Records
Brough to You by Amerikkka's "Control Units"
Reproduction of handwritten essay by prisoner.
Compilation of Reports on Marianna Prison (prior to its opening)
Compilation of Reports about Marianna Prison before its opening. Letter (June 30, 1988) from Jan Susler to the women political prisoners who will be held in Marianna Prison regarding a conversation she had with the warden's executive assistant about the new prison, privileges and more. A report by Sue Sturtz about a tour of the prison, its layout, the visiti...
Control Unit Prisons
A brief factsheet about Control Unit Prisons and their conditions.
Control Unit Prisons: Health and Human Rights Violations
Presented to the American Public Health Association on November 15, 1988 by the Socialist Caucus. Contents include: The Health Affects of Control Unit Prisons; APHA Opposes Lexington High Security Unit; The Women of Lexington Prison; Victory in Lexington Lawsuit; The Marion Control Unit; United Nations Position on Puerto Rican POWs; Public Health Decimates P...
Control Units: An Opressive New Order in US Prisons
Brief article by Nancy Kurshan about the proliferation of control units with specific focus on Marion and Florence and organizing against them.
Marianna - The BOP's Marion for Women
Essay on the opening of Marianna FCI, FL and the governments efforts to transfer female political prisoners there.
Marion Mind Control Prison of Today
History and conditions of Marion prison's Control Unit.
Method(s) of Placement - Management control Unit (MCU) - Trenton State Prison
Reproduction of packet on conditions and placement criteria in New Jerseys Control Units.
Midwest Regional Hearing: Control units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Advertising the event Control Units, Prisons and Political Prisoners
NPR Report on Marion Lockdown [mp3]
Jacki Lydon reports on the 3rd year of the Marion lockdown. Describes conditions, who is imprisoned and why, and allegations of ill treatment and Human Rights violations. Includes interviews with administration and inmates. Transcript is available for download: http://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC3_scans/3.inside.marion.008.pdf
Personal essay of experience at Marianna FCI Women's Unit
Reproduction of handwritten personal essay describing Carol Manning's experience at Marianna Prison. A typed copy of this material is also available.
Shawnee Control Unit: A Control Unit for Women
Recent campaigns against control units have ignored or obscured the use of control units against women and important milestones in the history of control units for example the Cardinal Unit at Alderson and the Lexington Control Unit. This writing challenges this tendency by focusing on Shawnee Control Unit at Marianna Prison in Florida. Psychological control...
Social control and the Politics of Prisons!
Reproduction. Contains articles by Sundiata Lumuba; Hatari WaHaki; Dharuba Cinque Kalahari; Daud Obika Tulam; Kareen Stovall; Gene Jones; Ojore Nuru Lutalo; Bill Sanderson; Peter Page; and Tom Manning. Also includes Rothman DJ. The American Way of Jail (review of Crime and Punishment in America by Elliott Currie and Sensible Justice: Alternatives to Prison b...
The Case Agains M.C.U.
Information about the control unit of Trenton State Prison in New Jersey.
Voices on and of Prisons
Steve Whitman on: The basics of imprisonment rates, racial hysteria and its beginnings, what kind of people are in control units and how control units are used against political prisoners, as well as the Amnesty International investigation into control units violations of human rights.
What is a Supermax Prison?
What is a supermax prison?; Who gets put into supermax prisons and control units?; What are the effects on inmates?; What are the effects on guards?; What are the effects on the community?; conclusions.
Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL
Fall 1992 article: "This paper was written to break with the secrecy and silence on Shawnee Unit; to recognize women as equal participants in the struggle to shut down all control units; and to be responsible to ongoing political struggle."
Youth Institute on Prisons, Racism and Society
Sponsored by the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons, participants develop an understanding of crime, prisons, and racisms through readings, discussions and presentations as well as gain the skills necessary to organize and participate in campaigns to change the current criminal justice system.
[Graphic: Control Unit]
Reproduction. A lot of the Prisoners cant cope with the constant lockdown. They deteriorate mentally.- Ojore N. Lutalo