Rachel
03-04-2009, 12:10 AM
Ray Hill · Founder, Producer & Host “The Prison Show”
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Ray was sentenced to 160 years in prison in Texas. While in prison, he became a jailhouse lawyer and reformed his sentence to just eight years. As a Trustee, he completed his sentence in four years, four months, and ten days.
Ray's accomplishments are many, but it should be noted that among them are winning four Federal suits against the City of Houston, including a landmark First Amendment U.S. Supreme Court Case: City of Houston V. Hill 107 S. Ct 2502, and in 2005 Ray was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Houston, Texas ACLU.
However, most of us will know Ray from Pacifica Radio’s “The Prison Show” which has been broadcast every Friday on KPFT 90.1 FM since March 1980.
The State of Texas doesn't yet permit inmates to have access to telephones or the internet. So for many inmates The Prison Show is the only way for them to hear the voices of their relatives, loved ones and friends between the visits which often come much too rarely due to the financial hardships they entail.
During the first hour of the program Ray, the gang, and sometimes special guests discuss current issues and review the week's mailbag. In the second hour they take the calls that make the show so special, as the callers connect to talk to their family members, friends and loved ones within the Texas prison system.
This will be the first time that Ray has been a guest speaker for PTO. We are looking forward to welcoming him at our 2009 National Conference.
Find more info here: The Prison Show (http://www.theprisonshow.org/)
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Ray was sentenced to 160 years in prison in Texas. While in prison, he became a jailhouse lawyer and reformed his sentence to just eight years. As a Trustee, he completed his sentence in four years, four months, and ten days.
Ray's accomplishments are many, but it should be noted that among them are winning four Federal suits against the City of Houston, including a landmark First Amendment U.S. Supreme Court Case: City of Houston V. Hill 107 S. Ct 2502, and in 2005 Ray was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Houston, Texas ACLU.
However, most of us will know Ray from Pacifica Radio’s “The Prison Show” which has been broadcast every Friday on KPFT 90.1 FM since March 1980.
The State of Texas doesn't yet permit inmates to have access to telephones or the internet. So for many inmates The Prison Show is the only way for them to hear the voices of their relatives, loved ones and friends between the visits which often come much too rarely due to the financial hardships they entail.
During the first hour of the program Ray, the gang, and sometimes special guests discuss current issues and review the week's mailbag. In the second hour they take the calls that make the show so special, as the callers connect to talk to their family members, friends and loved ones within the Texas prison system.
This will be the first time that Ray has been a guest speaker for PTO. We are looking forward to welcoming him at our 2009 National Conference.
Find more info here: The Prison Show (http://www.theprisonshow.org/)