Liberation Amplified

Prison Transparency Project

Liberation Amplified: a collective sound, is a podcast by the Prison Transparency Project. Across Canada, Argentina, and Spain, we look at how truth travels, how accountability is demanded, and how the rights and freedoms of incarcerated people are defended. Here, we gather many voices. Scholars, people with lived experience of incarceration, friends and family on the outside, grassroots organizers, NGOs, legal advocates, journalists and artists, oversight agencies, and so many others. Together, in solidarity, we aim to build bridges of knowledge and resistance. This podcast maps the voices of those who fight for liberation every day. Those who organize, who create, who imagine otherwise, who refuse to give up. We pay tribute to the power that already exists. And we are here to amplify that power and organization. Visit prisontransparencyproject.com to learn more about this project. Liberation Amplified is co-produced by Deeana Deal, Natacha Guala, Quimey Martinez Magarzo, and Eva Danielson. The music in the episode is taken from a song called "You Will be Missed", written and performed by Robert Campbell, talented friend of and advisor to the PTP. The artwork is taken from a piece called Rising from the Shadows, created by another talented friend and advisor, Timothy Felfoldi. To hear the entire song and view the entire artwork, visit prisontransparencyproject.com/podcast The PTP is made possible through funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and is also supported by and headquartered at Carleton University.

Episodes

  1. The P4W Collective Memorial Garden

    JAN 15

    The P4W Collective Memorial Garden

    In this second episode of Liberation Amplified, we return to the voices of Fran and Heather, two women who experienced incarceration at the Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario. This episode continues our two-part series on the creation of the P4W Memorial Collective, narrated by Deeana Deal. Joining them is Natacha Guala, an Argentinian lawyer and researcher currently working as a postdoctoral fellow with the PTP. We learn how, in the summer of 2015, more than a hundred people gathered on the grounds of the now-closed P4W for what was meant to be the final in a series of Healing Circles. For many, it reopened wounds — but it also sparked a collective purpose: to remember those who lived and died behind those walls and to ensure their stories would never fade away. The P4W Memorial Collective emerged from that moment. For many of its members — including former prisoners Fran Chaisson, Laurel Klaus, Jackie Davis, and Ann Hansen — remembering became a shared act of resistance and care. Guided by Indigenous Elders and inspired by the concept of relational memory, the Collective transforms remembrance into community action — a way to challenge injustice and to honour those still facing harm within Canada’s prisons. Through these voices, we explore how memory becomes a living form of resistance — a garden that continues to grow, carrying forward the strength, resilience, and creativity of incarcerated women across Canada. Listen in, remember with us, and help keep these voices alive. To learn more about the Collective and their important work, please visit https://p4wmemorialcollective.com/

    37 min
  2. Memories of P4W

    JAN 15

    Memories of P4W

    In our first episode, we listen to Heather and Fran, two women who experienced incarceration at the Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario. Guided by Deeana Deal — advocate, researcher, law student, and consultant with the Prison Transparency Project — we explore how incarceration shapes women’s lives, relationships, and communities. These are stories of sisterhood, pain, organizing, and resistance. Listen, stay with us, and help amplify these voices and their struggles. Visit https://p4wmemorialcollective.com/ to learn more about the members, history, and work of the P4W Memorial Collective.

    26 min
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About

Liberation Amplified: a collective sound, is a podcast by the Prison Transparency Project. Across Canada, Argentina, and Spain, we look at how truth travels, how accountability is demanded, and how the rights and freedoms of incarcerated people are defended. Here, we gather many voices. Scholars, people with lived experience of incarceration, friends and family on the outside, grassroots organizers, NGOs, legal advocates, journalists and artists, oversight agencies, and so many others. Together, in solidarity, we aim to build bridges of knowledge and resistance. This podcast maps the voices of those who fight for liberation every day. Those who organize, who create, who imagine otherwise, who refuse to give up. We pay tribute to the power that already exists. And we are here to amplify that power and organization. Visit prisontransparencyproject.com to learn more about this project. Liberation Amplified is co-produced by Deeana Deal, Natacha Guala, Quimey Martinez Magarzo, and Eva Danielson. The music in the episode is taken from a song called "You Will be Missed", written and performed by Robert Campbell, talented friend of and advisor to the PTP. The artwork is taken from a piece called Rising from the Shadows, created by another talented friend and advisor, Timothy Felfoldi. To hear the entire song and view the entire artwork, visit prisontransparencyproject.com/podcast The PTP is made possible through funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and is also supported by and headquartered at Carleton University.

Information

  • Creator
    Prison Transparency Project
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Prison Transparency Project 2026
  • Show Website
    Liberation Amplified