Records
George Jackson — Intro [Prisons on Fire]
Intro to the Freedom Archives audio documentary "Prisons on Fire" on George Jackson and the Attica/San Quentin prison rebellions. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Leonard Peltier — What Warriors Do
American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier on what warriors do — from the Freedom Archives audio sample collection. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Ruchell "Cinque" Magee
Recording by or about Ruchell "Cinque" Magee, the longest-held U.S. political prisoner before his 2023 release — incarcerated from 1963 to 2023, the latter half for his role in the August 1970 Marin County courthouse uprising. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
George Jackson: 30 Years Later
Freedom Archives audio program on the 30th anniversary of George Jackson's killing at San Quentin (1971–2001). Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Interview with Herman Bell
Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners interview with Herman Bell, the Black Liberation Army veteran imprisoned from 1973 until his 2018 parole for his role in the BLA's 1971 Foster-Laurie case in New York. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Bonnie Kerness Interviews Sundiata Acoli
Out of Control / American Friends Service Committee's Bonnie Kerness conducts an interview with Sundiata Acoli at Allenwood Federal Prison surrounding his case and conditions of confinement. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
The Struggle Within: 30th Anniversary of the Murder of George Jackson
Freedom Archives feature documenting the 30th anniversary of George Jackson's killing at San Quentin — interviews, archival recordings, and reflection on the California prison movement. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
The Case of Silvia Baraldini
Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners audio program on Italian anti-imperialist political prisoner Silvia Baraldini, held in the U.S. from 1982 to 1999 (including in the notorious Lexington High Security Unit) before her transfer to Italy. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
What is a Political Prisoner? / Definition of Political Prisoners and Control Units
Out of Control program defining the term "political prisoner" and discussing the U.S. control-unit prison system that disproportionately holds political prisoners and prisoners of war. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Hugo Pinell — Rest in Power
Memorial recording for San Quentin 6 / Black liberation political prisoner Hugo "Yogi" Pinell, killed in August 2015 at age 71 less than a week after his transfer out of solitary confinement. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
George Jackson on Fascism
Recorded reading of George Jackson's writings on fascism, from the Freedom Archives Attica/Soledad collection. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
George Jackson on the Soledad Brothers
Recorded reading of George Jackson on the Soledad Brothers — Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette, charged with killing a Soledad guard in 1970. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
George Jackson on Prisoner Unity
Recorded reading of George Jackson on prisoner unity across racial and political lines. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
NPR Report on the Lexington Control Unit
NPR radio report on the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Women's High Security Unit at Lexington, Kentucky — the underground control unit Amnesty International condemned as violating UN minimum rules and that was eventually closed in 1988 after sustained national and international human-rights pressure. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Interview with Susan Rosenberg about Conditions in Lexington Control Unit
Interview with anti-imperialist political prisoner Susan Rosenberg on conditions in the Lexington Women's High Security Unit, where she was held from 1986 to 1988. Sourced from search.freedomarchives.org.
Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)
1987 interviews with the women held at the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Lexington High Security Unit — Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, and Alejandrina Torres — documenting the underground control unit's sensory deprivation, 23-hour cell time, strip searches by male guards, and other conditions condemned by Amnesty International. Sourced from search.freedoma...