilities …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:53 — 25.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe National Prison Strike is on its second week. Shutdowns have been confirmed in five Florida prisons, with new strike activity in Georgia, California, and Maryland. Although information is slow to come in, we know of a hunger strike in Indiana, commissary boycotts in South Carolina, and …
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