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Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Judge to Soon Rule on Mumia’s Appeal Bid
04 Dec 2018
Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker promised a decision on whether a former prosecutor unlawfully took part as a judge in rejecting Mumia Abu Jamal’s appeal of his 1981 conviction in the ki
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Prison Officials Encourage Recidivism
19 Nov 2018
The nation’s best known political prisoner says prison officials don’t want to break the cycle of recidivism that sends former inmates back to confinement.
Dana G. Smith
Neuroscientists Make a Case Against Solitary Confinement
14 Nov 2018
On any given day, 80,000 US prisoners are subjected to punishment that inflicts permanent damage to the brain.
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Real Prison Reform Requires Constitutional Revision
06 Nov 2018
Eliminating the portion of the 13thAmendment to the US Constitution that allow enslavement of prisoners is central to prison reform, said prison abolitionist and spoken word artist Max Part
Jessica Pupovac and Kari Lydersen
Women in Prison Punished More Harshly than Men Around the Country
25 Oct 2018
Women in prisons across the country are disciplined at significantly higher rates than male inmates for mostly minor, subjective infractions.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Bogus Excuse for PA Prison Lockdown
08 Oct 2018
Bogus Excuse for PA Prison Lockdown
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Slave Labor in U.S. Prisons
01 Oct 2018
Exploitation of prison labor is rampant across the nation, said Romarilyn Ralston, program coordinator for Project Rebound at California State University at Fullerton.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Prison Strike Leaders Failed to Consult with Locals
01 Oct 2018
Veteran prisoner rights advocate Efia Nwangaza said leaders of the recent national prison strike should have paid more attention to local prisoner support groups.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Abolition Spotlight Editor
BAR Abolition Spotlight: Romarilyn Ralston
19 Sep 2018
Incarcerated people are limited to pushing prison reform, while the unincarcerated have the privilege to advocate abolition.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia on Lockdown
17 Sep 2018
“It’s a war against the prisoners, but also a war against knowledge and, ultimately, the Constitution, itself,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, ch