Free Radio

Free radio is known to be an act of a collective expression of the entire community that is most of the time dealing with social and political issues. Also, since the whole society is dealing with discrimination or any other form of injustice, they would stand together and share their voices through “free radio”. Full cooperation by the community is the heart of the radio station, it is what keeps it stronger and able to fight back. For example, the Algerians were able to fight for their liberation through free radio, they found themselves having to oppose the enemy’s news with their own.
Another type of radio was created which is the “prisoner’s radio”. The latter created a connection between the external world and inside the prisoner’s bars. Prisoners are known to be one of the most closed, silent institutions in the justice system, also they are temporarily removed from a specific society that they belong to. The point is to give them a chance to speak because very few have thought of an idea like this, people tend to forget that some are behind bars by mistake, they spend their whole life in that cage because of a misunderstanding.
There are two types of prisoner’s radio programs, first of all, there’s the one that focuses mainly on providing information about prison issues. And second of all, there is one that accepts requests. For example, the latter accepts songs requests from or to prisoners, their families, and even friends. Sometimes the radio shares personal messages, news stories, documentaries and other information that relates to prison and justice issues.