Call
The creator calls through the institution’s existing phone system—the same controlled environment already used for outside calls.
THE CREATOR’S VOICE, UNLOCKED
Stories from inside.
Owned by the people
who lived them.
Prison Audio helps incarcerated creators make and publish podcasts, videos, writing, and music—using the secure phone systems already inside.
BUILT FORCREATIVE CONTROLINSTITUTIONAL SAFETYPUBLIC ACCESS
We don’t open a door to the internet.
We open a path to authorship.
Creation tools, production support, and publishing—without bypassing the rules that keep institutions secure.
THE SYSTEM / 01—04
From a prison phone
to a public platform.
A purpose-built voice workflow handles the technical distance between an idea and a finished release.
Create
A guided voice producer helps shape the episode, post, video, song, questions, artwork, and publishing direction.
Produce
Prison Audio edits, masters, formats, captions, and builds platform-ready assets around the creator’s real voice.
Publish
The work reaches Prison Audio and approved public platforms, with creator control and clear ownership.
WHAT STAYS OUTNO THREE-WAY CALLSNO CALL TRANSFERSNO GENERAL INTERNETNO UNRESTRICTED EMAIL
FIND YOUR WAY IN
One platform.
Many reasons to care.
01
I’m incarcerated
Create and publish work you direct.
EXPLORE →02I’m family
Help a loved one’s ideas reach the public.
EXPLORE →03I work in corrections
Evaluate the security model and program value.
EXPLORE →04I teach or research
Build interviews, studies, and class projects.
EXPLORE →05I want to listen & ask
Discover shows and submit a thoughtful question.
EXPLORE →06I make podcasts
Build a series or add an existing show.
EXPLORE →07I want to sponsor
Fund access and reach a focused audience.
EXPLORE →08I make music
Write, perform, produce, and release from inside.
EXPLORE →09I run a nonprofit
Build programs with participation from inside.
EXPLORE →“Society has long accepted incarcerated people as the subjects of media. We’re asking why they can’t be its authors.”
THE CENTRAL IDEA
News reports, documentaries, podcasts, and viral phone videos already put incarcerated lives in public view. Prison Audio changes who holds the microphone and who directs the final work.
For incarcerated creators →MORE THAN PODCASTS
A full creative studio.
Reached by voice.
Podcast
Audio and video episodes with editing, artwork, titles, and distribution.
Short video
Reels and vertical video built from original voice, captions, and custom visuals.
Writing
Blogs, essays, channel posts, and scripts directed conversationally.
Music
Beat selection, guided recording, production, mixing, mastering, and artwork.
Interviews
Outside hosts submit questions; real incarcerated participants answer.
Clips
Share up to 25 seconds and turn a remarkable moment into an episode gateway.
Preview clipping →A PAID SERVICE FOR THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE
Bring the questions.
We will produce the story.
Families, podcasters, journalists, and advocates can turn guided phone answers into a finished episode—with a mastered MP3, transcript, artwork, and optional Prison Audio publication.
BUILT IN CANADA
Ready to build with Correctional Service Canada.
We are a Canadian company with experience supporting creators incarcerated in the United States. We want to develop a defined, secure Canadian pilot collaboratively—with institutional requirements designed in from day one.
THE LINE WE HOLD
Human stories.
Not harm as merchandise.
Prison Audio is not designed to reward sensational retellings of violence or turn victims into marketing devices. A creator may discuss their life honestly. That is different from building a product around glorifying a crime.
Our aim is authorship, reflection, culture, education, and the practical dignity of making something real.
Read the safety and content model →SELECT BETA · NOW OPEN
There is a place for you in this.
We are onboarding a limited group of creators, families, facilities, educators, podcasters, sponsors, and collaborators. Tell us where you fit. We’ll reply personally.