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CALLS FROM HOME

Thousand Kites is excited to offer community radio stations and individuals the 9th annual national radio program Calls From Home.   Calls From Home, produced in the coalfields of central Appalachia, reaches a national network of prisoners, their loved ones and public listeners through community radio.  We need your help in make this year a success.  Get involved.

Stop Prisoner Renting

Thousand Kites is taking on the practice "prisoner renting," where states ship prisoners out of state in a profit making scheme that hurts families and communities

Record Prisoner Poetry

Prisoners send us their poetry and essays. Volunteer with Thousand Kites to record these pieces and help prisoners get their voices on the radio and web.

Incarceration Nation Map
Incarceration Nation Map: a prison mapping and image bank that (un)earths the presence of prisons in our communities using Google Earth videos and user generated content. 

Media Justice, Criminal Justice

Kites is taking the lead in incorporating media justice issues into the criminal justice reform movement. As policy follows perception, we believe it is necessary to bring criminal justice reform issues to light through public-controlled media. Find out more.

WRIT WRITER

Thousand Kites is pleased to partner with the producers of WRIT WRITER, a new PBS documentary that follows the story of Fred Cruz, a jailhouse lawyer fighting the Texas penal system. Learn more.

STOPMAX

Thousand Kites and the American Friends Service Committee are partnering on grassroots outreach for the STOPMAX campaign to abolish solitary confinement and torture in U.S. prisons, using the documentary film Up the Ridge. Get involved.

PROJECT SITE | LOUISVILLE

We are happy to announce a new Thousand Kites project in Louisville, KY, using theater, media and other activities created to spark a dialogue about the criminal justice system. Get involved.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA | Asheville

We are delighted to announce a Thousand Kites site has launched in Asheville, NC, in partnership with UNC-Asheville. Kites is a multi-media arts project created to spark a dialogue about the criminal justice system. Get involved .