Prison Radio

Anderson (2013) has defined prison radio as what works for the prisoners or what the prisoners engages with in which they cover issues related to prisoners or deliver demands and requests. For instance Anderson (2013) talked about an interview where a prisoner appreciated the time others spent working for the sake of him or other prisoners. the engagement of the prisoners could be done through workshops that pave the way for them to participate in media production itself or through interviews to let the outer world recognize this slice of the society which can also be described as the “active community” Fanon (1994) where prisoners have actual engagement with the radio.

Prison radio (Anderson, 2013) can also be prescribed as “free radio” (Dunifer, 2010) where the prison radio’s purpose is to serve the community and let the community engage and participate with which is clear of what prison radio does in order to deliver the voices of the prisoners and let them engage in the society. This free radio engagement relieve the individuals who feel isolated to the population due to their incarceration and connect them with matters of communication (Anderson, 2013).

References:

Heather Anderson (2012): Facilitating Active Citizenship: Participating in Prisoners’ Radio, Critical Studies in Media Communication, DOI:10.1080/15295036.2012.688212

Dunifer, S. (2010). Latitudes of Rebellion: Free Radio in an International Context [read excerpts]. In Langlois, A., Sakolsky, R., and van der Zon, M. (Eds.) Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada. Vancouver: News Star Books. Retrieved from:http://www.newstarbooks.com/pdfs/books/9781554200504-Resistance-web.pdf

Fanon, F. (1994). This is the Voice of Algeria [read excerpts]. In: Fanon, F. (ed.), A Dying Colonialism, trans. H. Chevalier. New York: Grove Press. Retrieved from: http://www.campusincamps.ps/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fanon-this-is-the-voice-of- algeria.pdf