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Author: Kite Line

About Kite Line

Kite Line is a radio program devoted to prison issues around the Midwest and beyond. Behind the prison walls, a message is called a kite: whispered words, a note passed hand to hand, or a request submitted to the guards for medical care. Illicit or not, sending a kite means trusting that other people will bear it farther along till it reaches its destination. On the show, we hope to pass along words across the prison walls.

Apr 17, 20

Kite Line: Breaking the Rules to Survive

Long running anti-prison radio show and podcast Kite Line returns with an episode on how prisoners throughout the country are dealing with... Read Full Article

Apr 5, 20

Kite Line: “The Guys in Here are Terrified” – More Updates on the Coronavirus Pandemic in Prison

Long running radio program and podcast Kite Line returns with continued coverage of the spread of COVID-19 in US prisons, jails, and... Read Full Article

Mar 21, 20

Kite Line: COVID-19 Updates From the Inside

Kite Line presents a look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on those who are incarcerated. Listen and Download HERE As... Read Full Article

Feb 16, 20

Kite Line: Jailhouse Lawyers Speak on Upcoming Prison Strike

Long running anti-prison radio and podcast show, Kite Line, returns with an interview featuring Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. Listen and Download HERE In... Read Full Article

Dec 3, 19

Kite Line: The Human Cost of ‘E-Incarceration’

Long running anti-prison radio and podcast show Kite Line looks at the human cost of e-incarceration. Listen and Download HERE This week,... Read Full Article

Nov 7, 19

Kite Line: Families Speak Out Against the Gladiator Fights, Part Two

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio program Kite Line presents the second part of their look at how families of prisoners in... Read Full Article

Oct 28, 19

Kite Line: California Families Speak Out Against Gladiator Fights

Long running anti-prison podcast Kite Line returns with an interview on the use of so-called gladiator fights by prison officials and guards... Read Full Article

Oct 4, 19

Kite Line: Truth and Trauma Part 1 & 2

Long running anti-prison radio show Kite Line presents a two part discussion with Anastazia Schmid. Listen and Download HERE On Part 1, we share... Read Full Article

Aug 30, 19

Kite Line: Three Years of Prison Insurgency

Long running anti-prison radio program Kite Line returns with a discussion on the Bend the Bars conference and a look back at... Read Full Article

Aug 2, 19

Kite Line: Retaliation 101

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line returns with a brand new show. This week, we hear from two people... Read Full Article

Jul 6, 19

Kite Line: Close Dekalb County Jail

Long-running anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line discusses the ongoing struggle to close the brutal Dekalb County Jail, located outside of... Read Full Article

Jun 10, 19

Kite Lite: J11 Reflections on Marius Mason’s Journey Through Federal Prison

This June 11th, anti-prison radio and podcast show Kite Line brings us this special episode on Marius Mason, a long-term anarchist prisoner.... Read Full Article

May 25, 19

Kite Line: Migrant Bodies, Uncaring Medicine, & the Lethal Politics of Detention

Long running anti-prison radio and podcast show returns with a new episode on conditions faced by migrants around the country in detention... Read Full Article

Apr 15, 19

Kite Line: Impacts of the Prisoners’ Movement, Part One

Long running anti-prison radio show and podcast Kite Line looks at the impact of the prisoners’ movement in the period following the... Read Full Article

Apr 9, 19

Kite Line: More Reflections from Mark Cook

Kite Line returns to speak with Mark Cook, a well known radical, Black Panther, and former insurgent from the George Jackson Brigade.... Read Full Article

Mar 29, 19

Kite Line: Policing Los Angeles, Part Two

Kite Line returns to present it’s second installment on policing and counter-insurgency in Los Angeles. Listen and Download HERE Last week, we... Read Full Article

Mar 18, 19

Kite Line: Policing Los Angles, Part #1

This week, Kite Line airs the first of two episodes tracking the rise of police racism and militarization in Los Angeles, from... Read Full Article

Mar 8, 19

Kite Line: Voices From the Grassroots

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show, Kite Line, speaks with new anti-prison history project, Perilous. Listen and Download HERE This week,... Read Full Article

Mar 2, 19

Kite Line: Gladiator Fights in the California Prison System

Kite Line reports on the situation in Central California prisons, where guards continue to stage “dog fights” between different sets of prisoners,... Read Full Article

Feb 15, 19

Kite Line: MDC Protests in New York

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show discusses the explosive protests in Brooklyn against the MDC facility. Listen and Download HERE This... Read Full Article

Feb 13, 19

Kite Line: Life on Pause

Long running anti-prison radio and podcast program Kite Line returns with a brand new episode. Listen and Download HERE This week, we... Read Full Article

Feb 7, 19

Kite Line: Arrested in a Yellow Vest, Part #2

Kite Lines returns with another episode on the ongoing Yellow Vest demonstrations in France. Listen and Download HERE This week,we hear a... Read Full Article

Jan 22, 19

Kite Line: Arrested with a Yellow Vest, Part #1

Update on the State moving to murder Bomani Shakur as well as an interview with someone on the ongoing Yellow Vest movement... Read Full Article

Jan 11, 19

Kite Line: Paths Out of Prison; E-Carceration or Liberation

Long running anti-prison radio show and podcast Kite Line returns with another episode. Listen and Download HERE Since the Ferguson uprising in... Read Full Article

Jan 4, 19

Kite Line: Healthcare Across Borders – A Conversation From a Women’s Prison in Brazil

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line returns with a new episode on health care, Brazil, and beyond. Listen and... Read Full Article

Dec 21, 18

Kite Line: Life After Prison in Brazil

Kite Line presents letters and correspondence from prisoners in Brazil. Listen and Download HERE This week, we have the first of several... Read Full Article

Dec 14, 18

Kite Line: Staying in Touch; A Conversation with Leon Benson

Long running anti-prison radio show and podcast Kite Line returns with another episode. Listen and Download HERE This week, we speak more... Read Full Article

Dec 10, 18

Kite Line: Otay Mesa Detention Resistance

Kite Line interviews a solidarity organizer on the unfolding situation at the border. Listen and Download HERE A new movement of refugees... Read Full Article

Dec 1, 18

Kite Line: Leon Benson in His Own Words, Part Two

Kite Line returns with the second part of a discussion with Leon Benson. Listen and Download HERE This week, we are continuing... Read Full Article

Nov 28, 18

Kite Line: Leon Benson in His Own Words, Part One

Weekly anti-prison podcast and radio shot Kite Line returns with their weekly show. Listen and Download HERE This week, we hear from... Read Full Article

Nov 9, 18

Kite Line: Naming Disability

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line returns this week to discuss the intersections of disability and incarceration. Listen and... Read Full Article

Nov 6, 18

Kite Line: Being Heard; Prison and the Deaf Community

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line returns with its weekly show straight out of Bloomington, Indiana. Listen and Download... Read Full Article

Oct 28, 18

Kite Line: The Long History of Black Resistance and Mass Incarceration

Kite Line returns with a weekly episode. This week, on the history of black resistance to mass incarceration. Listen and Download HERE... Read Full Article

Oct 23, 18

Kite Line: Voices of the Formerly Incarcerated, Part III

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line presents another look at life post-incarceration. Listen and Download HERE This week, we... Read Full Article

Oct 8, 18

Kite Line: Voices of the Formerly Incarcerated, Part One

Long running anti-prison podcast Kite Line presents their newest podcast that includes voices from the formerly incarcerated. Listen and Download HERE This... Read Full Article

Oct 2, 18

Kite Line: The Prisoners’ Movement in the Heartland

Long running anti-prison radio show and podcast Kite Line hosts guests who talk about prison struggles in the MidWest. Listen and Download... Read Full Article

Sep 25, 18

Kite Line: We Know What We Need to Do; Words in the Face of Repression

Kite Line this week talks about repression faced by prisoners in the wake of the prison strike. Listen and Download HERE Across... Read Full Article

Sep 18, 18

Kite Line: Reasons to Fight; Life Inside South Carolina Prisons

Long running anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line speaks to a prisoner about conditions inside the South Carolina prison system. Listen... Read Full Article

Sep 7, 18

Kite Line: The Attica Liberation Faction

Long running anti-prison radio and podcast show Kite Line discusses the Attica Rebellion, the National Prison Strike, and takes prisoner calls. Listen... Read Full Article

Aug 31, 18

Kite Line: Strike Solidarity From Inside South Carolina’s Prisons

Two prisoners discuss actions as part of the National Prison Strike on the anti-prison podcast and radio show Kite Line. Listen and Download... Read Full Article