Prison Radio is a
San Francisco
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-based radio and activist project whose mission statement is "Prison Radio's mission is to include the voices of incarcerated people in the public debate". It produces commentaries of several prisoners described as
political prisoner
A political prisoner is someone imprisoned for their political activity. The political offense is not always the official reason for the prisoner's detention.
There is no internationally recognized legal definition of the concept, although n ...
s.
Multiple radio stations across the United States broadcast these commentaries. The project's political aims include analyzing the
prison-industrial complex and attempting to present a more humanistic view of prisoners to the public.
References
External links
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Prison Radiowebsite (archived version)
Non-profit organizations based in San Francisco
Prison-related organizations
Political imprisonment in the United States
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