In an era marked by using social media and instant messaging to talk to each other, there is something quite beautiful about sitting with a group of people writing letters. What makes it even more beautiful and important is that we are writing to prisoners.

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Reading by Jamila.

Artwork by Rory Robertson-Shaw.

DOPE Magazine is a street newspaper about politics, art and culture. Each issue we print 40,000 copies, and hand them out for free to anyone who wants to sell them in the street. Each year, we make roughly 1/2 million pounds for our mainly homeless vendors. By subscribing to DOPE Magazine, you can support our vendors and help us to continue spreading radical ideas on the streets. Go to dopemag.org to subscribe. 

Thanks to the MayDay Rooms for the audio studio.