15th Annual Prisoners’ Justice Day Special Broadcast

We’ll be live on the airwaves on CFRC 101.9FM this Thursday, August 10th to mark Prisoners’ Justice Day.

Tune in at 101.9 FM or stream on cfrc.ca from 7-9pm to hear our annual memorial segments, where we’ll read from a list of names of those who have died inside Canadian prisons and jails since the first PJD in 1974. After the memorial we’ll be hosting a request hour where we’ll play music and supportive messages going out to prisoners who may be fasting, refusing work and holding vigils and events on the 10th to honour those who have died behind bars.

To send music requests and supportive messages, please email us at cfcprisonradio@riseup.net or leave us a voicemail at our new number, which is 613-840-5186.

New voicemail number

Calls From Home’s voicemail number has changed. Messages and song requests can now be left at 613-840-5186.

Calls from Home – Special Holiday Edition, December 21, 2022

Our Calls from Home broadcast on December 21, 2022, on CFRC 101.9FM from 7-9pm was our Annual Holiday Special.

The whole episode was re-broadcast on Christmas Day from 2-4PM. Thank you to everyone who sent in messages of love and support to those incarcerated in the Kingston area.

Here is the archive:

Calls from Home – Holiday Special, December 21, 2022

Calls from Home on December 21, 2022, on CFRC 101.9FM from 7-9pm is our Annual Holiday Special.

Please spread the word to everyone who has a loved one at any of the nearby prisons and jails — Quinte, Collins Bay, Bath, Joyceville, Millhaven, Pittsburgh, Frontenac, and Cape Vincent.

Not only will we have an extra hour of airtime from 7 to 9pm on Dec. 21, but we’ll also be re-broadcasting the entire episode on Christmas Day from 2-4PM.

Give your incarcerated friends and family the gift of hearing your voice and their favourite song!

Get in touch with us at 613-417-3359, cfrcprisonradio@riseup.net, or send us a DM.

Calls from Home – November 30, 2022

Our monthly Calls from Home show, this time from November 30, 2022!

If you would like to send a message or a song request to a Kingston-area prison, please get in touch before the next show!

Calls from Home airs on CFRC 101.9fm in Kingston from 7-8pm on Wednesday evening, the last Wednesday of every month, or you can stream it at cfrc.ca.

To get in touch with a song and/or a message to share, you can leave us a voicemail at 613-417-3359 or email us at cfrcprisonradio@riseup.net.

You can also write to prison radio with song requests or messages for future CFH editions, or with news tips, poetry, ideas for stories for our regular weekly Prison Radio Show.

The address is:

CFRC Prison Radio
427 Princess Street, Suite 409
Kingston, ON
K7L 5S9

CFRC Prison Radio – October 13, 2022

Stories from a special issue of Briarpatch on a world without prisons.

Calls from Home – September 28, 2022

Our monthly Calls from Home show, this time from September 28, 2022!

If you would like to send a message or a song request to a Kingston-area prison, please get in touch before the next show!

Calls from Home airs on CFRC 101.9fm in Kingston from 7-8pm on Wednesday evening, the last Wednesday of every month, or you can stream it at cfrc.ca.

To get in touch with a song and/or a message to share, you can leave us a voicemail at 613-417-3359 or email us at cfrcprisonradio@riseup.net.

You can also write to prison radio with song requests or messages for future CFH editions, or with news tips, poetry, ideas for stories for our regular weekly Prison Radio Show.

The address is:

CFRC Prison Radio
427 Princess Street, Suite 409
Kingston, ON
K7L 5S9

CFRC Prison Radio – September 14, 2022

Readings from ‘Under New Management: Stories About Resistance to Prisons in Ontario & Quebec’.

CFRC Prison Radio – September 7, 2022

A special episode about Governor General’s Award winning author and former prisoner, Roger Caron, reflecting on his life and writing, on the occasion of a screening of a new documentary called Go-Boy: Memories of a Life Behind Bars.

Featuring our interview with Rob Lindsay, director, and Roger’s sister Sue, as well as audio of Roger Caron giving a talk at St. Lawrence College in 1982.

Calls from Home – August 31, 2022

Our monthly Calls from Home show, this time from August 31, 2022!

If you would like to send a message or a song request to a Kingston-area prison, please get in touch before the next show!

Calls from Home airs on CFRC 101.9fm in Kingston from 7-8pm on Wednesday evening, the last Wednesday of every month, or you can stream it at cfrc.ca.

To get in touch with a song and/or a message to share, you can leave us a voicemail at 613-417-3359 or email us at cfrcprisonradio@riseup.net.

You can also write to prison radio with song requests or messages for future CFH editions, or with news tips, poetry, ideas for stories for our regular weekly Prison Radio Show.

The address is:

CFRC Prison Radio
427 Princess Street, Suite 409
Kingston, ON
K7L 5S9