Prison Radio’s mission is to challenge unjust police and prosecutorial practices which result in mass incarceration, racism, and gender discrimination by airing the voices of men and women victimized by an unjust criminal justice system. 


Prison Radio illustrates the perspectives and the intrinsic human worth of the more than 7.1 million people under correctional control in the US. We believe that when a person’s humanity is recognized, the public is able to make more informed choices on the direction of public policy. 


We do this by bringing their voices into the public dialogue on crime and punishment. Our radio broadcasts help spur the public to examine core issues that create crime and heighten disenfranchisement. Our educational materials serve as a catalyst for public activism, strengthening movements for social change.


“The first time I heard a tape of Mumia’s radio broadcasts, it was the first time I fully understood why the government was so intent on putting him to death.”

-- Assata Shakur
Former member of the Black Panther Party

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"In 1992 Prison Radio began recording from the state dungeon at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. If you walked in on us you would have thought you were in the control booth of a funky radio station. We did good work together, so good that NPR asked us to share our work with them, until they got scared off. But Prison Radio has done far more than pass the mic, it has given us the haunted voices of jailed juveniles, incarcerated kids, those who are truly rarely heard. It has also told the story of women behind bars, for example AIDS patients and survivors at the women's dungeon in Chowchilla, California. In short Prison Radio has brought you the voices of those behind the walls, the fastest growing public housing development in America. For this and its other works it deserves your generous financial support. 

Thanks, for Prison Radio; this is
Mumia Abu-Jamal."

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To learn more and support Prison Radio, visit us at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/PrisonRadio
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