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On the need for prison abolition

Airs at: Mon, 07/09/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Iven Hale comments on the torture of isolation and incarceration, the recent Senate hearings on solitary confinement, Dostoevsky, Alcatraz as a tourist attraction, her work with high-risk felons on parole and probation, and the need for prison abolition because prison c... Read more

Prison Pipeline 7/2/12 w Melissa Reardon hosted by Grace E Reed

Airs at: Mon, 07/02/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Grace Reed interviews guest Melissa Reardon, artist, healer and activist forming project for newly released inmates using creative expression through art and mask making as a tool for transformation and restoration. Read more

Prison Pipeline 6/25/12 w/ Sarah Patterson hosted by Megan Vosk

Airs at: Mon, 06/25/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Megan Vosk with Sarah Patterson, Gardening in Oregon Prisons Prison Pipeline host Megan Vosk interviews Sarah Patterson, Director, Lettuce Grow Garden Foundation, which organizes and enhances vegetable gardens in Oregon Prisons. Their volunteers are master gardeners and org... Read more

Prison Pipeline 6/18/12 w/

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Patty Katz speaks with Gretchen Vala, Oregon Cure president-elect, about the Dept of Corrections' new phone system, and the DOC’s new director Colette Peters. Read more

Alexi Agathopleius on prison justice for solitary confinement prisoners

Airs at: Thu, 05/31/2012 at 12:00am
KBOO's Jennifer Kemp interviewed Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Alexi Agathoplieus about their lawsuit advocating for prisoners in solitary confinement for California prisoners. Agathoplieus explains that prisoners can be confined in solitary confinement for extr... Read more

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Airs at: Wed, 06/20/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
20th Anniversary of the Watts Gang Truce Pt. II   Carlos Chavez presents part two of the Watts Gang Truce Anniversary program on Political Perspectives. Part one aired last week with a powerful panel discussion titled, Pioneers in Peace. It featured voices from "Freewa... Read more

Prison Pipeline 6/11/12 w/ Kathleen Fullerton Hosted by Peter Peincetl

Airs at: Mon, 06/11/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Peter Pincetl speaks with Kathleen Fullerton, an AmeriCorps member who works with Oregon Youth Authority and the Hope Partnership. Read more

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Airs at: Wed, 06/13/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Political Perspectives
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the historic Watts Gang Truce in Los Angeles. In April of this year the Watts Community came together to celebrate and discuss what they learned from this important event. Carlos Chavez produces the opening panel discussion for that eve... Read more

Prison Pipeline 5/21/12 w/ Dorsey Nunn hosted by Patty Katz

Airs at: Mon, 05/21/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Host Patty Katz talks with Dorsey Nunn,  co-founder of All of Us Are None,  an advocacy group dedicated to voters rights and other civil liberties for incarcerated individuals.  The discussion involves the Pelican Bay hunger strike,  the effects of solitary confinement,  an... Read more

Charles Shaw on Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality

Airs at: Mon, 06/04/2012 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview Charles Shaw about his new book Exile Nation. Charles Shaw is an award-winning journalist and editor, author of the memoir, Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality (2012, Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press), and Dire... Read more