Tag Archives: Prisoners

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 27.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we return to an important conversation about grand juries and state repression. Recently, Steve Martinez, an Indigenous and Chicano Water Protector who opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) on the Standing Rock reservation in 2016, was held on charges of civil contempt of court for …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 33.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we brought together three segments that focus on ways the system attempts to repress participants in collective struggles and those who fight for a better world. In a segment that originally aired on KPFA, we hear about the punitive measures Malik Washington is facing after …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 41.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMwalimu Shakur, who spoke in last week’s episode about COVID-19 protocols in his facility, returns this week to share more reflections. He shares first-hand experiences of gladiator fights and organizing against the SHU (Secure Housing Unit) from the inside. Corcoran State Prison was the first prison to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 39.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week on Kite Line, we have a wide variety of ongoing prison news- ranging from the recent executions of prisoners in Terre Haute to a prison disturbance in St. Louis. Afterwards, we share a conversation that was sent to us from an outside supporter of the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 40.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHappy New Year! This week, we broadcast kites from Strawberry Hampton in Illinois and Daniel Dawson in Saskatchewan, who both called in this week to update us on their conditions. Strawberry Hampton, a Black transgender woman and niece of Fred Hampton, shares the horrific abuses she has …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 34.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we hear from two people who explain the rapidly deteriorating COVID-19 situation in facilities in both Saskatchewan and Indiana. As we reported last week, prisoners at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre in Saskatchewan, Canada organized a hunger strike last week to protest the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 30.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, we share two interviews with prisoners confronting rampant COVID-19 infections in their facilities. Cory Cardinal, imprisoned at the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre in Saskatchewan, Canada speaks about the hunger strike they organized last weekend to protest the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. Prisoners at …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 34.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFor our episode this week, we share more from Florida Prisoner Solidarity. Recently, they told us about the drastic retaliatory measures prisoners were being subjected to in the Florida Department of Corrections. These punishments were often given as a response for prisoners advocating for themselves in the …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 35.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week, share an update sent to us from Michelle Freeman about her husband, Vernell. Michelle’s impassioned plea on behalf of her partner is both urgent and inspiring, and we will continue to air messages from her in the future, as Vernell’s situation evolves. You can hear …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:00 — 32.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis week marks the 49th anniversary of the Attica Uprising, when 1300 prisoners in New York state overcame physical, social, and political barriers to accomplish their revolt. We spoke with Orisanmi Burton, a professor at American University, who has interviewed many participants in the uprising and is …