The Prison Show
The Prison Show is a live radio program airing Fridays from 9 – 11 pm Central Time on KPFT FM 90.1 Houston, streaming at www.kpft.org.
The Prison Show on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston uses the first hour to discuss issues of interest to convicts. The second hour features shout-outs from family and friends in the free world to their loved ones behind bars.
David Collingsworth is our Producer, and our Hostess is Dani Allen.
Ex-con and gay activist Ray Hill founded “The Prison Show” on Houston’s KPFT 90.1 FM station in 1980; Ray produced and hosted it for three decades and remained involved as a trusted advisor to the day he died. Lobbying by The Prison Show was instrumental in persuading the Texas Legislature to approve the installation of prison payphones for convicts in 2007. Texas was the last state to do so.
The Prison Show Gang is a motley crew of ex-offenders, teachers, professors, lawyers, chaplains, activists, ex-politicos, male and female who see the error in the current prison system and the worth in The American people lost but not forgotten inside. Every Friday since Ray created The Prison Show, the show has connected Texas prison inmates with their loved-ones and friends on the outside who cannot easily call or visit.
The Prison Show has through their staff brought together Texas Incarcerated Families Association, End Mass Incarceration Houston, ACLU, Texas Coalition To Abolish The Death Penalty, Death Penalty Action, Grass Roots Leadership and TAJ – Texas Advocates for Justice, Texas Prisons Community Advocates, The Cohen Parole Law Team, The Death Row Angels, Lioness: Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, Texas Voices for Reason and Justice , Rusty Diamond Network, Pacifica Radio, and many more local businesses, churches, and organizations who's target audience are the offenders inside the walls of our prison system.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 118 minutes
- Episodes
- 78
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
The Prison Show September 5th 2025
September 5th 2025
Tonight on The Prison Show, we will be live from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow, y’all can catch us on our YouTube Channel or your fa…
The Prison Show August 29th 2025
August 29th 2025
Tonight on The Prison Show, we will be live from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow, y’all can catch us on our YouTube Channel or your favor…
The Prison Show August 22nd 2025
August 22nd 2025
Tonight on The Prison Show, we will be live from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow, y’all can catch us on our YouTube Channel or your favo…
The Prison Show August 15th 2025
August 15th 2025
Tonight on The Prison Show, we will be live from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow, y’all can catch us on our YouTube Channel or your favo…
The Prison Show August 15th 2025
August 15th 2025
Tonight on The Prison Show, we will be live from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow, y’all can catch us on our YouTube Channel or your favor…
The Prison Show August 8th 2025
August 8th 2025
Due to illness tonight show was originally aired on May 2nd 2025
The Prison Show will be on Facebook tonight from 9-11 pm Central time and broadcasting on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas…
The Prison Show August 1st 2025
August 1st 2025
Tonight, The Prison Show will be live from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow, y’all can catch us on our YouTube Channel or your favorite p…
The Prison Show July 25th 2025
July 25th 2025
Tonight, The Prison Show will be live from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow, y’all can catch us on our YouTube Channel or your favorite po…
The Prison Show July 18th 2025
July 18th 2025
Tonight, on The Prison Show we welcome –
· Tanuke “Tangi” Smith – Founder and Executive Director of Texas Federation of the People Foundation and KPFT’s Community Advisory Board…
The Prison Show July 11th 2025
July 11th 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. Tomorrow you can catch us on YouTube Channel and your favo…
The Prison Show July 4th 2025
July 4th 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favori…
The Prison Show June 27th 2025
June 27th 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favor…
The Prison Show June 20th 2025
June 20th 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favor…
The Prison Show June 13th 2025
June 13th 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favor…
The Prison Show June 6th 2025
June 6thth 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favo…
The Prison Show May 30th 2025
May 30th 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favori…
The Prison Show May 23rd 2025
May 23rd 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favori…
The Prison Show May 16th 2025
May 16th 2025
The Prison Show is live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time on Facebook Live and broadcasting over 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can catch us on our YouTube Channel and your favorit…
The Prison Show May 9th 2025
May 9th 2025
The Prison Show will be on Facebook live tonight from 9-11 pm Central time and broadcasting on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can also watch the videos on our YouTube Channel or cat…
The Prison Show May 2nd 2025
May 2nd 2025
The Prison Show will be live on Facebook tonight from 9-11 pm Central time and broadcasting on 90.1 FM KPFT in Houston, Texas. You can also watch the videos on our YouTube Channel or c…