We challenge unjust police and prosecutorial practices which result in mass incarceration, racism and gender discrimination by bringing the voices of incarcerated people into the public debate. To listen to the audio commentaries of Mumia Abu-Jamal, visit http://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia.
“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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Prison Radio is a project of The Redwood Justice Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the defense of the environment and of civil and human rights secured by law. Established by Judi Bari in 1994, the foundation embraces a wide array of environmental and social justice projects including:
Purple Berets, a women's rights organization dedicated to obtaining equal justice for women. Redwood Summer Justice Project, which defends the rights of environmental activists. Women's Justice Center which advocates for Latina victims of violence against women in Sonoma County, California. Get Out Of The Military, a small group of dedicated military law counselors working with soldiers who want a discharge and need support through that process. The group also works to decrease suicides and sexual assault and harassment within the military. Douglas once reminded a group of young lawyers: "As nightfall does not come all once, neither does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of darkness."
