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Olivia Messer
about 2 months ago
This essay is an edition of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter from
@themarshallproject.org
and
@mauricechammah.bsky.social
that dives into the music produced in prisons over the last century. Weâve republished it at
@thebarbedwire.com
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thebarbedwire.com/2026/04/14/t...
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The Bootlegging, Blues Singing Star of 1930s Prison Radio
Hattie Ellis was poised for post-prison fame. Then she encountered shotcallers who didnât value her voice.
https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/04/14/the-bootlegging-blues-singing-star-of-1930s-prison-radio/
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The Marshall Project
about 2 months ago
In the 1930s, Hattie Ellis was so beloved for her singing on a prison radio show that the Texas governor pardoned her. But then she vanished.
@mauricechammah.bsky.social
shares what we know about her mysterious career:
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The Bootlegging, Blues Singing Star of 1930s Prison Radio
The Bootlegging, Blues Singing Star of 1930s Prison Radio
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/12/hattie-ellis-prison-blues-redemption-songs?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tmp-bluesky
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Wrote about Hattie Ellis, an incredible blues singer who should be in the canon with Ella, Billie, Buddy, Leadbelly and others. Many thanks to
@texasmonthly.bsky.social
+ Skip Hollandsworth + Caroline Gnagy for unearthing this history.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/12/h...
add a skeleton here at some point
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I've been making a list of every rapper who put out verses over a jail or prison phone. In this story on Mac Dre I mention Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Drakeo the Ruler, X-Raided. There's also C-Murder, Outkast, Wu-Tang Clan, Capone-N-Noreaga. Who else?
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/05/m...
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Mac Dre Used Jail Phones to Record an Album â And Fight the System
Police used the Vallejo, California, rapperâs music against him. He used his jailhouse album to call them out by name.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/05/mac-dre-jail-phone-redemption-songs
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James Broadnax's jury used his own rap lyrics to give him the death penalty. He's scheduled for execution April 30. Killer Mike, T.I. and other rappers are asking the Supreme Court to stop it. And on top of that... someone else confessed to the crime.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/28/t...
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Lyrics Paved the Way to Death Row. But These Rappers Might Save a Life.
The rappers argue that James Broadnaxâs case exemplifies a larger problem in American courtrooms: The use of rap lyrics as evidence.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/28/texas-music-supreme-court-rap-execution
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B. Alexis is the 1st woman to release an rap album from prison. We're not revealing her name due to fears of retaliation. Read more about her at
@themarshallproject.org
+ sign up for a weekly song in our email newsletter: Redemption Songs
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/22/r...
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Meet B. Alexis, the First Woman to Release an Album From Prison
Meet B. Alexis, the First Woman to Release an Album From Prison
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/22/redemption-songs-b-alexis-black-barbie
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Karen Franklin, PhD
12 months ago
Have we been wrong about
#PSYCHOPATHS
? In new book, scholar Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen questions how courts and prisons use psychopathy diagnoses â and whether they should at all. Via
@mauricechammah.bsky.social
at
@themarshallproject.org
#ForensicPsychology
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/06/16/b...
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Have We Been Wrong About âPsychopathsâ?
In a new book, Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen questions how courts and prisons use psychopathy diagnoses â and whether they should at all.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/06/16/book-challenges-psychopathy-diagnosis-violent-crime
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reposted by
Mike LaSusa
3 months ago
This is so cool.
@mauricechammah.bsky.social
found a trove of Texas prison music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s and digitized it with the
@themarshallproject.org
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/10/p...
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Inside a Gold Mine of Texas Prison Music
Until the 1980s, an annual prison rodeo offered a chance for men inside to perform and sell albums. Now weâre making them available to you.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/10/prison-music-texas-rodeo-redemption-songs
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reposted by
Grits for Breakfast
3 months ago
Read this fine article about Texas prison bands then sign up for
@mauricechammah.bsky.social
's limited run newsletter on the topic.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/10/p...
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Inside a Gold Mine of Texas Prison Music
Until the 1980s, an annual prison rodeo offered a chance for men inside to perform and sell albums. Now weâre making them available to you.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/10/prison-music-texas-rodeo-redemption-songs?utm_source=email&utm_medium=subscriber-email&utm_campaign=subscriber-email&utm_source=TMP-Newsletter&utm_campaign=b0ea0bdb2d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_12_07_52&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5e02cdad9d-b0ea0bdb2d-158923801
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