stories from inside
Stories from Inside gathers media, art, stories and documentation of the conditions inside of prisons, as told by those living within the system or inside of these “human warehouses” as our comrade Pitt Panther calls them.
articles / news:
- I’ve Spent 27 Years in Solitary Confinement. Here Are Some Tips on Making the Best Use of Time Alone, Mother Jones
- Desde Adentro: Portraits of growing up behind bars, from the young men coming of age in a Mexico youth facility
- The Abolitionist Newspaper, Critical Resistance
- The scars of solitary: Albert Woodfox on freedom after 44 years in a concrete cell, The Guardian
- Alabama Prison Labor Strike | September 26, 2022 – present – [Summary]
books:
- Blood In My Eye by George L. Jackson
- Solitary by Albert Woodfox
- Between Torture and Resistance by Oscar López Rivera
“what helped me was that i knew i wasn’t a criminal anymore. i considered myself to be a political prisoner. not in the sense that i was incarcerated for a political crime, but because of a political system that had failed me terribly as an individual and a citizen in this country.”
– albert woodfox, solitary
podcasts / radio:
- Prison Radio Commentaries
- Mumia Abu Jamal, S.C.I Mahanoy, PA
- Peter Kamal Mukuria aka Pitt Panther, Interstate Compact-Facility (formerly Jessup Correctional Center)
- Krystal Clark, Huron Valley Correctional Facility
- Ear Hustle, San Quentin State Prison
- When We Fight, We Win!: The Podcast
- Beyond Prisons Podcast – “Taylor Nuevelle On Knitting in Prison”
films / videos:
- The Feminist in Cellblock Y (Free on YouTube)
- 40 years a Prisoner (HBO)
- Justice on Trial: The Case of of Mumia Abu-Jamal
- “Todos íbamos ser reyes”: Un documental por Márel Malaret cuyo objetivo principal era mostrar un importante proceso de rehabilitación a través de la escritura y devolverle a los participantes el resultado tangible de su trabajo
- Nicole Fleetwood – Visions of Abolition: Black Women’s Fight to End Mass Incarceration, Barnard Center
incarcerated artists / art projects:
penpal resources:
