This is Sheik Bilal Abdul-Salaam Bey at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, KS. This is a poem called “Guidance,” using my revolutionary poetry name TRIP, also known as True Revolutionary In Power. I came…

Uvalde: What It Means It has been weeks since the harrowing events of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Weeks since 19 children and two of their teachers were mowed down by a young man…

This is Richard Valdez, coming to you from San Quentin State Prison, California. The following commentary is titled, “COVID Update from San Quentin’s Death Row.” On Monday, July 18th, 2022, the East Block Condemned Unit…

Hello, yes, this is Izell Robinson, inmate #210006, Minnesota inmate confined in the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard and effect positive change. Yet, in order to do that, I need you the…

So, my name is Jamil Pirant. I’m calling from IYC [Indiana Youth Center], and this piece is called, “Anxiety.” I almost gave up. I know that’s a hella foul way to start that off.  That’s…

https://www.paperchained.com My inmate number is ND7568. I’m calling from SCI Chester. This is Kenjuan Congo Jr., from the belly of the beast. Paper Chained is a not-for-profit journal in Australia. Contributions from incarcerated, formerly incarcerated,…

This is Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey, an inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. This piece is called “Unsanitary Practices.” On 7/7/2012, while working in the Aramark kitchen and cleaning behind the counter,…

Divine lessons part three. Chapter 25 of the Holy Quran for the Moorish Science Temple of America, a holy covenant of the Asiatic nations. Ye are the children of one father provided for by his…

This is Sheik Abdul Salaam-Bey calling from Hutchinson Correctional Facility in Hutchinson, KS. This is piece is divine lessons part two. The spiritual life in disarray is a shadow of the standing institution which dominates…

Hi, my name is Krystal Clark. I’m in WHV, inmate number 435064. We’re in the valley of hell. She took out the bleach, I think it was last month. The prisoners is on lockdown due…