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A View on Youth Incarceration: An Interview with Trevor Walraven

Airs at: Mon, 03/11/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Join host Isabelle Sinclair in a discussion with Trevor Walraven, co-Founder of the Oregon Youth Justice Project (YJP), in exploring both his 18 years of experience within Oregon's criminal justice system, and the current political movements surrounding incarcerated youth. ... Read more

Joking around Behind Bars: Comedy & Arts Education Inside Prisons

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli interviews Roshani Thakore with the Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI) Comedy School.  This project is includes weekly comedy classes and quarterly comedy shows inside the walls of a men’s prison in North Portland. The project came about as an ex... Read more

Sprouts: Coffee Creek Quilters

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Emma Lugo of KBOO Community Radio talks with Rachel Wallis a quilting instructor at Coffee Creek correctional facility, about classes she and other volunteers have been holding for incarcerated women in Wilsonville, Oregon.  This interview was originally aired as a part of ... Read more

Noelle Hanrahan: update on Mumia Abu-Jamal

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Karen James speaks with Noelle Hanrahan, founder of Prison Radio and a journalist who has recorded and broadcast commentaries by Mumia Abu-Jamal since 1992.  Noelle talks about Philadelphia in the racially-charged 1970s where Mumia made his name as a writer and journalist. ... Read more

Think Globally

Airs at: Mon, 02/25/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
In mid-March, a United Nations body will once again issue its annual criticism of marijuana legalization in Canada, Uruguay, and several states in the United States. They will also be critical of medical marijuana laws, and of certain effective harm reduction interventions ... Read more

Who Is Leonard Peltier?: Paulette D’auteuil of the ILPDC

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2019 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
A Story of Leonard Peltier This week, Paulette D’auteuil speaks about the life and case of Leonard Peltier. Peltier is one of the best known political prisoners currently held in the U.S. Paulette is the Director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, base... Read more

Fighting Toxic Prisons Convergence 2019

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Adam Carpinelli will interview organizers from the Fighting Toxic Prisons (FTP) Convergence.  FTP is a collaboration with the Abolitionist Law Center.  FTP’s mission is to conduct grassroots organizing, advocacy and direct action to challenge the prison system that is putti... Read more

Death Row Visitation Perspectives and Discussion

Airs at: Mon, 02/04/2019 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
  David Earl Miller was a prisoner on death row for 34 years until he was executed on December 16th.  Mary Nordkvelle and Jean Richardson are sisters who had a uniquie 25 year relationship as Death Row visitors to Miller who served more time on Death Row than he did in yea... Read more

Buscando America on 01/29/19

Airs at: Tue, 01/29/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión recordamos al poeta y compositor venezolano Simón Díaz, además hablamos sobre cómo se está cocinando el golpe de estado en Venezuela. La Habana amaneció el lunes entre escombros luego del impacto de un potente tornado. Netflix estrena "Massacre at the Stadiu... Read more

SWOP Behind Bars with Jill McCracken: Sex Work, Incarceration, and Intersections

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2019 at 4:00pm - Fri, 01/25/2019 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  The Final Straw Radio
Sex Worker Outreach Project Behind Bars w/ Dr. Jill McCracken This week, William spoke with Jill McCracken, codirector of SWOP Behind Bars, or the Sex Worker Outreach Project, Behind Bars chapter. Jill is also a professor at University of South Florida at St. Petersburg tea... Read more