Prison Focus Radio

Rest in Power Chairman Fred Hampton. You are a Revolutionary, and we will NEVER forget! On this episode of Prison Focus Radio, we will be in conversation with Jay Rene Shakur, Black Enthusiast and New Humanist, Co-founder of Prison Riot Radio talking about her journalism and work with her partner, Kwame Teague, 32 years in captivity, and Co-founder of Prison Riot Radio. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop Free...

As we continue with gritted teeth and hearts full of revolutionary love in struggle, scrambling and striving to maintain our humanity, never faltering in our quest to build a world of dignity, peace and People Power, we remain committed to abolishing slavery and exposing all its evils by hearing from the People experiencing it – directly or indirectly. Brotha Demetrius Dixon, caged 32 years since...

Post election regroup…we’ll hear from Carl Marion serving a life sentence at SATF-Corcoran speaking on the failure of Prop 6 to pass. Carl put in his due diligence to bring awareness to this bill to end forced labor from behind enemy lines. We also hear from New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Ifoma Modibo Kambon sharing his thoughts on the current sociopolitical climate. Brotha Ifoma is an Elder bein...

This week we hear from Co-host New Afrikan Political Prisoner Zaharibu and guest William Curl, speaking on the implications of Prop 36 (Vote NO) being on the ballot with Prop 6 (Vote YES) experiencing little to no opposition and supported by the gov and the police; the ongoing need to shift our perceptions by listening to people with lived experience of penal slavery, thereby being experts, and ch...

We will be airing a re-edited version of the September 19, 2024 show that did not air. Co-hosts NA Zaharibu, Carl Marion and William Curl will continue to speak on the critical issue of abolishing slavery, the urgent need to shift the narrative from the oppressor’s lies to the People’s truth and humanity and the action we can take to build a Community Release Board to empower the community and cre...

This week we’re back on track co-hosting with the California New Afrikan former and current Political Prisoners. We start with New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Brotha LP, reading his essay on the 13th Amendment and hearing the follow-up questions from New Afrikan former Political Prisoner Brotha Sangu. We follow-up with a conversation between Brotha Sangu, New Afrikan former Political Prisoner Sita...

New Afrikan Political Prisoner and SHU survivor, Zaharibu Kambon, also serving an LWOP sentence continues to co-host. We are joined by Carl Marion and William Curl, imprisoned at SATF in Corcoran with Zah, as they discuss: Voting on Prop 6 to end slavery in California- although we can’t say it on the airwaves; The much needed work to change the colonial narrative of who is the “worst of the worst”...

We continue this month’s series with New Afrikan Political Prisoner Michael Zah Dorrough who will be co-hosting as part of the ongoing Prison Focus Radio project to share the airwaves as co-hosts, with California former and current Political Prisoners discussing their work, ideas and fight for liberation - after all, this is their program. We will be joined by imprisoned comrade William Curl, conv...

We begin the month with New Afrikan Political Prisoner Michael Zah Dorrough, Sr., who will be co-hosting as part of the ongoing Prison Focus Radio project to share the airwaves with California former and current Political Prisoners discussing their work, ideas and fight for liberation - after all, this is their program. We will be joined by guest Carl Marion, held captive at SATF with Brotha Zah,...

Black August Memorial Black August Resistance 2024 finale “We attempted to transform the Black criminal mentality into a Black revolutionary mentality.” – George Jackson, from Soleded Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson On this last week of the 45th cycle of authentic Black August, moving into the final community breaking fast on August 31, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Joka Heshima Ji...

Black August Memorial continues! We just finished our 24hr fast FLEA day honoring George Lester Jackson, The Dragon. New Afrikan Political Prisoner, Joka Heshima Jinsai, founder of Build the AIM, author and father – still caged after 30+ years; and New Afrikan former Political Prisoner and father, Fati Yero, home after 50 years, member of Cell Block 2 City Block, will co-host giving commentary on...

BAM BAR 2024 continues… Excerpt from a letter written January 8, 1970 in Soledad prison: “My dear Mother & Dad … I hope you understand. I wish I could talk to you and explain what the facts are about this hole I’m in, but sence [sic] I can’t, please believe me. I don’t get in trouble unless it is necessary.” – Alvin “Jug” Miller (20 years old, assassinated in Soledad prison January 13, 1970 along...

BAM BAR 2024 continues This week we continue our political education regarding the roots of Black August Memorial. “We’re taking over.” “You can take our pictures, We are the revolutionaries.” Jonathan Jackson Joka Heshima Jinsai, New Afrikan Political Prisoner, still captured after 30 years, 20 years in solitary confinement will Co-host, Queen Makini of Never Forget, Never Alone, Never Again and...

Black August Memorial Black August Resistance! Former Political Prisoner, New Afrikan Revolutionary Fati Yero, home after 51 years, 38 straight years in solitary confinement, co-hosts and shares his knowledge, experience and analysis of Black August and its historical and socio-political significance, as well as the importance of maintaining its authenticity and pushing forward its original intent...

SItawa Nantambu Jamaa, New Afrikan, former Political Prisoner, home after ~ 44 years Co-hosts our last show of July. Our esteemed Political Prisoners hold deep wisdom and knowledge about the state of the world and Humanity – Listen up! And get laced up! Every month forward, Prison Focus Radio will be co-hosted, along with Nube, by a New Afrikan California former or current Political Prisoner. Our...

Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, New Afrikan former Political Prisoner and Co-author of the Agreement to End Hostilities, continues as co-host with nube. This week, Ann Weills, Civil Rights attorney and counsel for the Ashker V Brown class action to end indefinite solitary confinement joins us… As well as Mr. Lawrence, who will call in from California Health Care Facility in Stockton to speak on medical abu...

“For more than two centuries our forebears labored here without wages. They made cotton king, and they built the homes of their masters in the midst of the most humiliating and oppressive conditions. And yet out of a bottomless vitality they continued to grow and develop. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery couldn’t stop us, the opposition that we now face will surely fail.” MLK Jr. Kan’t st...

New Afrikan Former Political Prisoner Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa cohosts through the month of July, speaking on various topics with various guests. This week is the introduction to this new format and the start to get to know Sitawa. If you are new to the prison movement or not, join us for this profound series. Sitawa is home after 43+ years, 34 spent in solitary confinement in the notorious Pelican B...

Last week of Juneteenth 2024! Genocide, crimes against humanity, continue in Palestine, Africa, and here in amerikkkan prisons…decolonize your life and mind! We still ain’t free! We hear Part 3 of “Abolish the Prison Industrial Complex and end legal slavery,” by Prime Minister Balagoon, New Afrikan Political Prisoner. We also hear Part 2 of Nube’s interview with Virginia Political Prisoner, Kevin...

Juneteenth, but we still ain't free! “Abolish the prison industrial complex and end legal slavery” Part two, By Prime Minister Balagoon. We also hear Part 1 of Nube’s interview with Virginia Political Prisoner, Kevin Rashid Johnson, recently coming off a 71-day hunger strike. **More Gems** We hear New Afrikan Political Prisoner Brotha LP give answers to the first three follow-up questions to last...

This month is Juneteenthth! But… WE’RE NOT FREE! We begin Part 1 of Abolish by New Afrikan Political Prisoner Prime Minister Balagoon, (Son Of The Honorable Baba Hannibal Afrik, now an ancestor), still captive after 40 years, 16 in the SHU). We hear from Brotha Zah, a regular on these airwaves, on genocide- everywhere. Lastly, our comrade Kwame Shakur is on Hunger Strike protesting his solitary co...

It's Juneteenth month! We hear from native San Franciscan Oba Frelimo, unlawfully held in prison 31 years fighting to get free - and action we can take! We share updates on u.s. Political Prisoners, and hear the voices of Max Parthas and Jamelia Land of Abolish Slavery National Network. Forward! We still ain't free! All power to the people! Free em all! Kan't stop Won't stop

Hear the final segment of our interview with New Afrikan political prisoner Louis Powell and why we need to Liberate Our Elders! We also read from George Jackson's “Blood In My Eye” and hear the voices of Cuban med students on socialist practice. Lastly, take action to support New Afrikan Political Prisoner Kwame Shakur in an Indiana prison recently thrown into solitary confinement. All power to t...

New AfriKan Revolutionary and Political Prisoner Louis Powell, still captured after 50 years, 39 spent in solitary confinement, continues Part 4 of his interview with host Nube Brown. We also hear from students and activists on Nakba Day, May 15th in San Francisco. Join us for this powerful hour of voices in the movement.

We hear Part 3 of my interview with New AfriKan Political Prisoner Louis Powell. We’l read excerpts form the book “I Write What I Like” by murdered South African apartheid activist Stephen Biko. This is also the week of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz's birthday Malcolm X, so we will be hearing audio from him, and lastly we will hear UCSF student voices for Palestine who’s encampment was violently disman...