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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.
Kite Line #31: Escaping From an Immigrant Detention Center, Part One
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In 2002, imprisoned refugees inside Australia’s Woomera immigration prison coordinated with 2500 outside supporters who had pitched camp outside the facility. Their coordination...
Kite Line #30: Support Communities
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This episode, we focus on two individuals who are working to organize support systems for communities that are directly affected or...
Kite Line #29: Families and Prison, Part Three
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Our focus for this episode returns to the impact of incarceration on families. First we have a discussion between our friend...
Kite Line #28: Education in Prison, Part Two
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We return to the topic of education within the prison system. After some prison news, we hear a statement written by someone who taught...
Kite Line #27: Off Paper
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In this episode, we introduce a new topic, going “off-paper.” When prisoners finish their time and re-enter the free world, they...
Episode #26: Histories of Resistance in Ohio’s Prisons
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We go to the neighboring state of Ohio this week in order to dig into the history of Midwestern prison resistance....
Kite Line #24: The Muse on the Inside
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Our topic this week is creativity behind bars. We showcase poetry from prisoners working with the Indiana Prisoners’ Writing Project, a...
Kite Line #23: Childbirth in Prison
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This week, we hear some prison-related news and then return to the topic of pregnancy in prison. We continue our discussion...
Kite Line #22: Spaces of Exception; Resilience in Prisons and on Reservations
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This week, we explore various spaces of exception. We spoke with Matt Peterson, a documentary filmmaker and contributor to a multimedia...
Kite Line #20: Community Policing
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This week, we are sharing a conversation we had with Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Blue and American...
