The Prison Show
<p>The Prison Show is a live radio program airing every Friday from 9–11 pm Central on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston since March of 1980. You can watch it on Facebook Live, your favorite podcast platform, or YouTube. Our incarcerated population can watch using their tablets on the Edovo App. So, tune in at your convenience!</p><p>The Prison Show uses the first hour to discuss issues of interest to the incarcerated. The second hour features shout-outs from family and friends in the free world to their loved ones behind wire and bars. </p><p>Everyone is encouraged to call 713-526-5738 option 2 after 9:45 pm for shout outs or you can leave a voice recording during the week on Facebook Messenger or by emailing <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:david@theprisonshow.net">david@theprisonshow.net</a> </p><p>David Collingsworth is the Producer, and Dani Allen is hostess.</p><p>Lobbying by The Prison Show was instrumental in persuading the Texas Legislature to approve the installation of phones in TDCJ for the incarcerated in 2007. Texas was the last state to do so.</p><p>After 4 years of negotiation with TDCJ and Securus, The Prison Show was approved to upload content on the Edovo App so the incarcerated can view or listen for free without having to purchase radios. Edovo is currently available in 45 states for an approximate 900,000 incarcerated population.</p><p>The Prison Show are ex-offenders, teachers, professors, lawyers, chaplains, and activists who see the error in the current prison system and the worth in The American people lost but not forgotten behind wire and bars.</p><p>The Prison Show has through their staff brought together TX C.U.R.E.,<strong> </strong>Texas Inmate Mail Support Advocates, Texas Incarcerated Families Association, The Death Row Angels, End Mass Incarceration Houston, ACLU, Texas Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty, Death Penalty Action, Grass Roots Leadership and TAJ – Texas Advocates for Justice, Texas Prisons Community Advocates, Lioness: Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, Texas Voices for Reason and Justice , Rusty Diamond Network, Texas Harm Reduction Alliance, attorneys Paul Morgan, Gary Cohen, and Terry Peden, Pacifica Radio, and many more local businesses, churches, and organizations who's target audience are the offenders inside the walls of our prison system.</p><p>The Prison Show's mission is to keep incarcerated individuals connected to their families and the outside world, providing a platform for families to share messages and maintain contact. The Prison Show also aims to share relevant news, success stories, and interviews with advocates and the community, while also highlighting important cases and issues within the prison industrial complex. The Prison Show seeks to make the incarceration experience more humane.</p><p>Shout outs can be prerecorded during the week on our Facebook Messenger App by pressing the mic and talking or by emailing a recording to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:david@theprisonshow.net">david@theprisonshow.net</a> Remember, you can always call live Friday nights at 713-526-5738 option 2 after 9:45 pm. Your loved one wants to hear your voice. - Cowboy David</p><p>The Prison Show non-profit charity organization 39-3056060, a national radio show with a multimedia, multi-platform presence focusing on communications with incarcerated persons and their families throughout prisons and jails.</p><p>The Prison Show - 226 Chipmunk Trail - Shepherd, Tx. 77371</p><p><strong>Favorite quotes</strong></p><p>It's time to holler down the pipe chase and rattle them bars!! - Ray Hill</p>
