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Mumia on Lockdown
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
17 Sep 2018

“It’s a war against the prisoners, but also a war against knowledge and, ultimately, the Constitution, itself,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, characterizing Pennsylvania’s prison lockdown. All inmate mail will henceforth be rerouted through an office in St. Petersburg, Florida, and scanned, with copies sent to the imprisoned recipient.

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