This week, Free City Radio is airing a round table discussion between community organizers and artists working for prison abolition and justice in the Chicago and Montreal areas. 

Hosted by Stefan Christoff, the discussion includes Olivia Dumas who works with formally incarcerated people in the Montreal area doing physiological and social support, Sheena Hoszko who has been involved in Prisoners’ Justice Day and does artwork related to the realities of prisons today in Canada, and Damon Locks and myself (Aaron Hughes) who both do community based art projects with the Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project in Illinois.

This discussion is a window into the organizing work and activism that connects across borders.

The program can be listened on Soundcloud and will air on a network of community and campus radio stations in Canada.

The accompanying image, Open the Gates, is by Damon Locks and available on the graphics page here. 

Links and information on the voices you hear on this program:

Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project: p-nap.org/

Aaron Hughes: justseeds.org/artist/aaronhughes

Damon Locks: damonlocks.black

Sheena Hoszko: sheenahoszko.com

The Prisoner Correspondence Project: prisonercorrespondenceproject.com

Choosing Real Safety: choosingrealsafety.com

The interview program is supported in 2025 by the Social Justice Centre at Concordia University. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains. 

Free City Radio is hosted and produced by Stefan @spirodon Christoff and airs on @radiockut 90.3FM at 11am on Wednesdays and @cjlo1690 AM in Tiohti:áke/Montréal on Wednesdays at 8:30am. On @ckuwradio 95.9FM in Winnipeg at 8am on Tuesdays. On @cfrc 101.9FM in Kingston, Ontario at 11:30am on Wednesdays. Also it broadcasts on @cfuv 101.9 FM in Victoria, BC on Wednesdays at 9am and Saturdays at 7:30am, as well as Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto at 5:30am on Fridays. Now Free City Radio will also be broadcasting on CKCU FM 93.1 in Ottawa on Tuesdays at 2pm, tune-in!