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In this episode, the girls sit down with Aaron Mitchom, founder of Our Freedom AI, to talk about the latest and greatest AI tech for prison communication. Currently, there are 50 million Americans who have a loved one incarcerated, and in this episode, Paige and Gigi talk with Aaron about the importance of staying connected, the special feelings of receiving mail, and the game-changing ability to leave voice messages and voice memos/notes. This is new technology that not even companies such as JPay, Securus, or GTL can offer. Our Freedom AI is a company dedicated to revolutionizing prison communication and bringing families closer together. They are also pushing back against the companies that prioritize profiting off families and friends of incarcerated individuals. As always, the ladies end the pod with your questions, comments, and Speaky Pipes.

We're sharing our episode a few days early this week and it contains two segments. Jay Ward Hunger Strike First up, a recent interview with James “Jay” Ward. Jay was featured in a show about a year ago: he went into prison at 15 years old in Ohio and has been in for 19 years at this point. He participated in the 2018 Nationwide Prisoner Strike as well as other self-advocacy protests since and is trying to raise funds with his outside supporters to pay for a lawyer to help him win his release as his mandatory minimum date comes up next year. When this was recorded, Jay was 11 days into a hunger strike demanding a return of his personal items and a transfer to a space where he won't be targeted for violence by gangs, alongside a couple of other requests listed in his letter at the end of this post. You can hear how tired he is from subsisting only on water for the last week and a half, struggling to keep focus and concentrate on the conversation throughout our chat. You can find his gofundme for updates and ways to donate.  If you want to support his hunger strike, his supporters are requesting people call between 9am and 5pm central time (Mon-Fri) the following numbers to voice concern for the safety and conditions of James Ward A517461 on hunger strike : Mansfield Correctional Institution at 419-525-4455 and ask to talk to Warden Harold May the Central ODRC office at 614-387-0588 At the bottom of our show notes you can find Jay's public announcement of his circumstances and requests. You can also email your concerns to drc.manci@odrc.state.ohio.us as well as to the ODRC Director Annette Chambers-Smith (via annette.chambers-smith@odrc.state.ohio.us ). Jay is wanting people to reach out to contact him via his mailing address (below) or JPay.com (using the info in his mailing address): James Ward A517461 Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Mail Processing Center (OMPC) 884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road Youngstown, Ohio 44505 Antifascist Voices in Europe Then you'll hear an interview conducted by our comrades at crna luknja in Ljubljana, Slovenia with antifascists countering neonazi demonstrations in Budapest, Hungary, and Sofia, Bulgaria. This was featured in the latest episode of B(A)D News from the A-Radio Network, a monthly podcast from a network that we affiliate with and worth checking out for “angry voices from around the world”. Finally, you'll hear Sean Swain's promise for a brighter, goldener era for the USA (and subsequently the world) Announcements Malik Muhammad Phone Zap There's a phone zap currently on to move 2020 "Palestinian pansexual Muslim... anarchist antifascist, anti-racist abolitionist" prisoner Malik Muhammad out of solitary confinement at Snake River Correctional in Oregon. Call Snake River Correctional with the following demands weekdays between 9am and 5pm pacific time: Return Malik to general inmate population; Restore communications rights and mail; Return all books and possessions immediately; End the persecution now! Master Control: 541-881-5018 Superintendent: 541-881-5002 Inspector: 541-881-5081 Chaplains: 541-881-4624, 541-881-4625, 541-881-4626, 541-881-4686 General Line: 541-881-5000 Please write to Malik and let him know you stand with him! Malik Muhammad #23935744 Snake River Correctional Institution 777 Stanton Blvd Ontario, OR 97914-8335 *Note*: Please include page numbers and return addresses on each page because the prison typically does not give inmates the envelopes. Update on Fund Raising and supporting TFSR A quick update to the patreon request we made in recent episodes: We're back where we were a month ago, covering the basic costs. Big thanks to those who stepped up to help! We have other costs beyond that (printing and mailing our small contribution to prisoner zines per month, replenishing our stickers, equipment upgrades) that we could also use support in if you have a few bucks a month. We have that patreon with it's early audio releases and other thank-yous, or anonymized payments via liberapay that can be one-time or recurring. We also have a big cartel store with some merch and can take payments via venmo and paypal. These are linked at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/donate If you appreciate the work we do but don't have the extra money, the best way to contribute is to get involved in face to face organizing where you are, integrating movements against oppression and capitalism into your life and brings others along with you since we can't get there without each other. If you want to support the podcast without money, you can spread word about the podcast by getting in touch, offering up graphic skills, helping us proof our transcripts, talking about us to friends, incorporating our zines or episodes into a discussion group, sending zines to prisoners, rating us on google and apple podcasts or spreading word on social media. We also take audio submissions and if you're interested in getting involved, the production and interviews don't get us paid but they open up avenues to talk to authors about their ideas as well as raise awareness and involvement in social struggles and pick up the skills along the way. And if you live in a place with a community radio station, public radio station or college radio station and want to hear us on the airwaves, get a few friends together and reach out to suggest our free, weekly radio show and hopefully some of the ideas will filter out to your neighbors. More info at our Radio tab. Thanks for listening! Statement from Jay on his conditions This is Jay's letter to the head of the Ohio DRC: Dear Annette chambers-smith This is James Ward from ManCI. The last time I wrote to you I had explained a lot to you that has been going on here concerning my safety. And after that letter the administration got mad at me for going to you because they have not been trying to do anything to really ensure my safety here at Mansfield. And I'm writing you again because I don't know who else to go to with my recent situation and concerns, because nobody has been helpful. And currently, my safety is back at risk. About 7 months ago right before the admin got the letter I sent you, UMC Henry got me placed in unit 4B (the faith based block here), mainly for my safety concerns. Every block that I've been put in since I been here, I've became a victim to gangs and have also got a hit put on me, which UMC Henry and the rest other admin doesn't want to believe although they seen and heard proof. So it makes it to where I have to go on PC invest, suicide watch or hunger strike to ensure my safety. But I honestly don't like being in the hole unless I legitimately did something wrong. So my current situation is that I am on hunger strike to ensure my safety, but also for other reasons that I will explain. When I got put in 4B, its an inmate that the unit refers to as frank (4B/128 bottom) and they basically let him control the operation of the block. How? He's been in that block for a long time and manages the faith base programs, etc. But due to the reputation he has built up with the unit staff, Sgt Knowlton and others believes everything he tells them. So when I first got moved over their, I was honestly selling food to people that didn't have any. But frank went to the unit and told them that I was selling drugs to try and get me moved out of the block. The unit called me over and talked to me about it and I stopped selling food for awhile. I was do in everything I was required to do and haven't got no ticket. Recently, I was trying to organize a group meal for people that really didn't have much. And an inmate named Green wanted to be involved. But when I told Green that a prisoner support group was going to do a fundraiser to raise the money for the meal he backed out. He then went to inmate frank and told frank that I was trying to scam people and get them outside cases. Franks celly told me that frank said this and was going to put a stop to what I was doing. Next thing you know I'm on the list to move out of the block ( I was sent to 2B). I then sent a kite to Sgt. Knowlton and basically asked him why I got moved and also told him things that frank and others are doing in that block, but he disregarded everything I told him and only told me "you were doing too much, use your imagination". So I then kited UMC Henry and told him what happened and he said he'd look into it. But before Henry could let me know anything, my Cally told me that someone wanted him to take the hit on me. I then went on suicide watch to ensure my safety. Because PC invest has not gotten me anything and they put you in a cell with someone else that can have their family look you up. That's what people do here (sneak thru your stuff to find your ID number and have their family look you up). And I also started my hunger strike because I know that the admin won't do anything to help me. Recently, henry talked to me and said that he will investigate what happened in 4B, but that a hunger strike isn't how I will get moved back. But for me to go to a regular block while he investigates. And I get it that a hunger strike is not the way to get moved back, but I refuse to go to a regular block where my safety will be at risk. Henry wanting me to go to a regular block while he investigates is like saying go get jumped on while I look into this. 4C is the only block here that I will be safe in, because its the intake block (all of the new people that don't know anything about e hit on me goes to that block), but Henry will not put me there. During the time that I was on PC invest before I got moved to 4B, I found out that property of mine came up missing from the TPU vault. While I was in TPU I was writing complaints on LT. Brooks and Sgt. Risner for not allowing me to do my 2.4. The end result was that the active AIIS at the time (B. Lower) and the IIS D. Blankenship falsified a modified response to my complaint to make it seem like I was lying and that they found the items in my cell. But 2 days before Lower came to search my cell, I was called to the inspectors office concerning my lost property because someone in your office wanted to know what property was I talking about in my complaint. So I told them everything and that a theft report was filed. But the theft report was not put on onbase yet, so lower had to contact the block officer that wrote it (officer Comstock). So they called me back up to the inspectors office and offered to reimburse me with $42+ on my commissary and a few items from contraband. So I told them I'd think about it. They called me back up the next day and I told them I didn't want it because they wouldn't replace everything I was missing. So the next day after that is when lower came to search my cell. And when he left he told me that I should have taken the deal. After that, IIS Blankenship wrote 13 false statements in her modified response, which is a criminal offence that I can prove with the paperwork that I have. And now they have lower walking around as a Lt. Blankenship was already caught falsifying state documents in Darryl Smith' lawsuit. I been 5 years R.I.B ticket free. 3 of those years was when I was in level 4. I been here 2 years with no real trouble. The first year when I went up for my security review it was said that I needed time to adjust. This past year when I went up, the admin recommended level decrease. But then I find out that I didn't get my level dropped, because an incident that took place 8 years ago and isn't true. The BOC said that my level decrease was denied because I tried to kill a staff. I've never been a threat to anybody since I been locked up. And the time that they referred to is when I had just got put in a regular cell on suicide watch. They didn't have a crisis cell to use. So the cuff port had to stay open. And I had joked with the officer saying that I found a razor, so without really knowing if I had one he sprayed me in the face with OC. So they removed me from the cell to clean it, but they never found a razor. And I told them not to put that officer back on my watch cuz he sprayed me for no reason, and I was honestly mad. But they put him back on my watch. So to try and get him off my watch, in a fast motion I acted like I was reaching out to grab him. He was too far from the door for me to grab or anything, but he wrote me up saying that I tried to cut him with a razor. And they never allowed me to go to my R.I.B or SMP hearing. But that happened 8 years ago. And majority of that time since then I have continuously show a dramatic change in my behavior with no R.I.B tickets. I believe the only reason my level decrease was denied is because UMC Henry contacted someone in your office to find something that they can use against me to hold me here. Because I have wrote complaints against Henry and wrote that letter to you. And he knows how much I been wanting to leave this prison, but he won't transfer me even though my safety is continuously at risk here. Lastly! I have chronic damage in both of my shoulders that causes them to be able to dislocate if I'm not paying attention to how I use my arms, mainly only when it comes to having my arms outstretched or if I have to climb something. The last time I was placed on the top bunk, my left shoulder dislocated when I was trying to climb up. I feel backwards and busted my head open on a dresser, then on the floor. And that is in my medical record from when I was at W.C.I. And since then, I have had many other dislocations that is in my medical record. I was given bottom rack restriction each time, but I never really needed it since I been at level 4. Since I been here I been trying to get it back but medical tells me its not required for my injuries. They gave it to me for 3 months and that was it. If my shoulder dislocates while trying to climb onto the top bunk and I bust my head open again, then I can sue the medical department for negligence and deliberate indifference because I have told them about my chronic dislocations and they choose not to do anything about it. All I ask for: 1) My property to be replaced 2) My bottom bunk restriction 3) My level decreased so I can leave ManCI 4) If I can't get 3, then I ask to be placed in 4C for the remaining time that I'm at ManCI These are reasonable request and within reason.

Bobby and JD are back for another weekly episode of life behind bars. Bobby gets a Jpay from Monica's daughter, and it hits hard. Plus, we hear about another inmate who's facing a terminal illness while locked up even though he only has few months left on his sentence.To get bonus content and to support our show please join us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=56777802 You can read more about Bobby and prison reform on our website:   notesfromthepen.com  And check out the GoFundMe  to help with Bobby's new start  https://www.gofundme.com/f/j3khzk-help-for-a-new-startTwitter: https://twitter.com/NotesFromThePen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYuOh4pKxa/?igshid=y8lo9kbdifvq   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/notesfromthepen.bsky.socialShout-out to JD and Ashely Bell for all their behind the scenes support.

When people ask who makes money off prisons, our number one answers goes to the people running the phone system. On this episode, we explain how the prison phones operate, who runs them, and who ends up paying the tab (it might be you!). About Securus: https://securustech.online/ The Texas Tribune article about prison phones: https://www.texastribune.org/2011/01/12/prison-phones-generate-less-money-than-hoped/#:~:text=Credit%3A%20Todd%20Wiseman-,Texas%20prisoners%20have%20made%20and%20received%20more%20than%204.7%20million,phone%20and%20e%2Dmail%20access. The positive impacts of contact from loved ones while people are incarcerated: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/12/21/family_contact/#:~:text=Consistent%20phone%20calls%20to%20family%20improve%20relationships&text=As%20with%20visitation%2C%20family%20phone,odds%20of%20returning%20to%20prison. More about The Shakedown at: https://shakedown.show Find Shakedown merch and support us at: https://wayword.press More about Nina the Pitbull at: @nina_is_a_pitbull Ryan/Rainforest on IG: @lorax4life Malone on IG: @they_call_me_malone Dave on IG: @sociallydistorted1 00:00 - Start 00:12 - Introductions 00:34 - Today's topic: The Phones in Prisons 00:58 - Why talk about prison phones 05:00 - Dave's history of prison phones 06:22 - The disadvantages of phones in prisons 07:28 - How many facilities have Securus 11:28 - Where do inmate cell phones come from? 12:17 - Getting phones n medium custody 14:40 - Who owns Securus? 15:19 - Securus' value and the year it skyrocketed 16:22 - Guess who owns JPay (and profits off all inmate's communication from loved ones in most states) 17:05 - Who makes money off of prisons? 18:16 - The argument for and against getting rid of physical mail in prisons 21:20 - Prison contraband even during COVID 22:09 - How charging for phone calls and searching mail increasing recidivism 25:36 - Why prison phone calls should be free

Happy Halloween Gabbers! Join Guestie Bestie Kaylea (She/Her) and Gayson (He/Him) as they gab about serial killer choices, more apartment news, discovering JPAY, Kaylea reviews local Halloween Haunts, voicemails and so much more! So, grab your mocktails or cocktails and get ready for another gabfest! Leave us a voicemail at our new phone number (636) 400-3732‬ We need your local urban legends! Show Notes: Totally Killer Trailer CREEPYWORLD HAUNTED SCREAM PARK 2023 All Things Gayson ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gayson's Amazon Wishlist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Out of the Holigay Closet Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabbing with Gayson's Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gab with Gayson on Facebook! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Become a Patreon Supporter! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabbingwithgayson/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gabbingwithgayson/support

Welcome Back! Shocker… Amy spent the weekend at the beach. Mr Delicious was going to ask her out, how do you think she reacted?!?! She was talking people up on the beach and a kid tickled her. One of us almost got a tattoo, who do you think it was. Angie got great news! We catch up on the shows that are coming out and ones that are on. Reality TV is on and poppin! Angie and Amy reminisce about a day on the pier and Amy was something else. They talk about the search warrant for the death of Tupac. RIP! Debate…. Is Biggie or Tupac your fave? Amy gets into jpay accounts, yes, you read that right. Did she? Angie thinks they should have a segment for having a pen pal. It would be epic! Has Myrtle Beach have something in the water. Dirty Myrtle trying to do something. Amy came across cornhole on ESPN and BOY did Angie had a story and could possibly canceled. ITS FINE! Thank you for listening and Angie is happy to be fully back! Questions? Thoughts? Reads? Email us at champsandshadepodcast@gmail.com learn more about us on www.ChampsandShade.com and give us a follow on Twitter: @cbhampsandshade Instagram: @champsandshadepodcast Tik Tok: @champsandshadepodcast YouTube: Champs and Shade Podcast #podcast #podcastshow #newpodcast #podcasters #newepisode #applepodcasts #podcasthost #podernfamily #applepodcast #podcastlove #spotifypodcast #podcastaddict #podcastinglife #googlepodcasts #podcastsofinstagram #podcastnetwork #podcastinterview #podcastjunkie #podcastcommunity #podcastseries #podcastepisode #momspodcast #funnypodcast #popculturepodcast #champsandshadepodcasts #bangs #christmas #christmasparties #givingback #momspodcast #genxpodcast #wreathacrossamerica @peacock @netflix #tupac #biggie #jpay #inmates #sonjamorgan #crappielake #hulu #netflix #peacock #loveisland #bear #tattoo #realitytv #tiktok #dirtymyrtle #pickleball #cornhole #goingtohell --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/champs-and-shade-po/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/champs-and-shade-po/support

We have a very special episode for you we got Paper Ju Calling from Carson City Correctional Facility he has been such a influence on the young musicians in the city make sure to tap in and listen to his story. Free pape he coming home if you would like to put something on his Jpay : 888806 thanks for tuning in make sure to leave a comment for pape in the comment section and subscribe #interview #podcast #squirrel #pod #michigan #artist #smokesession #subscribe #music #carsoncity #freepape #paperju #burdickst #kalamazoo #free #jpay

I reposted this episode because Temujin is still languishing behind bars as an innocent man. Temujin has spent more than half his life robbed of his freedom, his health is not good and he is not receiving the medical care he needs. Please follow the call to action below, and help the ongoing effort to get him out of prison and with his wife Paula, where he rightfully should be.Temujin Kensu was 23 years old, when he was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he could not have committed. The shooting and murder of Scott Macklem occurred on November 5th, 1986 on the campus of St. Clair Community College in Port Huron Michigan. No DNA, hair fibers, murder weapon, or footprints were found on the scene, there was an ammunition box with latent fingerprints on it that didn't belong to Temujin. Temujin has never owned a shotgun.Music:Co.AG Musichttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videossTyler Jakeshttps://www.tylerjakes.com/https://filmmusic.io/License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Call to action:Please write the following or something similar to it in the email to Governor Whitmer governorsoffice@michigan.gov:Please free Temujin Kensu, a wholly innocent man, so he can be with his family and friends after having spent almost three and a half decades in prison for a crime he could not have committed.Sign the change.org petition here: https://www.change.org/p/gretchen-whitmer-free-temujin-kensu-fka-fredrick-freemanProving Innocence website::https://www.provinginnocence.org/Here is Temujin's mailing address, please write him a letter of support:Temujin KensuMRF 18935534625 26 Mile RoadLenox Twp., MI 48048He can also be found on Jpay, inmate #189355Michigan Department of CorrectionsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/crimeatorium9009/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Folks are still sliding into JPay to spend a few dollars and hear some prison talk! We're back to review the latest crew of folks looking for love behind bars.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kicking off season 2 with a classic interview with the brother Resolute. Fashion icon in the making with so many more talents to speak of. Resolute morphed into Resolutions offers nothing but Solutions to crisis we find ourselves in today's society. Tap in with him on the JPay app/website after hearing this... (Robert Spann 000291048C)

In this episode of The Robb Report, we catch up with Larry Blackwell aka D-Nice about how the Blake decision has affected his case; then we catch up with Verrick Yarbrough aka V-Real, and finally get updates from Sheryl Cochran about her murdered daughter Syanna Puryear-Tucker's case. About FRO: Filthy Rags Outreach is a 501(c)(3) grassroots gang prevention & intervention nonprofit that started in a Washington state prison. We focus on reducing gang and gun violence in prison, as well as among the youth and young adults in our community through targeting current and former gang members and those that come from the street life. By challenging the criminal and gang mentality, we focus on exposing the false realities of the street and gang lifestyles. Our aim is to help shift and change the mindset of youth, young adults, and men & women and equip them with the skills, tools, and knowledge they need to break the cycle & make the difference in their communities. As Filthy Rags Outreach continues to build from the inside out, we work with those currently incarcerated as well as provide services to those in our community & those recently released looking to escape the pull of the streets and break free from the patterns that lead to recidivism. We support the whole person: mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. As always, check out our website, www.filthyragsoutreach.org to read our blogs, listen to podcasts, and share your story with us! To contribute to the work we are doing, can click on the donate tab on our site, and donate via PayPal, or send tax-deductible contributions via CashApp $FilthyRagsOutreach Website: http://www.filthyragsoutreach.org Facebook: @FROutreach Send Mail: Filthy Rags Outreach PO Box 4811 Federal Way, WA 98063-4811 To be a guest, or share a podcast idea, call: (253) 250-9687 or email podcast@filthyragsoutreach.org For general information: info@filthyragsoutreach.org Contact Robert Hampton directly via JPay by downloading the JPay app on the AppStore or Google Play Store or by gong to www.jpay.com Robert Hampton Washington State DOC# 708710 or email him at Robb@filthyragsoutreach.org

Come with us to hear the beginnings of a media empire. Keegan Patterson discusses turning his experience of dating a prisoner into a blog, a podcast, and a series of novels. If you want to know about prison relationships, he has a lot to tell you. If you want ideas about how to write, he has a lot of good notes about how to tell it in multiple formats. Have a listen, it's not illegal to talk! … Continue...Episode 158 – Interview with Keegan Patterson

Episode Notes   Summary: This week, I will walk you through my top five jPay pet peeves and solutions to avoid those mistakes. I'll also read a  jPay message from Dan that is both touching and prohpetic. You'll see.               Highlights:             Top 5 jPay Pet Peeves The App Crashes (1:42) Search functionality sucks or is missing (2:45) Your data isn't necessarily yours (3:48) No communication when problems occur (5:08) Tech support is confusing and shifts blame (9:42)   Message from Dan to Me on 3/03/2018 (15:20)             Featured Artists:   Busted A/C Unit & Bus Stop by Holizna             JoDon by Blue Dot Sessions Rue Severine by Blue Dot Sessions             Connect with the Prison Pimp Do you have questions you'd like me to answer or stories to share? Any questions, comments, or critique? Feel free to text or call and leave a message at +1 360-474-PIMP That's +1 360-474-7467. You can also connect with me at at             The Prison Pimp Website, on our             Facebook page, or on             Twitter Also, come see our first             YouTube

Episode Notes Do you have questions you'd like me to answer or stories to share? Any questions, comments, or critique? Feel free to text or call and leave a message at +1 360-474-PIMP! That's +1 360-474-7467. Summary: This week, I will walk you through JPay, which is one of the major prison vendors for communications, banking, and entertainment. JPay, like Corrlinks and Getting Out, allows friends and family of inmates to send and receive email messages, videos, and photos through a special, heavily monitored network, which is very different than email services like Google and Apple to which you and I are accustomed. I'll share with you what that means in terms of your privacy (spoiler: you have none) and I also want to spend some quality time talking about DOC rules and what I learned from Dan encouraging me to bend and break the rules. Finally, I'll read a selection of JPay messages, including the ones where Dan introduces me to Leon, his brother and cellmate, and plants the seeds of his “multimedia business” idea.   Highlights: Intro to JPay (2:12) Message from Dan to Me on 2/22/2018 (9:20) Message from Me to Dan on 2/22/2018 (13:55) Message from Dan to Me on 2/22/2018 (24:52) 7 Rules of JPay you aren't taking seriously enough (27:32) The Favor (31:45)   Featured Artists: • Broken A/C by Holizna • Single Still by Blue Dot Sessions • Stucco Grey by Blue Dot Sessions • FADED by Drake Stafford is licensed under an Attribution License • In The Box by Blue Dot Sessions • Lacrimose by Blue Dot Sessions • Chai Belltini by Blue Dot Sessions • Addictions by Holizna • Inside the Toy Submarine by Blue Dot Sessions • Tralaga by Blue Dot Sessions • An Unknown Visitor by Blue Dot Sessions   Additional Resources Connect with the Prison Pimp at The Prison Pimp Website, on my Facebook page, or on Twitter Also, come see my first YouTube video which will be posted on 6/18/2022. Coming soon, I will also be on TikTok!.  

The Robb Report goes into a place unheard of in this Part 1 interview with Verrick Yarbrough aka V-Real. V-Real is from the Hilltop area of Tacoma, Washington. At the young age of 17, V-Real was convicted of a Murder he did not commit, and kept his mouth shut. He has now done 17 years in prison… Tune in to hear how V-Real feels about the street code of silence and how he processes the aftermath of a youth-driven gang life now that he's an adult… About FRO: Filthy Rags Outreach is a 501(c) (3) grassroots gang prevention & intervention nonprofit that started in a Washington state prison. We focus on reducing gang and gun violence in prison, as well as among the youth and young adults in our community through targeting current and former gang members and those that come from the street life. By challenging the criminal and gang mentality, we focus on exposing the false realities of the street and gang lifestyles. Our aim is to help shift and change the mindset of youth, young adults, and men & women and equip them with of the street and gang lifestyles. Our aim is to help shift and change the mindset of youth, young adults, and men & women and equip them with the skills, tools, and knowledge they need to break the cycle & make the difference in their communities. As Filthy Rags Outreach continues to build from the inside out, we work with those currently incarcerated as well as provide services to those in our community & those recently released looking to escape the pull of the streets and break free from the patterns that lead to recidivism. We support the whole person: mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. As always, check out our website, www.filthyragsoutreach.org to read our blogs, listen to podcasts, and share your story with us! To contribute to the work we are doing, can click on the donate tab on our site, and donate via PayPal, or send tax-deductible contributions via CashApp $FilthyRagsOutreach Website: http://www.filthyragsoutreach.org Facebook: @FROutreach Send Mail: Filthy Rags Outreach PO Box 4811 Federal Way, WA 98063-4811 To be a guest, or share a podcast idea, call: (253) 250-9687 or email podcast@filthyragsoutreach.org For general information: info@filthyragsoutreach.org Contact Robert Hampton directly via JPay by downloading the JPay app on the AppStore or Google Play Store or by gong to www.jpay.com. Robert Hampton Washington State DOC# 708710 or email him at: Robb@filthyragsoutreach.org

Part one of a special non-weekly series about how the incarcerated and their families are preyed upon financially by for-profit companies. We take a deep dive into one of the companies that have made a lot of money directly from prisoners. We talk about the origins of the company and what they're up to today including the revelation of who actually owns the company (hint: it ain't good). You can follow the show here:https://ifyoucatchmygrift.com/Twitter: @catchmygriftpod@catchdalton@austinagogo@charly_buttersInstagram: @catchmygriftpodhttps://www.facebook.com/IfYouCatchMyGrift/Show Notes: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/messaging/Exhibit3.pdfhttps://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1274&context=dljhttps://web.archive.org/web/20190503011948/https://www.thenation.com/article/prison-privatization-private-equity-hig/https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/01/18/money-transfer/https://thinkprogress.org/prison-technology-companies-inmates-9d4242805363/https://worthrises.org/resourceshttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/58e127cb1b10e31ed45b20f4/t/621682209bb0457a2d6d5cfa/1645642294912/The+Prison+Industry+How+It+Started+How+It+Works+and+How+It+Harms+December+2020.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDimfBYqRZUhttps://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2022/mar/1/jpay-founder-ryan-shapiro-indicted-securities-fraud/https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/the-bill-gates-of-the-big-house/62560/https://app.lead411.com/Errol_Feldman_56137067.htmlhttps://www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/2021/12/22/companies-like-jpay-make-big-bucks-billing-florida-inmates-essentials/5469115001/https://theappeal.org/prison-tablets-ipads-jpay-securus-gtl/https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/02/aventiv-securus-lantern-college-pell-grants-prisoners/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/prison-internet-technology-jpay.htmlhttps://www.freep.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2021/02/04/tom-gores-detroit-pistons-securus-prison-phone-calls/4139871001/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/cellphone-tracking-law-enforcement.htmlhttps://news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/inmate-families-face-cash-transfer-fees-just-to-stay-connectedhttps://www.wired.com/story/how-a-group-of-imprisoned-hackers-introduced-jpay-to-the-world/https://web.archive.org/web/20190503011948/https://www.thenation.com/article/prison-privatization-private-equity-hig/https://www.regcompliancewatch.com/vc-founder-friend-indicted-in-insider-trading-case/https://epodcastnetwork.com/fynd-technologies-the-first-instantaneous-personal-tracking-products/https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/2022/lr25302.htmhttps://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article257214437.htmlhttps://www.prisonpolicy.org/messaging/Exhibit3.pdf

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChVM... Google: FreeMe Podcast for all listening platforms. www.cominghomecoalition.com To support this channel all links are in the description of the channel. Any thumbnails you like or would like to have on any type of merchandise, reach out to me or search for your favorite thumbnail here.. www.streamlabs.com/freemepodcast/merch $freemepodcast (cashapp) I start this episode with a conversation with Demel Dukes who happened to call in the midst of what was going on that day. While trying to connect with Curtis Davis to conduct the interview I did with him (https://anchor.fm/thethomasfreemepodcast/episodes/I-am-not-a-killer-The-story-of-an-innocent-man-by-the-name-of-Curtis-Davis-Jr-e1fe4oi) I ran across the issue I have heard from almost every family member of an incarcerated loved one. The issues of communicating with them while in prison. Everything has been marketed to the family as a way to suck money out of those who are desperate. I haven't set up any Jpay accounts (JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud | Prison Legal News) or any of these, other fly by night companies that are making billions off the prison industry. The issues of communicating with them while in prison. Everything has been marketed to the family as a way to suck money out of those who are desperate. I haven't set up any Jpay accounts (ry contracts with companies and then those in the judicial fields will invest in the stocks of these companies and protect their monies and portfolios, their careers by keeping the prisons full. #constitution #rights #breakingnews #news #education #mental #podcast #educationalpodcast #justice #court #crime #criminal #crimepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truedetectives #law #attorney #state #florida #thethomasfreemeshow #freemepodcast #community #politics #america #usa #talkradio @iheartradio @applepodcasts @spotify @pandora @googlepodcasts @stitcher @spotify @tunein #thethomasfreemeshow #trendingvideos #fypapp #fyptiktok #podcastenglish #podcastflow #podcastandchill #podcastsaboutlife #podcaststolistento #podcasttofallasleepto #podcastsforselfimprovement #podcastsaboutselflove #podcastseducational #podcaststruecrime #podcastsaboutpsychology #truecrimestories #truecrimedocumentary #truecrimepodcast #truecrimeyoutubers #*youtube*22# #youtubechannel #topvideo #topvideosonyoutube #followme #crimepatrol #podcasttruehorrostories #prisonbreak #prisondocumentary --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thethomasfreemepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thethomasfreemepodcast/support

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChVM... Google: FreeMe Podcast for all listening platforms. www.cominghomecoalition.com To support this channel all links are in the description of the channel. Any thumbnails you like or would like to have on any type of merchandise, reach out to me or search for your favorite thumbnail here.. www.streamlabs.com/freemepodcast/merch $freemepodcast (cashapp) I start this episode with a conversation with Demel Dukes who happened to call in the midst of what was going on that day. While trying to connect with Curtis Davis to conduct the interview I did with him (https://anchor.fm/thethomasfreemepodcast/episodes/I-am-not-a-killer-The-story-of-an-innocent-man-by-the-name-of-Curtis-Davis-Jr-e1fe4oi) I ran across the issue I have heard from almost every family member of an incarcerated loved one. The issues of communicating with them while in prison. Everything has been marketed to the family as a way to suck money out of those who are desperate. I haven't set up any Jpay accounts (JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud | Prison Legal News) or any of these, other fly by night companies that are making billions off the prison industry. The issues of communicating with them while in prison. Everything has been marketed to the family as a way to suck money out of those who are desperate. I haven't set up any Jpay accounts (ry contracts with companies and then those in the judicial fields will invest in the stocks of these companies and protect their monies and portfolios, their careers by keeping the prisons full. #constitution #rights #breakingnews #news #education #mental #podcast #educationalpodcast #justice #court #crime #criminal #crimepodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #truedetectives #law #attorney #state #florida #thethomasfreemeshow #freemepodcast #community #politics #america #usa #talkradio @iheartradio @applepodcasts @spotify @pandora @googlepodcasts @stitcher @spotify @tunein #thethomasfreemeshow #trendingvideos #fypapp #fyptiktok #podcastenglish #podcastflow #podcastandchill #podcastsaboutlife #podcaststolistento #podcasttofallasleepto #podcastsforselfimprovement #podcastsaboutselflove #podcastseducational #podcaststruecrime #podcastsaboutpsychology #truecrimestories #truecrimedocumentary #truecrimepodcast #truecrimeyoutubers #*youtube*22# #youtubechannel #topvideo #topvideosonyoutube #followme #crimepatrol #podcasttruehorrostories #prisonbreak #prisondocumentary --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thethomasfreemepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thethomasfreemepodcast/support

Professor Peterson, who served at the CFPB under former Director Cordray, shares his perspective on the CFPB's publicly-announced enforcement activities and initiatives under Director Chopra and what they might signal for future enforcement and supervisory activities. The matters discussed include the UDAAP implications of the CFPB's focus on pricing in its enforcement action against JPay, the CFPB's use of UDAAP to challenge discrimination not involving credit, and the CFPB's junk fees initiative and approach to technology. We also discuss the current status of federal and state rate cap legislation and “true lender” challenges to bank/nonbank partnerships. Alan Kaplinsky, Ballard Spahr Senior Counsel, hosts the conversation.

Laquisha is having problems getting and sending JPAY e-messages. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joel-wilborn/support

Welcome back to another episode of Diggin' In the Ashtray. Today's episode includes; Florida prison system and JPay are trying to get JPAID, Senator Darryl Rouson of St. Pete introduces a bill that will allow individuals with misdemeanors to enlist in the military instead of doing time, and TEACHERS NEED LOVE TOO!

Will Brown is an American author born and raised in Akron Ohio . Throughout childhood the author  excelled at scholastics despite a  rough upbringing in an impoverished neighborhood known for drugs and violence.  Despite all the good people in his life and the guidance he received, the authors  choice to succumb to his surrounding environment and be active in the streets eventually led him to a three year prison sentence in the Federal Penitentiary's notorious Big Sandy USP at the age of 22. Once released from prison the author moved to Atlanta Ga and started a family and lead the life of an average working man and was quite content.  In 2008 the united states went into a recession turning the authors life along with most Americans lives upside down and into a state of  turmoil not sure of how their bills would be paid or where their next meal would come from.  Subsequently the author once again found himself turning to crime which led to a 10 year prison sentence in the Georgia state prison system.  This time inside the author used his time wisely and strengthened his mind body and soul through reading, exercise, and religious studies.  He discovered classic literature and fell in love with the genre and tried to read as many books as possible which eventually led him to start writing himself. He was released from prison in 2020 and founded Literati Publishing co. that same year, and he has hopes of one day making it the number one publishing company in the world. Chill's book, titled “No Love” can be purchased below https://literatipublishing.website/my-book/ Sign the petition https://www.change.org/p/jpay-make-self-published-and-traditionally-published-books-available-for-purchase-through-jpay "Make self published and traditionally publish books available for purchase through JPAY." Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lawrencetheshooter/

In this episode, we get to speak with the viral TikToker Keiko Kopp, AKA @kay_livenews. She does broadcasts from inside prison in hopes to inform people about the prison conditions she has experienced. She is incarcerated for drug trafficking in Lowell Corrections Florida. If you would like to get in contact with her, her JPay information is Keiko Kopp #P44044. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ariel-bassard/support

Detroit Legend Eastside 80s taps in with @realcalebdean for his first interview for a non violent drug trafficking offense. check out the hashtag #free80s on instagram for more. 

In this episode, I explain the avenues to communicate with a loved one who is incarcerated.Lives "inside" and "outside" come together unexpectedly to give hope for both. I'm Justice, sharing my experiences of dating an inmate in a state prison and what I have learned about criminal justice and prison reform along the way. The website for questions and comments is www.ondatinganinmate.blogspot.com. The podcast cover image and music was created by me.Merch for sale: http://www.redbubble.com/people/justicespeaksSupport the show

IN THIS EPISODE:So in an effort to save face, build my self-confidence back up, and to ensure that my fiance isn't believing the lies, I sent him a Jpay explaining the whole thing of what happened and where I stood with my former best-friend-turned-narcissist. So here in this recording, I read that Jpay from start to finish. Forgive all the censored bleeps, I'm just trying to keep names out of it. The most ludicrous part of the story is when this guy left his phone at Kroger. One night I had received a call from someone and that person said the phone had been left at Kroger. But it was kind of a weirdo person who hung up when I tried to ask questions. I knew my friend always shopped at Kroger at night, and was panicked that some weirdo had his phone. Having just seen his son's phone number in a text a few night's previously, I called his son (whom I'd met before and gone to church with) to tell him his dad left his phone at Kroger. Now, all these months later, my friend is telling everyone I'm a pedo creeper who stalks his son. Classic narcissist gaslighting my friends. I didn't see it at the time, and it did a lot of damage to my state of mind. Thankfully, I had Gunner to keep me grounded and not fall for the manipulative tactics. Again, if you want to read more about what "gaslighting" is (basically it's when someone tries to make you think you're crazy or to mess with your head for the fun of it), here's an article from Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201701/11-warning-signs-gaslightingWant to reach out? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at mlindbloom989@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mlindbloom)

Hi, I'm Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate number 210006, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and to affect positive change. Yet to accomplish success, I need you to listeners to hear me and act, so I'm only asking if I can be heard and count on you to act. Therefore, in recognition of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, I believe it's important to acknowledge the negative impact confinement burdens on one's mind state. As an inmate, I've experienced sporadic battles with depression, emotional anxiety, and traumatic stresses that often went ignored or untreated, leaving me with elevated blood pressure and reoccurring feelings of hopelessness. In my experience and the Minnesota prison system, mental health services is difficult for an inmate to gain access to. Just because an inmate requests to see a mental health advocate doesn't mean they'll see them. And if by chance they do, it can be a week or two before one is seen. And if there's a history of suicidal ideation, that may be too late. I know I've had my mental health affected by being away from my children and attempting to parent from prison, the death of family members, the social injustice and heightened killings of black men by police, the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines, and most importantly, all the injustice I've faced that the hands of police, judges, and the criminal justice system that have criminalized me and confined me for a crime I did not commit. And it's not about min- minimizing accountability for something I've done. Therefore, I always tell people to try existing in confinement when you know you're innocent. How do you think you would feel? See my reality is one of pain, injustice, and anguish as I do my best to maintain my composure and intelligently advocate for my freedom and systemic change from within with all odds seemingly against me. I wanted to share a short essay with my own personal experience with you. This is from part of my memoir called The Tupac Factor: How a Rap Artist Significantly Impacted My Life. Imagine me as this once pained and sad child feeling all alone and on my own watching life just to see horrors of death, poverty, and violence on the cusp of depression and defeat until I hear lyrics that deal with my pain: A place to spend my quiet nights, time to unwindSo much pressure in this life of mine, I cry at timesI once contemplated suicide, and woulda triedBut when I held that 9, all I could see was my mama's eyesNo one knows my struggle, they only see the troubleNot knowin' it's hard to carry on when no one loves youPicture me inside the misery of povertyNo man alive has ever witnessed struggles I survivedPrayin' hard for better days, promise to hold onMe and my dawgs ain't have a choice but to roll on This is "Thugz Mansion" lyrics excerpted from Tupac's song featuring Nas. Now these lyrics from Tupac would become tied to my conscience as a motivating force. "Thugz Mansion" is a mostly raw song of a son speaking to his mother from heaven after his death. The song deals with very powerful issues of depression, contemplated suicide, pain, loneliness, poverty, and death. However, this song has its moments of inspiration as it proves to speak to the greater message of triumph and better days. As a result, I realized that Tupac and I had a shared poverty and life of struggle in common. It is this commonality that existed within his potently raw lyrical content, which allowed his music to impact my once-killed spirit. I can identify with Tupac's frustrations and struggles of existing in poverty and in the world where I often feel hopeless. I've been that child crying and feeling unloved, just wanting to die because all the pains and tragedies in life. Ironically, my own story begins in the worst year of my life, 1996, because this year would encompass both the death of my grandma—Maddie Mae Robinson, the woman who raised me—and Tupac, the man who inspired me. In 1996, I was 14 years old, and for the first time, I was parentless, I was hopeless and felt all alone in the cold world. I wanted to die, and I contemplated suicide for the first time in my life. I wanted to join my deceased mother and grandmother, even if that meant my own death. However, every time I placed the knife blade to my wrist, I will constantly see my grandma's eyes and hear her sing: "The Lord won't put more on you than you can bear." I wasn't interested in hearing or thinking about God in this moment. I even blamed God for my grandma's death. Death was my comfort because I didn't see a way that I could go on living without my grandma, so I began to think of other ways to kill myself. Yet something spoke to my inner spirit, compelling me to turn on the radio. It just so happens that when I turned that radio on, I heard certain words from Tupac's song as if it were talking directly to me: A place where death doesn't reside, just thugs who collide'Cause I feel like my eyes saw too much sufferin'I done lost my mother and I cried tears of joyI know she smiles on her boy Excerpts from "Thugz Mansion," Tupac featuring Nas was being played. And they gave me a emotional introspective of survival. As I internalized the lyrics I was hearing, I didn't have a clue how it was how I would survive, but the songs helped me to understand I could endure. I knew that my grandma would want me to keep going on in life, doing my best to excel and be a good man in spite of her death. In fact, you could say that Tupac saved my life being that I didn't follow through with ending it. Sadly, later that same year of 1996, Tupac would be murdered. In spite of his death, his music lives on today, and several of his songs have inspired me to continue to push past my own issues of depression, pain, and contemplated suicide. His lyrics became the soundtrack, pushing me forward through the hard times of my life. Still, I related to Tupac beyond his music because I saw my own ambitions within his words, such as "Mama was my hero," "Hungry for a taste of justice," and "Only God can judge me." Tupac and I were similar in that we both desired that creative outlet to express our hardships and pain to the world in hopes of both closure and change. Tupac once described this creative desire as his battle cry to America. And it is that very battle cry that has resonated to impact me, such as in a song "Until The End of Time," which he rapped: Please, Lord, forgive me for my life of sinNow who's to say if I was right or wrong Meaning he did his best in life in spite of other people's beliefs. Further, I was influenced to begin writing and performing rap music of my own, because I saw it as having a voice that would go beyond the silence of tragedy. I was inspired. Later in my adult life, I began my music career as the moniker Gnik, the word king spelled backwards and a play on the meaning of my actual name Izell, which I was told from childhood meant "king." Much like Tupac. I wanted my lyrics to have substance and meaning that my listener can identify with and feel some positive effect or hopefulness. And the first rap I ever recorded, "I Am Who I Am." I paid homage to death in the first verse by referencing his name. I made this rap track available to the world by placing it on the web at www.reverbnation.com/gnik. I begin to get a lot of positive feedback, and I was booked for at least eight performances around the Twin Cities area in Minnesota. I have been truly blessed to make one of my dreams come true to fruition by being privileged with the opportunity to record music and perform in front of people so that I can impact someone else's life the way my life was impacted. Like Tupac, a typical lyric for me would touch on a socialeconomic issue like when I say, Capitalist use ours ghettos to gain wealth, stack riches, treating us like a commodityYet where's the passion they will apply to poverty? See too many lives scuffed up with mental scarsBut it's the poor and oppressed that justice starves Now who's hungry enough to stand up for us when they tell us our strength is in numbersWhy is it that we continue stand alone knowing we don't experience this injustice on our own?Truth is, we all faced with the same strugglesAin't no profit in this daily life with troubleCause our hoods is a reality filled with crime, on top of either dead or doing time These are lyrical excerpts from "True Street," a song for me, Gnik. I could never truly compare my rap music success to Tupac's, because he is extremely influential in both life and death. He's one of the top selling rap artists throughout the world, and his legendary fame has garnered him in many charts and fans' minds as the greatest rapper of all time. Additionally, outside of his music genius, Tupac was a great poet. And today, some colleges and universities have provided courses on Tupac's lyrics and poems. Furthermore, a teacher in elementary school asked me, "Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete, proving nature's law is wrong It learned to walk without having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else cared." These words were actually poem, "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" by Tupac. And that has stuck with me from my adolescent years through my adult life, because I have always seen myself as that rose fighting to survive and keep my dreams alive. My admiration for Tupac has grown out of his focus to achieve beyond the barriers of an impoverished childhood, being raised by a single mother, being scarred by the tragedies of violence and persistent patterns of injustice are to name a few. Unfortunately, before his demise in his adult life, Tupac also spent some time in prison for a crime that he had vehemently denied committing. This reminds me of my old plight with the criminal justice system and how I similarly have intensely denied committing the crimes I'm currently accused of committing. Now I don't have the attorney, connections, or fame that Tupac possessed, but I do possess his emotion that in jail you get perspective and it starts to feel like it's me against the world. Once again, thank you for listening. And I hope that I brought some meaning, you know, out of the words that I've expressed to you. Um, I pray that you took some value in this and you can utilize it to join others and I in the fight for police and criminal justice reform. I believe the courage of many to take a stand will make a difference, so you and I must be brave in our pursuit to be heard and demand the change we are long overdue. I can be emailed through the JPay app or website, just insert "Minnesota" for state and 210006 for ID number, or you can mail me at the number 21006, 7600 525th Street, Rush City, Minnesota 55069. All positively supportive contact is welcome and appreciated. Thank you for listening and thanks to Prison Radio for this much-needed platform of linking prisoners with their communities and the healthy way to foster needed dialogue and support. These commentaries are recorded by Prison Radio.

Plus his written oration reminded me of speeches I used to study at [inaudible] oratory competition. I knew that I had to place a keen focus back on becoming the old me. My- all my education, because it is what had led me to be successful beyond high school and beyond living in the hood in the first place. I didn't want to allow any of my grandma's sacrifices to be in vain. I definitely knew it's time for me to do something to give back to this man who somehow became lost and unaccountable for the dreams I had now deferred. So I started doing positive prison programming, and I've completed the RJ 101 Building Character, Changing Faces 1 & 2 that the prison offers where I learned about developing empathy and character traits that empower good decision-making. I've completed several alternatives to violence prevention workshops as a participant and co-facilitator where I learned skills to communicate in healthy ways to resolve conflicts. I have completed anger management where I learned to identify feelings that get me deregulated and what I can do to cope and manage those feelings before they escalate the negative action. I have participated in several Minnesota prison writing workshop classes, where I learned to be more expressive, heal, and get out what I wanted to say. I now had an opportunity, an outlet to be heard. In fact, I was achieving small feats and began to feel like that old me that was a scholar and man of potential which heightened my desire to want to take some college courses. I noticed some flyers around the prison offering inmates an opportunity to enroll in college courses—and I knew I needed to take advantage of that to resurrect the part of me that had become lost. Now, I started to feel a renewed sense within that I wanted to finish what I started: obtain a college degree. I knew that in spite of my situation, time was ticking away with me just sitting in the cell, doing nothing productive, and just dreaming the dream to resurrect my deferred dreams. I knew that I had to seek out a way to commit to achieving my educational goals. I refuse to let the system hold me back like it has done countless of others, because I want success over the many excuses of why cannot obtain it. That is why we must advocate for prisoners' rights to obtain a college degree while incarcerated. Statistics support that higher education options and participation for incarcerated prisoners reduce recidivism. Moreover, it gives a once hopelessly defeated prisoner like me—stained with a felony making job options minimal and difficult to acquire—a fighting chance. That chance is the result of learned skills and reformation to be and desire better things for one's life. Therefore it is important to lobby for grants and financial aid for prisoners to rehabilitate themselves partly through education and better life choices. I am proof that if the resources are available, the success is possible. The proof: being confined, I've already obtained an Associate of Arts degree through Inver Hills Community College. I'm currently in treatment here at the rest of the facility. I've just recently completed a year-long manufacturing production technology diploma certification program through Pine Technical Community College. And I diligently been working to get enrolled in the Bachelor Degree tablet courses offered by Ashlyn University. I know that these things can aid in me having a successful transition back into the community in a positive and productive way. As I look for stable job opportunities that I will be qualified for, staying focused on overcoming the excuses and obstacles that having a felony often burdens motivation. This is why I am seeking out every resource and opportunity to achieve my goal, because in my mind, it is now or never, and it is never too late to figure out the now. Thank you, and once again, if you want to offer any type of supportive feedback or comments, I can be reached, um, through JPay, through the email, and insert Minnesota for state, ID number 210006, or you can write Izell Robinson, Number 210006, at 7600-525th Street, Rush City, Minnesota 55609. Thanks. These commentaries are recorded by Prison Radio.

Having been blocked years ago, and seeking to reach new lows,  Collier shares a disturbing email he receives from his stalker after she contacted his father in prison via the Jpay email app for contacting incarcerated prisoners. In this episode, Collier shares the backstory of  how he came to know this woman and then reads the email she has shared between her and my sociopathic father, who he witnessed murder his mother when he was 11 years old. Collier Landry and Brenda Fisher ponder what the hidden agenda is behind her attempt at reaching new lows in order to get Collier's attention and why she is playing this sick and twisted game? Even more disturbing than that, the letter reveals Collier's father's true anger toward him for not advocating for his release on parole in December 2020! YouTube Video link: https://youtu.be/2S8F2E9oDv0 (https://youtu.be/2S8F2E9oDv0) NOTE:  The content of this episode might be disturbing to some viewers.  Viewer discretion is advised.

I thank Prison Radio for this platform and allowing people in my condition, that's routinely silenced, the real opportunity to have a voice. I am a son, brother, nephew, cousin, father, uncle, and decent man who wants to be treated with humanity because I have values of care, love, respect, and empathy for others. Therefore, I realize the problems we face as a society are bigger than our skin complexion. So it pains me to know that as an African-American, that's what has seemingly kept the majority of white Americans in positions of authority from hearing me when I speak. Can you hear me speak? Because if yes, you'll know that I had something to say that's worthy of attention and action. However, after my broadcast last week, it became evident that there were listeners that work with the system at this very prison that wants to silence my truth. I felt an implied threat and an attempt to stoke fear in me has begun as I was handed legal paperwork back and it was revealed that a decision was made that I was going to have to do an assignment admitting to crimes that I've vehemently denied committing. I'm a participant of mandated sex offender treatment in Minnesota which is commonly used as a weapon to penalize [inaudible]. And staff are attempting to force me against my constitutional rights to say I committed acts or behaviors of a crime I pled not guilty to and appealed results of several times. This is something I will explain more of as I lay out my complaints, because there's a blatant lack of care and respect within this Minnesota system of injustice where there are several seemingly illegal practices taking place within the prisons and these prison-based treatment programs. I have the intention of exposing some of these plights I faced personally dealing with treatment programs in Minnesota. I want you to listen to it, to hear my truth and perspective of what goes on in these programs and their ineffectiveness. These are the things I'm in the process of working on to make honest, loud and clear. I hope to get a chance because I've been told too many times that I'm too intelligent for my own good. My family in Chicago are afraid for me and think I might wound up dead. But I'm a born fighter who has looked fear straight in the eye only to continue pressing forward. I know I'm doing something right here by speaking out, because I've raised eyebrows and captured attention. If something happens to me after this broadcast and you don't hear from me next week, I asked you listeners not to hesitate, to call the Minnesota DOC and demand answers. Also, thank you to those listeners who did reach out to me through email and letters to show some support. Once again, I can be emailed through the JPay app or website, just insert Minnesota for state and number 210006 for ID number, or you can email me directly at Izell W. Robinson, Number 210006, 7600 525th Street, Rush City, Minnesota 55069. All positivity, supportive contact is welcome and appreciated. No justice, no peace. I can't breathe. Give me a little air. Thanks. These commentaries are recorded by Prison Radio.

On this episode we are welcoming brother Dr. Dyson X Slater to the Middle Passage Media family. Dr. Dyson X is a student of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad under the leadership and guidance of The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Dyson X is currently serving a life without parole sentence in the Michigan Department of Corrections. He has been incarcerated for over 27 years and continues to fight for his freedom. Brother Dyson will be contributing as a blogger on middlepassagemedia.com in the very near future, however please support this brother by contacting him via JPay #243278. Any and all contributions supports his cause and case for freedom. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/corey4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/corey4/support

The murders of Philando Castile and George Floyd open the nation's eyes and unsettled many people's conscious to police abuse and misconduct here in Minnesota, where shouts for defund the police and criminal justice reform are shouted in waves of defiance yet showing little or no application of rural progress. I've tried to fight for my position from behind the walls of injustice. I have become the answer to Langston Hughes' question: what becomes of a dream deferred? Once known as the young man with limitless potential to succeed, as I graduated from Chicago Vocational High School and got recruited to attend the University of Minnesota, Morris on a full scholarship, I stood out as one of 31 finalists to receive the Future Leaders of Chicago award, being the battalion commander in the Army JROTC program, being an all-state wrestler, and being an academic scholar. But none of that had meaning as I was stripped of my name and humanity and reduced to a number: Minnesota inmate number 210006. I was then forced to live in a cell due to being found guilty of a crime I did not commit. Sadly, I have sat in this cell the past nine years filling the devastating effects of systemic racism and legal injustice. I refused a plea bargain, opting to go to trial because I knew I was innocent, and I wanted to see justice work for an innocent black man in America. I was charged and later convicted of a kidnapping and rape of an adult woman that never occurred.  In the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, I was issued a predominantly white-seated jurors, with one black man, to decide my fate, so I didn't start with a jury of my peers. Most alarming in my case was the level of admitted police misconduct and negligence. The Minneapolis Police Sergeant investigating my case for prosecution admitted in trial testimony that in spite of knowing he was investigating a sex crime, he failed to look for any sort of biological specimens: blood, DNA, or fingerprints, to corroborate that a sexual assault took place and my vehicle is alleged. He noted that he made several mistakes investigating my case, failing to collect evidence was one, and then oversight because he forgot to include it on his search warrant. But it's a simple mistake he made in this one case, he claims, but there was no evidence ever to support that a sexual assault took place in the back of my vehicle. Beyond that, there are a host of other issues in my case, like the presence of a surveillance video that doesn't show or corroborate a kidnapping take place, or the testimony of the alleged victim's account. I have filed a number of appeals just to be denied relief by the Minnesota Appellate Courts, even in the face of them recognizing that my principal brief was very well-supported. I've never understood how a brief can be well-supported and not receive any relief. So it's been an uphill battle and struggle to attain justice and clear my name. I am continuing my fight in spite of the odds against me. And in Minnesota, it is difficult for any African-American person to show the courts that they didn't commit a crime and be taken seriously, especially you become a threat when they figure out that you have any sort of intelligence. And that's been one of my crutches, that I have a certain amount of intellect and I'm not an attorney. Therefore, the courts are willing to hear my arguments as much as they would if I had an attorney representing me. So therefore, if you're listening to this and you can offer any support or legal help, um, you definitely can reach out to me. My name is Izell Robinson, number 210006. And I can be emailed through the JPay app or the website. Or I can be mailed directly through snail mail. My mailing address is Izell Robinson, number 210006, 7600 525th Street, Rush City Correctional Facility, Rush City, Minnesota 55069. Thank you. These commentaries are recorded by Prison Radio.

15 Minutes With... Tells our listeners if they have any questions, comments, etc to contact us and we will reach out to an incarcerated individual and ask their questions for them and share them with all of the listeners. Our listener Deborah, contacted us after watching the "Cheshire Murders documentary" and had several questions for Steven Hayes (who now identifies as "Linda"). We made contact and here are the answers to her questions.Remember, If you have and questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us at: insidetherazorwire@gmail.com or you can snail mail us at: P.O. Box 162, West Haven, CT 06516. You can also contact us if there is someone you might want us to try and interview.If you like the content and would like to see the show become better as well as more frequent, please donate at paypal.me/joetomaso.The prisons use companies like Securus, GTL, JPay and others for telephone calls and calls can cost anything from $1.00 to $15.00 per 15 minutes depending on the prison, location and company used. Thank You and Thank You for being part of the community.PS- 15 Minutes With is also in the process of starting a second channel which will be dealing with True Crime stories as well. That channnel will be covering both closed cases as well as cold cases. Keep your eye out for more information (Our True Crime channel will be available in both Audio and Video formats)--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joseph-tomaso5/support

The Bisbee freeze, Chad's update on the missing van title and Doug receives a call back from customer service on the air. Also, Bobby Caldwell calls in to sink with the ship. Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0 Recorded Jan 27th, 2021 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Bobby Caldwell (@NotesFromThePen), Tracey (@egglester) and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille. We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know. LINKS - Check Out Vodka Juice Box at VodkaJuiceBox.com Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set. If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp. ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141 Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034 Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/ Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconant Photo Credit - Chaille See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Day 33 of Doug's 40 for 40 (no smoking / drinking). Doug invites Michael Biehn (Terminator, Aliens, Tombstone, The Fan) to air any grievances with Michigan State Prison inmate Bobby Caldwell’s prison hooch. Some of which are in Bobby's own podcast, Ep #57 Notes From The Pen ( https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SydTG36V8bEEyuxXoZvhC?si=gSyL58vPTiGzlwWIZLVE4A )Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0Check Out Doug's Weekly eBay Yard Sale listing - https://www.ebay.com/usr/stanhope_podcast?_trksid=p2047675.l2559Recorded Dec. 29th, 2020 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Michael Biehn (@jenniferblancb), Bobby Caldwell (@NotesFromThePen), Tracey (@egglester), and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille.We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS -Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set.If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp.ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconantPhoto Credit - Chaille

Day 26 of Doug's 40 for 40 (no smoking / drinking). The realities of prison rape and a script review when Michigan State Prison inmate Bobby Caldwell calls in to the FunHouse.Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0Check Out Doug's Weekly eBay Yard Sale listing - https://www.ebay.com/usr/stanhope_podcast?_trksid=p2047675.l2559Recorded Dec 22nd, 2020 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Bobby Caldwell (@NotesFromThePen), Tracey (@egglester) and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille.We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS -Thank You to our sponsor BetterHELP.com. Get 10% OFF you first month by visiting our sponsor BetterHelp.com/stanhope.Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set.If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp.ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconantPhoto Credit - Brian Hennigan

Day 16 of Doug's 40 for 40 (no smoking / drinking). Doug and Chaille pop the cork on Michigan State Prison inmate Bobby Caldwell’s prison hooch. Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0Check Out Doug's Weekly eBay Yard Sale listing - https://www.ebay.com/usr/stanhope_podcast?_trksid=p2047675.l2559Recorded Dec 8th, 2020 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Bobby Caldwell (@NotesFromThePen), Tracey (@egglester) and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille.We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS -Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set. If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp.ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconantPhoto Credit - Brian Hennigan

Day 12 of Doug's 40 for 40 (no smoking / drinking) and Michigan State Prison inmate Bobby Caldwell warns that a sock is no place for a lock.Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0Check Out Doug's Weekly eBay Yard Sale listing - https://www.ebay.com/usr/stanhope_podcast?_trksid=p2047675.l2559Recorded Dec 8th, 2020 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Bobby Caldwell (@NotesFromThePen), Tracey (@egglester) and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille.We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS -Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set. If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp.ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconantPhoto Credit - Brian Hennigan

Day 9 of Doug's 40 for 40 (no smoking / drinking) and Michigan State Prison inmate Bobby Caldwell warns of inmates bearing beverages. Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0Check Out Doug's Weekly eBay Yard Sale listing - https://www.ebay.com/usr/stanhope_podcast?_trksid=p2047675.l2559Recorded Dec 5th, 2020 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Bobby Caldwell (@NotesFromThePen), Tracey (@egglester) and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille.We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS -Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set. If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp.ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconantPhoto Credit - Brian Hennigan

Day 7 of Doug's 40 for 40 (no smoking / drinking) and Michigan State Prison inmate Bobby Caldwell calls in with prison cell distilling techniques. Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0Check Out Doug's Weekly eBay Yard Sale listing - https://www.ebay.com/usr/stanhope_podcast?_trksid=p2047675.l2559Recorded Dec 3rd, 2020 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Bobby Caldwell (@NotesFromThePen), Tracey (@egglester) and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille.We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS -Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set. If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp.ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconantPhoto Credit - Brian Hennigan

Day 5 of Doug's 40 for 40 (no smoking / drinking) and Michigan State Prison inmate Bobby Caldwell calls in to offer some prison tips on staying sober.Doug's new book, "No Encore For The Donkey" available exclusively at Audible.com - https://amzn.to/31uwvO0Check Out Doug's Weekly eBay Yard Sale listing - https://www.ebay.com/usr/stanhope_podcast?_trksid=p2047675.l2559Recorded Dec 1st, 2020 at the New FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@dougstanhope), Bobby Caldwell (@LINK), Tracey (@egglester) and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille.We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS -Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set. If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp. ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Check out Bobby Caldwell's Notes From The Pen podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/notes-from-the-pen/id1518819034Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconantPhoto Credit - Brian Hennigan

Revolutionary greetings, this is comrade Pitt here at Red Onion State Prison. I'm calling in with a commentary based on this story that a comrade of mine shared that I'd like to share. It's title- she started off with saying," I wrote something this week too after a 27-year-old was stabbed 37 times for stealing something he probably didn't steal. The message of despair that filled up my JPay inbox inspired me to write this." The title of it is called "On Life and Death" by Rebecca Hensley. I remember when I got the call that my son [inaudible] for a black-for a black gang of Fort Lauderdale was dead. I hit the floor like a fallen tree. The fall [inaudible] my head my brain reeling. And the body was at the morgue and because he had already been identified, they would only let me see a photo of his face already deformed by rigor mortis. A young female doctor about to do an autopsy told me he was a handsome man. It was February 27, 2000. They kind of day no mother ever wants to see. I know because I have a tattoo on my shoulder with his name and the date. And it was two weeks before his 23rd birthday. When I was invited to write a statement on life and death—as folks inside Angola try to deal with the most recent brutal and senseless death among them—my thoughts went straight to my son. He's not the only one I've personally known to die of a violent death. I was 18 when a schoolmate was stabbed to death by her mother's boyfriend and stuffed behind the couch. My father was- my father and one of my husbands committed suicide. The first ex-prisoner I ever met back in 1971 was stabbed to death a couple years after I met him. And I heard many years after we broke up that my first ex-prisoner lover was stabbed to death by his girlfriend by somebody in Oklahoma who was never identified. But to carry a child in your body and feed him at your breast, and watch him grow to six foot four, and face the world with his shoulders back and his eyes steady, and have him reduced to a tattoo on your shoulder. It's not something you get over. Nine months later, I was taken to a Christmas breakfast by a young man I didn't know who told me that my son was murdered because he didn't want to sell drugs to kids. The most die-hard criminal I ever knew called him a gangster with principles. But the point of my telling all this is that three days after Eli left the earth, I looked out into the backyard of the house I was living in and saw him sitting in a cedar lawn chair under the hot pink Bougainvillea blossoms hanging from the fence. I walked out to him as if he were the most natural thing in the world. "Why didn't you come into the house?" I ask him. He hung his head and looked up at me, "Because I thought you would be mad at me," he responded. "Oh honey," I reply. "You can come anywhere I am, anytime you want for the rest of my life." As I reached down to put my arms gently around his neck, he put his lips close to my ear and whispered, "I thought I had more time." There is a nightmarish violence all over this planet. It's more common in prison than anywhere. But it can show up unexpectedly at a moment's notice anywhere. Young people, old people, rich people, poor people, all kinds of people, in all kinds of situation who think- who all think at the moment that they have more time. But the fact is that no matter who we are or where we are, we only have today. Many people in Angola are saying over and over right now, "Tomorrow is not promised." Well, there's another way to say that: today is actually all we have anyway. Yesterday's gone forever,  tomorrow's not promised. But how we are spending today. What are we planting in the garden of our lives right now? One of the universal laws is that whatever we plant good or bad, it grows. Bad things can happen to good people. Senseless things can happen to anybody anywhere. But I try hard to not- to not make sure they happen to me by planting things my garden that I really don't want to grow there. I didn't always believe that what goes around, comes around. For many years in my life, I routinely did things to others that I wouldn't want done to me. But once I realized that whatever I plant grow, I quit. Life is hard enough as it is. I don't need to make it worse. If all we have is today, how can we live in such a way that wherever, whenever, and however we die, we die with dignity. Dignity is not decided by the details of how we die, inside the walls or outside them. There are many choices we don't really get to make, but if I were to be my best self today to have integrity, to make community better because I'm in it, today. The time I'm here will be well spent and well remembered. That was a story that a comrade of mine shared. And I thought that story is quite interesting and it made me quite think of how I live my life each and every single day. And I hope that this story kind of inspires you to, you know, basically appreciate life. Appreciate the people you have, appreciate today and, you know, live the best of your life for each moment. Because tomorrow is not promised. And that was my commentary. You can reach me at Peter Kamal Mukuria, state number 1197165. Red Onion State Prison. PO box 1900, Pound, Virginia, 24279. Or you can also reach me via Jpay.com/email. And you can also look me up on Instagram, Instagram @PittPanther P-I-T-T-P-A-N-T-H-E-R PittPanther_art, A-R-T. PittPanther_art. Thanks for your time. (Sound of a cell door closing.) These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio. 

Hey, this is comrade Pitt Peter Kamal Mukuria 1197165, currently here at Red Onion Resort. The essay is titled "Crippling Patriarchy And Eradicating Antiquated Social Norms." And I'm gonna start with a quote by Sarah Grimke; she stated that "I have no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claims in quality. All I ask our brethren is that they would take their feet from our necks and permit us to stand upright on the grounds which God has designed us to occupy. It is perfectly clear that whatsoever it is morally, right for men to do is also morally right for a woman to do." Yeah, a revolutionary man prides himself on being supportive of gender equity and fight patriarchy of all forms in display for women's liberation. There are many forms of patriarchy, which exist as we know that most of us are opposed, but yeah, we consciously and or subconsciously engage in or perpetuate. Now on this brief essay/commentary, I'm going present an argument which I anticipate many men, hell, even some women will disagree with. However, the point of this argument is to present an idea which I believe is a blind spot for those of us who claim to be supportive of gender equity and, of course, patriarchs. For us revolutionary men, counter-revolutionary men, bourgeoisie, proletariat, liberal, and conservative men, despite our polar differences, the one form of patriarchy which we exercise as a whole is the carrying on of our last names. We get married; our fathers take on our last names as do our children in order to carry our  legacy. I think this is one of the most bourgeoisie patriarchal way of thinking, which I believe greatly hinders gender equity and weakens our fight against patriarchy. This insinuation, that our children bear their father's last names in order to carry his legacy. It negates and, in many ways, dehumanizes and devalues the women. What about their legacy? Why is it that a woman has to be the one to surrender her name, her identity. Next question: why was the men's legacy deemed the more essential than women when women are actually the ones who carry unborn infants and their wombs for nine long excruciating months and have to endure the indelible pain or birth. Once a baby is born, according to tradition, he or she must bear the father's last name in order to keep his legacy alive. This form of carrying on our legacy and women relinquishing theirs and changing their last names to their husbands upon marriage, I think boils down to men exercising power over women. The form of ownership of [inaudible] slaves were stripped of the identity and forced the bear the slave master's last names an explicit ownership. Lucy Stone was an anti-slavery staunch abolitionist who also risked her life by teaching slaves how to read and write. Organized at the big club for girls she was one of the first-known women who refuse to give up her name after marriage to Harold Blackwell. And her children's last name was, to no surprise, Stone. Continuing one's legacy from generation to generation does solely entail this antiquated approach of men's last names being passed down. This legacy continues through genetics, your children, [inaudible].  I believe this brief essay gives my position on this matter. But for the sake of clarity, would I personally ever consider or take on a woman's last name upon marriage or have my children's last name be that of their mother's? Absolutely categorically would. And I'm named after my grandfather, whom I love dearly. But it's a name passed down to me in the same manner of patriarchy as presented on these essay/commentary. However, I wouldn't hesitate to break this tradition as I strongly believe it is the perpetuation of patriarchy which also plays a role in inhibiting gender equality. There's nothing shameful or makes you less of a man about, you know, taking on a woman's maiden name upon marriage. In fact, I think it's power- it's empowering for both sexes. [Inaudible] naysayers and to those who think otherwise, I welcome any debate on this subject. I wouldn't present the subject without strong ground to stand on. Well, Lucy Stone illustrated by keeping her last name upon marriage is that a woman should have the option of whether to keep our last name or change it to that of her husband. Not having the option is the polar opposite of what gender equality entails; gender equality dictates they're both genders share the same way and all privileges. Quote: "Whatsoever it is morally right for men to do, it is morally right for women to do," unquote as affirmation by Sarah Grimke. The decision upon which the last name of a married couple goes about keeps as is, and the last name of the children should be a choice made between those couples, rather than a mandate, dictate by bourgeois obsolete traditions. Conventional ways of thinking must constantly be challenged if there is to be any real progress. You can be a feminist or support gender equity and the post-patriarchy, while we must continue to search for ways to eradicate obsolete social norms and brick out of the patriarchy's psychological entrapment which hinders gender equity but merely perpetuates patriarchy. I'll conclude with the word of the chairman Mao Tse-Tsung: "Women hold up half the sky," and Mumia Abu-Jamal: "Man can never be free so long as patriarchy exists." And this is comrade Pitt Peter Kamal Mukuria, 1197165, Red Onion State Prison, P.O. Box 1900, Pound, Virginia 24279. You can also reach me via Jpay email. Have a great one.

Melissa was living her normal life, like anybody else, when a merciless and relentless abusive entity invaded and took over her world, and that of her entire family. That dark entity is our so-called Criminal Justice System.Her brother Rick was falsely accused of a crime. And the crime was of a type that, even the hint of a possibility of association with it, in any form, is enough to unhinge, unravel and contaminate a life and reputation forever. With zero evidence and, therefore, no recourse to contest or disprove the accusation, he was given the choice of dying in prison or pleading guilty and being eligible for parole within a decade.Which option would you choose?From the moment her family learned that Rick had been arrested – and bear in mind the trauma, shock and grief inherent in that event – every step along the way, from ignominious arrest at his place of work all the way through to his eventual parole was made unnecessarily complicated by a criminal justice network that was obstructively uncooperative to the point of hostility. Indeed, if a person is innocent until proven otherwise, the system in practice is stunningly bereft of that principle.When the reality of their nightmare was finally undeniable, and Rick was IN prison, one would think the family would have despaired. Instead, something so full of grace transpired as to fill even this confirmed atheist with a sense of reverent awe. In calls and letters, Rick began to ask for his family to carry messages from fellow inmates to loved ones. And they did. These favors, a small thing for the provider, were monumental for the imprisoned. And over time, they grew into a messengers-of-mercy mission that has dominated Melissa’s life, and the non-profit organization of which she is the She-E-O:Adopt an Inmate.By pouring their lives into connecting the incarcerated with their loved ones, and those with scant to nonexistent correspondents or support to caring “adopters”, if only to let them know somebody still regards them as part of the human family – some one still knows they exist at all -- Melissa and family found that not only were they bringing joy to inmates, they were giving own grief and frustration purpose and transforming it into something wonderful. To quote Sarah Silverman, “When God gives you AIDS, make Lemon-AIDS”. And so they did. Their database of inmates now exceeds 10,000 incarcerated. And, as you are about to hear, Melissa has formed a very special relationship with a very special member of our discarded, invisible and commoditized people.True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For EqualityBryan Stevenson is our hero. We highly recommend his book "Just Mercy," and the movie with the same title. As Stevenson says, "We are all more than the worst thing we've ever done."Outcry TrailerRick was in the same dorm with Greg Kelley, whose case was very public in Texas. Rick said when he watched what happened with Greg, who was obviously innocent, he knew he was not going home anytime soon. We followed the story as he fought his case, and were thrilled to see him released and exonerated in 2019. When They See Us TrailerWhen this documentary series about the Central Park Five case was released on Netflix, we received a slew of new adopters, who searched the internet to find ways to get involved and help.Our Amazon Wishlist Adopt an InmateAI's Amazon Smiles Charity LinkJacob's Facebook Page  To message Jacob directly through Jpay.com, create an account using his state (Washington), and DOC #711473. The Freedom Project Interaction Transition As the Washington Department of Corrections struggles with health care, cancer patients say they suffer

By Juan Moreno HainesJuly 16, 2020 This is Prison Radio intern Isabel Barbera, reading the words of Juan Moreno Haines, an award-winning member of the Society of Professional Journalits. Juan writes for The Appeal and Solitary Watch. To receive Inside Updates, contact Valerie Kiebala - valerie@solitarywatch.org. Since mid-March, all California prisons have ceased visitations. At San Quentin, telephone use is now suspended. So, for me to reach the free world, I must use the same US Postal Service that’s slowing down mail delivery, because of a Trump move. That said, available technologies could securely and better connect prisoners with the outside world - see JPay tablets. Just think, I mailed this July 16 and you’re hearing it now. Even as this pandemic is raging, a 12 year old could show prison officials how to give us secured telephones. So, the telephones are taken, I contend, to quiet our voices, particularly to abolitionists and especially to the media...the tactic is to quell the audio and leave it to print. That said, I’m slowed, but not stopped. On July 9, Ron Broomfield, acting warden at San Quentin and Clarence Cryer, CEO of the prison’s healthcare services issued a joint memorandum to prisoners. The memo refers to CDCR’s Covid-19 debacle, saying, “The sudden wave of illness has created a staffing crisis that severely impacted the normal operation of San Quentin,” resulting in “restricted movement for the entire population and a disruption in services you all deserve and expect.”What prisoners deserve and expect is justice and fairness about a crisis that’s existed for scores and decades. California prisons are so cruel and inhumane that in 2011 the US Supreme Court said that a poor healthcare delivery system causes unnecessary deaths to prisoners. Federal judge, Thelton Henderson, told prison officials that CDCR can’t build it’s way out of the problem - partly due to staffing shortages.  Henderson advised CDCR on various ways to reduce the prison population to humane levels. Yet, in the midst of this deadly pandemic, what are prison officials doing? They’ve built 220 beds in a prison workshop and put tents on the prison yard. They say it’ll “improve our capacity to provide onsite medical care for those impacted by the virus.” They go on to say the department is “working on additional remedies that should benefit the population during this pandemic.” The only remedy to this pandemic are found in the immortal words of Moses.

Doug gets a call from incarcerated author, poet and now podcaster, Bobby Caldwell. Bobby discusses podcasting while locked up and answers some Patreon subscriber submitted questions. Chad introduces the boys to the condition of vein-y ball sack.Find out more about Bobby and life in prison - https://www.notesfromthepen.comHow to contact Bobby in prison - Staying connected is an important part of life for those behind bars. JPay helps inmates stay in touch with the outside world by using an email system. Go to jpay.com create an account, and you’re all set. If you’d like Bobby to reply make sure you select the option to include a reply stamp.ROBERT CALDWELL MICHIGAN INMATE# 929141Want more Stanhope? Subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/stanhopepodcast to get an extra BONUS podcast for as little as a $1 a month. Plus, video, insider communication with the podcast and more.Recorded June 27th, 2020 at the FunHouse in Bisbee, AZ with Doug Stanhope (@DougStanhope), Comedian Bobby Caldwell (@notesfromthepen), Chad Shank (@hdfatty), Tracey (@Egglester), and Ggreg Chaille (@gregchaille). Produced and Edited by Chaille. Doug's new special, "The Dying of a Last Breed", is out now on Vimeo.com - https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thedyingofalastbreed. The AUDIO ONLY is available on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3d7MFjv .We have no idea what the future holds so get on the Mailing List at https://www.dougstanhope.com/. When we know, we'll let you know.LINKS - Visit the Stanhope Store - http://www.dougstanhope.com/store/ Find out more about Bobby and life in prison - https://www.notesfromthepen.comBobby's Podcast, Notes From The Pen, is available on Apple podcasts and Spotify.Subscribe to Chad's Twitch Stream by using your FREE Amazon Prime membership option. Just go to Chad's twitter (@hdfatty) for a link and instructions. Thanks.Closing song, “The Stanhope Rag”, written and performed by Scotty Conant for Doug Stanhope and used with permission – Available on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/scottyconant Photo Credit - Brian Hennigan

Innocent from The Inside Blog: By James Catlidge James Catlidge is serving a 60-month sentence for a white collar crime. He is a businessman that got caught up in a criminal probe. Prior to surrendering, he began writing a blog. We are recording James’ blog, Innocent from the Inside, to help more people understand the challenges of surrendering to federal prison. James serves his sentence with dignity, and readers may find hope in his positive mindset. For more information, visit PrisonProfessors.com   Below is the written version of his blog from one of his entries, describing his second week in a federal prison camp. Lots of oddities that make life at Camp interesting. Visitation: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and all Federal holidays. We meet our visitors in a large visitation room located in the front of the Camp. All visitors can arrive as early as 9:00 AM and must leave by 3:00 PM. 5 vending machines has every snack you can imagine. You must bring usually 2 rolls of quarters to use the machines. All of those snacks are only available to us when we have visitors. JPAY: This is our total communications system email, telephone -- all cost money through JPAY. You, as my friend, can download the app on your phone and send me emails, pictures or money for me to use JPAY. You must use my name and number to communicate with me #17658-111. Food: We eat at 6:00, 10:30 and 4:30 PM and these meals are served in the cafeteria. We eat with our dorm only. There are 4 dorms (75-80 in each). The food is LOW quality. The only other option is to purchase food that is more desirable from the commissary. We are limited to one trip per week to the commissary. We purchase everything there-underwear, socks, a mirror, shampoo, notebook paper, pens, protein powder, fruit and vegetables. They restrict our monthly budget to $360 for everything: food/phone/e-mail/stamps and clothes. I ran out after the first 10 days just buying clothes and shoes to wear. Camp Employees: Correction Officers: These are the police, some are mean and some are nice. We work hard to stay out of their way. They have the power to put you in solitary confinement. Counselor: My counselor is the lady I go to for all of my needs at Camp, from my job to updating my phone list. Sergeant: He is the BOSS over the entire facility. All C.O.s report to the Sarg Education Director: Mrs. Robinson gets you signed up for all of the classes you want to take here. She runs the school here.   Recreation Director: This guy runs all of our softball, soccer, volley ball, basketball and tennis matches. Medical Staff: There is a head doctor, dentist and 3 nurses. They manage all medical needs or medication we may need. My Address/Home: My cubicle 36 Low is where I sleep, also my home. Its a cinder block room that is 6' high that holds 1 bunk bed and 1 flat bed on the ground plus 2 lockers and one pull out drawer under the single bed. The dimensions are 10'x8'. We also have 3 chairs in each cubicle. The chair is plastic like an outdoor stackable patio chair. Your address 36L is on your chair, your locker and your clothes. I'm very lucky. I have my cubicle all to myself. We are required to stay in our cube for all Counts (4 at night)(2 in the day). I can change cubes every 6 months by completing bunk change paperwork. You must stay where you are for another 6 months after any change. I am located directly across from the showers/sinks/toilets. They call my cubicle "Flushing Meadows". I don't mind it. TV/Radio: TV rooms are divided by race. I'm in the White Only TV room. Everybody starts on Row 1 and then the TV Boss decides when you can change your seating. Our Boss moved me to Row 3 in week 2 and now can see all of the TVs and tune in using my radio and ear buds. My bunk is close enough to the TV room that I can tune in from my cube. This place is like summer camp with a few crazies. I'm good, safe and heathy. Love you all, James    

Being Out Here For The Prisoners in NC / Mesh Networks This week we feature two portions to this podcast bonus, two abolitionists in North Carolina talk about detention issues during and after Covid-19. Then Grant Gallo of Sudo Mesh talks about community mesh data networks and alternative infrastructure for autonomy. For a radio edition of this for broadcast, reach out to us at our email. Our main broadcasting segment for this week is an interview William did with Aishah Shahidah Simmons, the editor of love WITH accountability: Digging up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse (AK Press, 2019) which will be available soon for download by participating stations and in our podcast stream. Incarceration in NC First we'll hear from two prison activists based in the Durham and Asheville, North Carolina about critical situations around incarceration in this state including but not limited to the Covid-19 outbreak. Jules is a member of Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross, a local abolitionist group that works around popular education around incarceration and anti-repression for movement work.  Katie is an anarchist legal and anti-prison activist. NLG Guide To Your Rights During Covid-19 Pandemic. Covid-19 Prison zine by BRABC Regional groups working on this to keep an eye on include: Empty Cages Collective NC Resists NC Women's Prison Books Project Siembra NC Southerners On New Ground Project South Blue Ridge ABC Instagram / Facebook WNC Anarchist Twitter Peer-To-Peer Digital Infrastructure After that, you'll hear Grant Gallow from Sudo Mesh talk about Peoples Open Network and Disaster Radio. We'll hear about collaborative, community mesh network projects as peer-to-peer internet in general and about the idea behind Disaster Radio, a minimalist digital messaging system in case the cellphone, landline or power grid goes down in a dire circumstances. You can find out more at the website, disaster.radio NC Prison Phone Zaps Statewide: https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2020/03/22/phone-zap-for-north-carolina-prisoners/ Durham County Jail: https://twitter.com/NCResists/status/1242938703871442947?s=20 Various Other Prison Phone Zaps By Region of Turtle Island The following is an incomplete list. Stay tuned to ItsGoingDown.org for a more up-to-date and comprehensive listing of ongoing phone zaps and campaigns Pacific Northwest WA https://twitter.com/COVID_MutualAid/status/1242521808940777475 https://twitter.com/PugetSupport/status/1242492820868358144 Portland, OR https://twitter.com/carenotcops/status/1242558135480365058 Central Colorado https://brabc.blackblogs.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/338/2020/03/Colorado-Prison-Report-03_26_2020.pdf Midwest Chicago, IL https://twitter.com/AssataDaughters/status/1242474665358110720 Wisconsin https://twitter.com/notcolloquial/status/1242871504871854082 Michigan https://twitter.com/MI_Abolition/status/1242471208270036992 https://huronvalleycovid19.wixsite.com/demands/action https://fight-toxic-prisons.org/2020/03/12/macomb-ci-coronavirus-phone-zap/ (Macombe CI) Northeast New York https://twitter.com/FreeThemAll2020/status/1242827148588613638 (NYC) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l5n3CxSjPUuINOsPi51rks8g-Os-WUVmLOfa8s5AaHg/ (NYC) https://twitter.com/FreeThemAll2020/status/1243576540056768516?s=20 (NYC) https://twitter.com/SurlyNotAWalrus/status/1242492126950313984 (NYC) New Jersey https://twitter.com/NiMaitresses/status/1242716926964649984 PA https://twitter.com/ariteer/status/1242849157167173634 (you gotta look at the link in the twitter for this one) South GA, NC, SC ICE call-in https://twitter.com/ashahshahani/status/1243215788191997960?s=20 Alabama https://fight-toxic-prisons.org/2020/03/26/alabama-department-of-corrections-covid19-phone-zap/ protest/suicide threat: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/ice-detainees-threaten-suicide-stage-protests-over-coronavirus-fears/2020/03/25/8232738e-0b1e-4fdb-8538-456e269a8eb7_video.html Georgia https://www.democracynow.org/2020/3/27/headlines (headline about hunger strikes, not a call-in link) Virginia https://home.baltimoreiww.org/news/tell-governor-northam-and-the-virginia-department-of-health-that-release-is-the-only-way-forward https://www.facebook.com/events/1910024005789095/ Louisiana https://www.latinorebels.com/2020/03/26/icedetaineeshungerstrike/ Florida https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-ice-detainees-on-hunger-strike-amid-coronavirus-11607507 (article about hunger strikes in ICE custody, not a call-in link) https://twitter.com/iwoc_gnv/status/1242875691315671049 NC https://brabc.blackblogs.org/2020/03/22/phone-zap-for-north-carolina-prisoners/ https://twitter.com/NCResists/status/1242938703871442947?s=20 (Durham County Jail) so-called Canada Quebec https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/939v7v/laval-quebec-immigration-detainees-are-on-a-hunger-strike-over-coronavirus-fears (article only) Announcements BRABC Remote Film Night From the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/503825183570471/ Join us for a film screening and discussion of the short documentary film “Condemned,” which tells the story of Bomani Shakur (or Keith Lamar) who is on death row for five murders he did not commit or play any part in during the 1993 Lucasville Prison uprising. Bomani was recently scheduled for execution in November, 2023. His many advocates and loved ones called for a month of action in April to publicize the biased legal process that led to Bomani's conviction, involving gross prosecutorial misconduct including failure to provide exculpatory evidence during discovery as required by law. ** A link will be posted in the facebook event on the day of the screening that people can click to join at the event start time! ** After the film we'll hold a discussion including how people can support Bomani in continuing to fight for his life. For more information about Bomani and his case: – https://www.keithlamar.org/condemned – https://www.revolutionaryabolition.org/news/month-of-action-for-bomani/ . ... . .. playlist

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This week, we feature two segments on the episode. First, a brief chat with Duncan of Perilous Chronicle, a site documenting prisoner resistance since from 2010 til today in the so-called U.S. & Canada. More on that project can be found at perilouschronicle.com and you can find them on twitter as @perilousprisons. Then, we spoke with Kanahus Freedom, from the Secwepemc  and Ktunaxa nations, who is involved in the Tiny House Warriors struggle against the Trans Mountain Pipeline threatening the sovereignty and health of unceded Secwepemc land. Kanahus is also decolonization activist and a mother. We talk about birthing and parenting outside of the scope of Canadian colonial government, the role of construction “man camps” in genocide, and how to help struggle against TMX. You can learn more about her imprisoned husband Orlando Watley (Elk Bone) by visiting https://freeorlandowatley.org/, as well as a video of Elk Bone and Kanahus's wedding in prison. You can learn more about the case that her twin sister, Mayuk, and others are facing and more by visiting their nations website, https://www.secwepemculecw.org/ Kanahus also contributed the essay "Decolonization: The frontline struggle" to the book "Whose Land Is It Anyway: A Manual for Decolonization." Here is Kanahus reading the words of her father, Art Manuel, in marking 150 years of resistance to the Canadian state. The Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX) will play a role in the wider genocide of indigenous people through the proliferation of so-called "Man Camps" as well as destroying the integrity and health of indigenous health. Some of these topics are touched on in the recently published Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The pipeline is now being pushed through by the Canadian Government of Justin Trudeau, announced within a week of the widely publicized Final Report located above. Announcements Sean Swain Anarchist prisoner Sean Swain recently got most of his items sent to him (albeit many damaged) from the jailers in Ohio where he was held for most of the last 28 years, which is a partial success. He still hasn't gotten the items he's bought and paid for on the JPay digital account that handles his emails, and other digital media. So, if you used to email with Sean and haven't heard from him for a while, check out his website for his current number and drop him a line as he likely doesn't have your address or past messages anymore, until people pressure JPay to transfer property from his old JPay account number to his new number. This includes nearly $1,000 in digital music, purchased and held online in a way similar to purchasing online from Apple music, only from this company that profits from prisoners and their loved ones. Also, anyone writing to Sean Swain should know that the Virginia rules for snail mail say that he can only receive up to 3 pages front and back (whether letters or photocopies) in an envelope, so if you've been writing him and getting mail turned back, consider sending more envelopes full of smaller letters! Protect Mauna Kea You may have recently seen news coverage of protesters, largely Indigenous and elder, opposing the construction of a Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, on Mauna Kea, a mountain on the Big Island of occupied Hawaii. This mountain is over a million years old and, when measured from its underwater base, is the tallest mountain on the planet. The university of California and University of Hawaii are currently attempting to build this TMT on the land, and Indigenous people along with students of both universities have been resisting this and similar efforts. This is just one instance in the long project of settler colonialism, 14 telescopes have been built on the Mauna from the years 1968 and 2002, efforts which have threatened the stability of the ecosystem and harmed a place of great spiritual significance for the Indigenous people of Hawaii. The people were not consulted in any part of this development process and have been resisting these construction efforts at every point from the earliest days. The most recent of these, the TMT, would dig a total of 7 stories down into the mountain, contaminating a sacred water source and disturbing the burial places of countless people. The current efforts against the TMT are already being likened to the resistance at Standing Rock, and over a dozen people have already been arrested by cops protecting the interests of the state and the university. As it stands now, it was stated that construction on the TMT would begin, and the Governor of Hawaii has declared a so called “state of emergency” in response to the defense of the mountain. Extra police and National Guard have been brought to the mountain to attempt to quell this resistance. Now more than ever, solidarity with those fighting for their sacred lands is paramount! To see much more information than we were able to include here, including history, analysis, a FAQ section, an open letter from students to the Universities, as well as ways to support/donate you can visit protectmaunakea.net. Facebook: www.facebook.com/protectmaunakea Twitter: https://twitter.com/protectmaunakea Instagram: https://instagram.com/protectmaunakea/ Email: protectmaunakea@gmail.com Shine White Joseph Stewart, aka “Shine White” has been transferred is the Deputy Minister of Defense White Panther Organization NC-Branch who was punished for his call for prisoners to unite across factions to participate in the 2018 Nationwide Prison Strike. He was moved around and put into solitary for this call and for writing about witnessing guards allow a mentally distressed prisoner to burn himself alive in a cell. Shine White has been moved and could probably use some caring mail. His new address is:: Joseph Stewart #0802041 22385 Mcgrits Bridge Rd Laurinburg NC 28352 Kinshasa Cox Kevin (Kinshasa) Cox, #1217063, is a Mentor and Student with the W.L.Nolen Mentorship Program, and also a party member with the New Afrikan Black Panther Party/Prison Chapter. He's been locked up in the 'hole' for what seems to be a contrived charge to endanger Mr Cox's safety and throw him into the hole. By way of backstory, it seems that Mr Cox's door was malfunctioning and CO's went over to check it. After securing the door, Officer Ricker attempted to manufacture evidence of Mr. Cox attempting to assault the CO, an incident that would have been caught on tape. Instead of check the security footage, admin is taking Officer Ricker's claim of an attempted assault and has stuck Mr. Kevin “Kinshasa” Cox in segregation. It is requested that listeners concerned with Mr. Cox's access to due process and safety contact the following NC and Scotland, Correctional Institution officials to lodge complaints and check on the safety off Mr Kevin Cox. More details will be released soon as we get them. NC DPS Phone: 910-844-3078 Superintendent Katie Poole/Assistant Superintendent Mrs. Locklear Mailing/Street Address: Scotland Correctional Institution, 22385 McGirts Bridge Road, Laurinburg, NC 28353 Scotland CI Telephone Number 919-733-2126 Fax Number: 1-(919)-715-8477 Mailing Address N.C. Department of Public Safety 4201 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N. C. 27699-4201 Street Address N.C. Department of Public Safety 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, N. C. 27604 . ... . .. Music for this episode is in our playlist and includes: Flowtilla: Stop Line Nine A Tribe Called Red: Sisters (ft. Northern Voice)

A music industry executive offers to put cash on the JPay books or prisoners currently on prison plantations. Does this action help end prison slavery…

Prisoners in Ohio and Alabama Speak This week, we hear the voices of three prisoners: anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble and jailhouse lawyer Arthur “Akbar” Griggs at Holman CI in Atmore, Alabama, and Mark “Mustafa” Hinkston at Toledo CI in Ohio. Michael Kimble In the first portion of this episode William and Bursts spoke with black, gay, anarchist prisoner, Michael Kimble, being held at Holman Prison in Alabama serving a life sentence for the murder of a white, homophobic, racist bigot. This audio is from a longer conversation we had in the context of an upcoming episode about Fire Ant zine featuring the voices of prisoners and outside folks involved in its production. Keep an ear out for that. Meanwhile, Michael talks about the gang breakdown of the prison he's at, the queer & mostly white prisoners he's around now, pushes to reform the prison system in Alabama, . Here are a few links referencing what we talked about: William's 2015 interview with Michael Kimble; Swift Justice on Kinetic Justice and AL prison expansion; Thurgood Marshall was an FBI informant on Robert F Williams during the Civil Rights struggle. Michael can be contacted by writing: Michael Kimble #138017 3700 Holman Unit Atmore, AL 36503 Arthur "Akbar" Griggs Michael then passed the phone to Arthur Griggs, known by folks inside as Akbar. Akbar is a jailhouse lawyer who talks a bit about his work, pushing back against administration, his involvement in the Free Alabama Movement and a request of listeners outside of the prison walls. Akbar can be written at: Arthur Griggs #129969 3700 Holman Unit Atmore, AL 36503 Mark Mustafa Hinkston Finally, we hear from Mark “Mustafa” Hinkston. Mark is a member of Central Ohio IWOC (fedbook & twitter) who was just transferred to Toledo CI in Toledo, OH. He had just come off of a hunger strike to challenge his mistreatment by guards and administration of mentally ill prisoners at Youngstown (SOCF) in long term isolation. He himself came out of almost 3 years of isolation at Youngstown, despite having no violent incidents in almost 3 years. In the latter half of the show, Mustafa talks about his experience in the hole and the advocacy he does for other prisoners and his ideas about prison abolition. Mustafa can be reached via his JPay at by looking him up by his name and number (#A707808) at jpay.com to those people who have JPay accounts. He can also be written letters at: Mark Hinkston #A707808 Toledo Correctional Institution 2001 East Central Avenue Toledo, OH 43608 Announcements Sean Swain Transfered (again!) Guess who just got transferred again!!! You can write to Sean Swain at his latest address as of mid-May 2019 at: Sean Swain #2015638 Buckingham Correctional 1349 Correctional Center Road Dillwyn, VA 23936 Anniversary Episode Keep an ear out for an upcoming podcast episode of TFSR with the co-hosts, William and I, talk about the project, about our politicization and get personal. This'll be dropping quite soon. NAASN 2019: Atlanta If you are in the southeast of the so-called-U.S. for the weekend of May 31-June 2nd, consider dropping by the North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference at 1083 Austin Ave NE, Atlanta, GA in the Little Five Points neighborhood. The theme for this year is Emergent Horizons and more info, including abstracts of presenters and the schedule is updated at https://wiki.naasn.org/NAASN_2019_(en) Stop by and visit the Final Straw table if you are around! … . .. Playlist

Sean Swain on Jpay and New Documentary About Band Negro Terror This week, we feature an interview with Sean Swain about the JPay system being incorporated into the North Carolina prison system based on his experiences in Ohio, increased tension leading to a riot in mid-April at Piedmont facility and the employment of former Ohio Prison Director Gary Mohr as a consultant to the NC system. Then, documentarian John Rash shares about his latest documentary about an all-black, anti-racist oi punk band from Memphis, TN. This band is called “Negro Terror” and the movie is touring the southeastern U.S. More on that in a moment. Sean Swain on JPay starts at 6:54 In the first portion of this episode, you'll be hearing from anarchist prisoner Sean Swain, but in a slightly different manner, where Bursts gets to ask a few clarifying question in the time we had available. First off, sorry about the call quality, we're still working out our recording ability for VA. When we first started talking to Sean all those years back (November 2013 if you want to hear it) it was because of his resistance to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's privatization of services through the company Jpay, about which this cantankerous jailhouse lawyer wrote an article about the f'd up relationship between private service providers and prison-crats. Now, North Carolina DPS is employing Gary C. Mohr, former ODRC head, as a consultant and since the move the NCDPS has instituted a more intense privatization and limitation of prisoners ability to receive money on their commissary via the 3rd party corporation Jpay. In response to the restrictions of materials people need in their day to day and the support they can receive from the outside (such as limitations to who can donate to a prisoner and what info they have to give up to Jpay to send material support) has created a powder keg of austerity and tension in the NC system leading to a riot at Piedmont Correctional in mid April. Sean sees reflection of the impacts that Mohr and JPay had in Ohio and what appears to be happening with the same techno-logic in NC. A recent protest took place in the neighborhood of NC Prison Director Kenneth Lassiter and keep an eye out for more, deepening protest and organizing around this issue in NC. Of note, the latest episode of Trouble from sub.Media, features Sean talking about mass incarceration and capitalism in the U.S., echoing some of what he says in this week's episode of our show. Jackie Wang, author of Carceral Capitalism (a really great Materialist approach to looking at racialized mass incarceration in the U.S.), along with Sean, “C” from Hamilton, Sylvie and El Jones talk about the prison industrial complexes in the so-called U.S. & Canada. Really worth a watch. Documentarian John Rash starts at 22:04 In the interests of a headsup, the next segment includes a couple of white folks using an out of date term that could be considered racist. The word is in the title of a documentary film about a band by the same name, and the name is said in the spirit of helping folks more easily access the material. The band has an all Black lineup and is called Negro Terror. John Rash is a documentarian with the Southern Documentary Project who for most of the hour shares about his recent film, entitled "Negro Terror". The film follows the punk oi band from Memphis by the same name and it's three members, Ricardo Fields, Omar Higgins and Ra'id as they play around Memphis, supporting various music scenes, speaking about their project and communities. Omar, the lead singer and bassist, came up as a SHARP (Skinhead Against Racial Prejudice) between Brooklyn, NY, and Memphis, TN, and brings the skinhead approach to the music. Omar Higgins died, tragically, at the age of 38 a few weeks ago and his funeral makes it into the film. John Rash, along with Ricardo (or Rico) and Ra'id, the remaining bandmates, are now touring with this innovative film and engaging audiences in q&a sessions. After this broadcast, you can still catch the presentation in Durham at North Star Church of the Arts on Sunday, May 12th and at Fleetwoods in Asheville on Monday, May 13th (which is tomorrow as of the first broadcast of this show) for two showings, 6:30 and 8:00pm followed by that aforementioned q&a with Rico, Ra'id and John. Proceeds from the merch sales on this short tour and from the entrance to showings is contributing to covering Omar's medical and funeral funds that currently are hanging over the family. Donations can be made at supportomar.com. While this tour is short running, John hopes to show it at various film festivals, so if you're putting on such a thing or have such influence, consider contacting John and Southern Documentary Project to make that happen. If you can't see it on this tour, at some point it'll be available in full for free at southdocs.org. Once they release their final album, Paranoia, there's a chance the film will be available for free on the CD alongside the audio, so keep an eye out. . ... . .. Music in order of appearance: Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus with Jazzboe Abubaka Vulgar & Bored with SETH Negro Terror with Voice of Memphis

Axel y Valentín esta semana inauguran nuevas secciones. En "No laburar hoy" evalúan opciones para retirarse antes de los 35 años, en "Multimillonarios en problemas" explican el quilombo en el que está metido esta semana Mark Zuckerberg y en "Empresas del mal" nos cuentan acerca de JPay, una empresa que brinda tecnología a las cárceles en EEUU que fue hackeada por los presos. Además, descubren el placer de escribir síntesis de capítulos en tercera persona.

Until yesterday, unless you had a family member or friend inside prison, you most likely had never heard of JPay. That's because all of its services are directed towards people inside the nation's prisons—and their family members.

Blue Yeti Microphone: http://www.bluemic.com/products/yeti/Spreaker (where my podcasts are stored): http://spreaker.comPodcast Page: http://passpodcast.com Grimecraft Music: http://soundcloud.com/grimecraft Subscribe to iTunes: http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1129939263This is the last show BEFORE we get into PEDA. IT was a somewhat balanced week of sports. There were some major things that occurred, but nothing that was impacting towards my routine. Tune in & definitely enjoy. #Episode199 #theShow #Kawhi #podcast #talker #PASSPodcast #PodcastAboutSportsNStuff #thePASS #Sports #Music #Artists #Gaming #Technology #Spreaker #rva804 #branding #blueMicrophone #richmond804 #podcastLife #blymibt #plymibt #podsInColor #professionalRecordingEngineerAngel Number 199: https://www.sunsigns.org/angel-number-199-meaning/ Big 3: https://big3.com/Wade thinking of China: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24183612/free-agent-dwyane-wade-offered-three-year-25-million-deal-play-china Kawhi & Jordan shoe split: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2787602-report-kawhi-leonard-jordan-brand-to-part-ways-after-expiration-of-contractJimmy Sorunke can play: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/recruiting-insider/wp/2018/07/24/rockville-sophomore-jimmy-sorunke-cleared-to-play-after-investigation-into-his-age/ NBA 2k Playgrounds 2: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2018/07/24/nba-2k-playgrounds-2-announced-with-a-fall-release-for-xbox-one-ps4-nintendo-switch-and-pc/#402b964540a1 Tesla's $1500 surfboard: https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/29/17627664/tesla-surfboard-sold-out-merchandise Drake, KeKe, & NTSB: https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/30/ntsb-warns-against-inmyfeelings-challenge/ Ass of the Week: Woman kills fiance because of an ex: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azfamily.com/story/38739889/woman-stabbed-fiance-to-death-after-arguing-over-their-wedding-guest-list-police-sayIdaho inmates outsmart JPay: https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/27/inmates-idaho-jpay-hack/

In today's podcast, we hear about NetSpectre, a new speculative execution proof-of-concept. Australia's Electoral Commission says there were no signs of hacking recent by-elections. US states remain concerned about election hacking. Missouri Senator McCaskill confirms that Fancy Bear made an unsuccessful attempt to access her staff's network. Russian threats to power grids. Industrial espionage continues to go after corporate IP. And news you can use about JPay (we know: you're asking for a friend). Jonathan Katz from UMD on the timeline for practical quantum computers.  For links to all of these stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/July/CyberWire_2018_07_30.html

Josh and Joel discuss prison (and jail) service provider Jpay Technically, a regressive tax is a tax that decreases as the amount of money taxed increases. But, functionally, this means the poor are taxed more of their income (and certainly more of a percentage of their income). Nothing has ever looked as friendly and unthreatening as Jpay's website . For many of the families with a loved-one in prison or jail, the costs can be massive and often beyond their ability to pay. We quoted two reports on this topic: "Who Pays, The Cost of Incarceration On families" and "The Economic Burden of Incarceration in the United States." The breakdown of the changes from pre to post-Jpay was provided by the Center for Public Integrity. You can also find a great deal of additional information about Jay's usurious charges on that site. There were two sources we used for the information about release cards: a ThinkProgress article and I read a court case filing for the class action suit against Jpay. This contact information and profitability expectations came from this Syracuse.com article.