Dear Friends, On September 15th, 2024, a tragic, horrifying event took place at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison—an event that highlights the unbearable conditions incarcerated individuals face every day. In a recent radio essay, Kevin Rashid Johnson reports that Econ, and his cellmate Trayvon Brown set themselves on fire, hoping to escape the intolerable racism,...| Prison Radio
Kevin Rashid Johnson#1007485Keen Mountain Correctional CenterP.O. Box 860Oakwood, VA 24631 Kevin "Rashid" Johnson was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1971. He defended his dignity consistently from an early age. He was precocious in his academic skills but clashed perpetually with authority figures. He was in and out of disciplinary institutions already in his teen years,...| Prison Radio
I started my hunger strike Monday, October 21st. Once everybody refused a breakfast tray, the CO came to my door and said, "Why? Why you messing up the spot? This is a good spot." He said, "Man, you got everybody round up over here going on the hunger strike." I said, "I don't have nothing...| Prison Radio
On September 15, 2024, a young African man, Ekong Eshiet and his cellmate Trayvon Brown, set themselves on fire at Virginia's remote supermax Red Onion State Prison. Ekong suffered third degree burns along his legs and was hospitalized until September 24th for inpatient PharmaCare, including skin grafts. His cell mate's injuries were even worse. I...| Prison Radio
"We are the ones we've been waiting for" Alice Walker Nobody is coming to save Mumia for us, we must do it ourselves ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, ORGANIZE! WRITE TO MUMIA Smart Communications/PADOCMumia Abu-Jamal, AM 8335SCI Mahanoyc/o PO Box 33028St Petersburg, FL 33733 In April 2021 Mumia underwent open heart surgery. Since then, the PA Department of...| Prison Radio
