Records
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.
Correspondence to Alice Krupit
Reproduction of US Bureau of Prisons letter in response to "inquiry regarding Through the Wire, which was recently aired by the Public Broadcasting System." Virtual holding only.
Crime's Causes
Reproduction of comments on "The Crime of Black Imprisonment" by Steve Whitman
Critical Resistance East: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex
Program pamphlet for event on 3/9/2001. Part of conference packet
Crossroad [July - September 2003]
This volume contains: "New Afrikan Declaration of Independence", a manifesto of the New Afrikan Creed, "African Anti-Terrorism Statement" by prisoners of conscious committee is on gentrification, police terrorism, prisons as concentration camps, land grab, education and biological warfare, Pan Africanist Congress of Azania ('south africa'), letter on struggl...
Crossroad [May - June 1999]
This volume contains an article on police brutality in Chicago, statement of solidarity with Mumia Abu Jamal ("A message from innocent men freed from death row"), an op-ed article on why hip hop is dead, the article "Beyond Black and White" speaks about the need for a Black critique with a more holistic concept, "What is the Jubilee 2000 Campaign" deals with...
Cultural Evening in Solidarity with Assata Shakur (Alt Version)
Flyer for a Cultural Evening in Solidarity with Assata Shakur. The reverse side includes information about Assata's arrest and her time spent in jails and prisons, the oppression of women through unwaged labor, and some context around anti-imperialism.
Cultural Evening in Solidarity with Assata and Women in Prison
Flyer for an event in solidarity with Assata Shakur and imprisoned women. Includes context around Assata's case, the anti-imperialist struggle to free third world women, oppression, and more.
Daughter, I Hope to See You When the day of Liberation Dawns
Personal account of the imprisonment of Maria Haydee Torres
December 20 -- Our Theory Will Unite With Our Practice... Afeni Shakur
This statement emphasizes how economic hardship and the lack of basic necessities such as food and adequate shelter drive women to commit small crimes which lead to their imprisonment. It explores the inhumane treatment of women throughout legal proceedings and jail time when being charged for crimes, and provides information about efforts among an emerging...
Defense Bulletin
Statement providing information about the arrest of the LA Five and building a movement in support of the LA Five and all political prisoners and prisoners of war.
Demands of the Sisters Inside
A list of grievances and demands addressed to the concerned people of New York relating to medical care, prison food, pests and vermin, physical abuse, and more. It includes a poem by a Vietnamese woman prisoner and a quote by Ho Chi Minh.
Dennis Brutus Reads One-Hour Yard Poem
Professor Emeritus Dennis Brutus reads Marilyn Buck's poem on her experience in prison.
Desde Las Rejas: Statements by the Eleven Puerto Rican Prisoners of War In the Concentration Camp of Cook County
Statements and Declarations by the FALN 11.
Detention and Corrections Caselaw Catalog (26th Ed., 2016)
Caselaw catalog used by prisoner-rights litigators.
Devorah Major Reads Prison Chant
Devorah Major reads Marilyn Buck's piece on the devastation of incarceration on the family. Devorah Major, San Francisco's third poet laureate, is also a novelist, essayist, teacher and arts activist.
Diary of a Bail-Out
A timestampped account of the step-by-step process of bailing out prisoners at Rikers Island, which processes prisoners from three different jails.
Dona Consuelo Speaks...
This pamphlet includes a message written by the 11 Puerto Rican Prisoners of War to Dona Consuelo regarding the rededication of a childcare center in Dona's name. It also features a short essay from an interview with Dona Consuelo. Contents: Solidarity Message from the 11 Puerto Rican POWs; Interview with Dona Consuelo (taken from El Nuevo Dia); Talking with...
Educational Flyer on Women Political Prisoners
Educational flyer detailing the existence and treatment of women political prisoners in the U.S.
Elana Levy reads I Saw Your Picture Today
Elana Levy reads Marilyn Buck's poem for Lori Berenson, a political prisoner.
End the Marion Lockdown: Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit
Flyer for 12/19 demonstration.