Records
Eugene V. Debs — Canton Speech (1918)
Debs's June 16, 1918 antiwar speech and trial record under the Espionage Act. Debs is the foundational U.S. Espionage Act political prisoner (10-year sentence, Atlanta federal pen); he ran for president from prison in 1920.
FAM Pamphlet (Free Alabama Movement)
Foundational pamphlet of the prisoner-led FAM/Free Mississippi Movement.
FBI File on Russell Means
FBI file on AIM co-founder Russell Means. Surveillance file on Means around Wounded Knee 1973; directly tied to AIM political-prisoner cases including Leonard Peltier.
Fact Sheet on The Proposed Prison in Florence, Colorado.
Outlines history of Marion and intentions for Florence, CO. Part of packet (enclosure 4)
Form Letter to Judge Kathleen Parker
Form letter urging Judge Kathleen Parker to release Geronimo Pratt from prison
Free All Prostitutes, Free All Prisoners
This statement provides a list of demands by the Women's Bail Fund, such as an end to arrests for all "crimes" of survival, including prostitution, pre-trial detention, and more.
Free Book on Marion; Religious Leaders Work to end the Marion Prison Lockdown
Reproduction of: Note on book about Marion prison and associated issues being available for Free from Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier; Newspaper clipping on Conference for Education and Action on the third Anniversary of the Marion Lockdown.
Free Geronimo Pratt!
Flyer urging support for Geronimo Pratt, imprisoned as a result of COINTELPRO activities.
Free Our Sisters In Jail
This flyer includes information about the prison conditions impacting women held at Rikers Island, both without trial and serving sentences. It also describes the work of the Women's Bail Fund and calls for support through various ways of contributing.
Free Our Sisters in the Rikers Concentration Camp
This flyer includes a statement in solidarity with the prison rebellion at Attica and the sympathy demonstration by women at Alderson prison. It lists the human rights abuses that take place at Rikers Island and charges Rockefeller for crimes committed against Black and brown populations, as well as the poor.
Free Puerto Rico! March/April 1990
Newsletter of the Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence. Articles include "April 4, 1990: Puerto Rican POWs mark 10 years in US prisons, Looking Back . . . Moving Forward"; "Puerto Rican Prisoner of War Ida Luz Rodriguez Speaks... " Free Puerto Rico Committee is a national organization working under the lead...
Free Puerto Rico! November/December 1989
Newsletter of the Free Puerto Rico Committee, North Americans in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence. Articles include "Senate Committee Approves Puerto Rico Status Bill"; "Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Jaime Delgado Speaks . . ."; "Filiberto Ojeda Rios Not Guilty!"; "Thousands of Dollars Raised for Hurricane Hugo Victims"; "Lexington Ruling Reversed...
Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Pamphlet on the campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war. 2nd copy incomplete. Includes: What is ProLibertad?; Who Are the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War?; Puerto Rico's colonial case; Arrests; Punitive Sentences; Human Rights violations. Includes call to action.
From Marion to Florence - Shut Down the Control Units
Advertisement for 10/23/1993 protest.
General Defense Committee: Release All Class War Prisoners (Broadside)
IWW broadside demanding release of all 'class war prisoners' jailed under wartime Espionage and state criminal-syndicalism statutes; signed by William D. Haywood.
General Petition to US Bureau of Prisons
Regarding conditions and existance of lockdown.
Green Scared? Some Lessons from the FBI Crackdown on Eco-Activists
Analysis of Operation Backfire, the FBI's 2005-2006 crackdown on ELF / ALF activists, including how the federal cases unfolded and what they teach. Directly addresses Daniel McGowan, Jonathan Paul, Stanislas Meyerhoff, Chelsea Gerlach, Briana Waters, and other Green Scare prisoners.
Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane
Poem (sort of) included in David Hilliard manilla folder along with parole documents referenced above and below
Harrisburg telegraph — 1918-09-14 (Eugene Debs Espionage Act (sentencing))
Day-of report on Debs sentenced to 10 years federal prison
History of the Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Includes: History of Control Unit Prisons; How we Define "Control Unit"; History of the Campaign; Structure. Part of 6/16/1995 mailing.
How to Survive a Felony Trial
First-person practical guide to navigating a felony prosecution as a political defendant. Used widely across political-prisoner support networks as a pre-prison briefing for new defendants.
Human Rights Group Rips Marion Prison
Reproduction from 5/31/1987 article on Amnesty International's report, "Allegations of Ill-treatment at Marion Prison".
Human Rights in the US: The Unfinished Story of Political Prisoners/Victims
This pamphlet was adapted from the transcript of the September 14, 2000 forum that Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga) hosted during the Congressional Black Caucus's legislative weekend in Washington DC. It could not have been published without the expert editorial work of Laura Whitehorn and Susie Day.
Hunger Strike Halted statement by the 10 P.O.W.
Statement of the FALN regarding ending of 10 day hunger strike in protest of denying Alfredo Mendez Habeas Corpus.