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Welcome to the NPPC Archive. This Archive is a searchable index of the National Political Prisoner Coalition’s records: prisoner profiles, case files, movement periodicals, court documents, and oral histories. It collects, in one place, the materials that document the history of U.S. political imprisonment from the late nineteenth century to the present.

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Alderson Attica Demands

CollectionWomen's Bail Fund PublishersFreedom Archives

This pamphlet includes a list of twenty-eight demands issued by prisoners at Attica State Prison in New York in May, 1971, and 42 demands issued by women prisoners at Alderson Federal Prison, which were presented during a four day sit-in in solidarity with Attica prisoners during the week of September 14, 1971. Many of these demands refer to basic rights suc...

Alejandrina Torres: A Profile of a Puerto Rican Prisoner of War

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateJanuary 1, 1987 PublishersFree Puerto Rico Committee

Biography and account of inhumane treatment at the hands of the US prison system.

Alternative Legal Systems -- China

CollectionWomen's Bail Fund PublishersFreedom Archives

This article provides analysis of how the prison system, judicial system, and law enforcement operate in socialist China, in order to better understand potential alternatives to the current criminal justice system in the US.

America bars Cuban Prison Experts

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1988 PublishersThe Plain Dealer

Reproduction of 6/25/1988 article on US State Department's denial of visas to a delegation of Cubans requesting visits in American prisons.

Amiri Baraka introduces Wild Poppies

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Poet, playwright, essayist, teacher and activist Amiri Baraka introduces the audio compendium of poetry, "Wild Poppies", and describes Marilyn Buck's struggle against imperialism with metaphor.

An Undying Love Flyer

CollectionEldridge Cleaver DateMay 31, 1969 PublishersFreedom Archives

Flyer: "release Eldridge Cleaver rally," at Parole Office in San Francisco, with Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, and Kathleen Cleaver.

An Updated Public Report about the Continuing Lockdown and Torture of the Prisoners at U.S. Penitentiary, Marion

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1984 PublishersMarion Prisoners' Rights Project

3/26/1984 update on conditions of the Marion Lockdown. Accounts of food tampering, abuse, neglect, isolation and cancel of rehabilitation programs included.

Anarchist Black Dragon: Washington State Penitentiary

CollectionPrison - Newspapers PublishersAnarchist Black Dragon Collective

Editorial about sexism and racism in prison; Coverage of August 10th rebellion at Walla Walla State Prison, letter from Carl Harp about early May actions at Walla Walla; press release issued after rebellion, Sex in Prison; Woman Prison Activist Raped by Guard; News on SLA appeal; more.

And Why Was He Our Shining Black Prince: Selected Quotes From Malcolm X

CollectionMalcolm X DateJanuary 1, 1997 PublishersNation Time

Excerpt from Nation Time. Selected quotes from Malcolm X.

Angel Rodriguez Cristobal Commando communique

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateDecember 31, 1982 PublishersFALN

Communique taking responsibility for coordinated attacks against US agencies of repression.

Angela is free! Now we must free Ruchell and all political prisoners!

CollectionWomen's Bail Fund PublishersThe Women's Bail Fund

Flyer with handwritten title announcing Angela Davis' release from prison while demanding the same for Ruchell Magee. Three typed paragraphs about Ruchell, Angela's codefendent, whose trial for murder-kidnap-consipiracy is to begin on August 1. Magee was the only person to survive the attempt to escape from the Marin County Courthouse in 1970, which was led...

Appeal from Notice of Action to the National Appeals Board

CollectionFuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) DateJanuary 1, 1994 PublishersFreedom Archives

Appeal to the United States Parole Commission, United States Department of Justice Regarding unjust denial of parole to Carlos Alberto Torres

Article - Lexington Appeal Decision and Women Political Prisoners

CollectionOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners PublishersFreedom Archives

Includes handwritten notes by Jane Segal. Virtual holding only.

Attica Memorial NYC Flyer

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion PublishersFreedom Archives

Small sized black and white flyer with red and black text reading "ATTICA MEMORIAL NYC SEPT 13 Union Theological Seminary Broadway at 120th St. 7:30 to Midnight $3.00 RALLY BUFFALO SEPT 14 BUSSES $15 662-1192 677-1552"

Attica News April 28, 1975

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateApril 28, 1975 PublishersAttica Brothers Offense Defense/Attica Brothers Legal Defense

Contents include: Amnesty Now!!; Is This a Fair Jury for the Attica Brothers?; "They were there and that's enough"; Splitting the Sky

Attica News June 26, 1975

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateJune 26, 1975 PublishersAttica Brothers Offense Defense/Attica Brothers Legal Defense

Contents include: Summing Up a Frameup; 'Guilty of being conscious...'; 3 Bros. Acquitted; Racists Creeping, Mayor Sleeping; SWAT-- alive and well in Buffalo; Inside the Walls; The Death of Tony Williams; Joann's Trial Begins; Keeping up with the news-- cover-ups; The Truth of the Matter

Attica News March 1973

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateMarch 1, 1973 PublishersAttica Defense Committee

Contents include: Brothers in Court; Brothers' Letters; What Happened at Attica?; 'Law and Order'; State Launches Second Attack on Brothers; Poems from Inside; Attica Guards May Stand Trial for Brutality; Letters from Family and Friends.

Attica News March 28, 1975

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateMarch 28, 1975 PublishersAttica Brothers Offense Defense/Attica Brothers Legal Defense

Contents include: New Attica Trial Will Expose State Crimes; From the Belly of the Whale; KKK Repression at Napanoch; A Black Woman's Perspective; Women's Action Puts Davits on the Spot; Who is Governor Carey?; Human Beings--Not Machines; Letter From Jail- Prison Economics; Criticism of Attica Now- Support Struggle in the Courtroom

Attica Since the Massacre

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateSeptember 30, 1971 PublishersPrisoner Solidarity Committee

Second 8-page newsletter on Attica. Attica executions, terror, continue; Oppressed bury their Attica Dead; Prison Rebellions erupt nationwide; Attica Liberation Faction Statement; Hassan of Auburn Six Speaks; Rockefeller's Other Massacre (Ludlow Colorado, 1914); Bail Fund Women Aid Imprisoned Sisters; Women Prisoners rebel in West Virginia; more.

Attica: Chronology of Events 1971-1974

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion Year1974 PublishersAttica Brothers Legal Defense

A detailed chronology of events leading up to, during, and following the Attica Rebellion.

Attica: Two Decades of Prison Resistance

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateJanuary 1, 1993 PublishersBlack Cat Collective, Nightcrawler ABC; Paterson anarchist Collective

Reproduction of transcript from speech given at Seton hall Law School, NJ

Awakening of a Dragon

CollectionVarious Black Liberation Movement Publications DateJuly 1, 1975 PublishersBlack Community News Letter

Celebrate the Victory of Vietnam Over U.S. Imperialism; Honor Our Fallen One (Melvin Rema Kearney); Communique from the Black Liberation Army; United Nations May 30th Statement in Support of Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners; World's Largest Dope Pushers!; Doctors Are Middlemen; One Pill Can Kill; Methadone Sells Big on Street; more.

Aya de Leon Reads Grito de Vieques

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

Aya de Leon reads Grito de Vieques.

Bangs and Whispers

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1989 PublishersBruce Wright

Speech delivered by Judge Bruce Wright on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the Marion Lockdown.

Bay Area Committee to Defend Political Freedom

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) PublishersBACDPF

Open letter asking people to sponsor BACDPF