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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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LIBERTAD - Vol. XI-III - April 1990

CollectionLibertad DateApril 1, 1990 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

10 Years of Relentless Struggle. Contents: Perspective by Elizam Escobar and Alberto Rodriguez; Letters from Haydee Beltran; Interviews with William Morales; Exclusive Interview with William Morales Part 2; Alberto Rodriguez; Special Section: 10th Anniversary POW Capture.

Laura Whitehorn COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage

CollectionGovernment Repression PublishersFreedom Archives

Radical activist and former political prisoner/WUO member who was targeted by the federal government.

Letter on Formation of Out of Control

CollectionOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners DateDecember 7, 1987 PublishersOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners; Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit

12/7/1987 Letter announcing the formation of Out of control

Letter on Human Rights Violations from prisoners in Lucasville, OH

CollectionLucasville/Skatzes PublishersFreedom Archives

Summary of a document entitled "COMPLAINT Regarding Human Rights Violations at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility" filed to Amnesty International by prisoners incarcerated in the Administrative Control Unit in at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, OH.

Letter to Douglas Dougherty: Appendix E: Protesters Stage Vigil at Prison

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown PublishersDenver Post

Letter to Janet Reno

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1993 PublishersCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown

3/27/1993 Expresses concerns over plans to open a supermax prison in Florence, CO.

Letter to Nancy Kurshan

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1993 PublishersUS Department of Justice: Federal Bureau of Prisons

5/10/1993 letter in response to 3/27/1993 letter with comments on "the issue of administrative maximum security operations".

Letter to Prisoners Requesting Messages

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1989 PublishersCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown

4/2/1989 correspondence to prisoners regarding 4/29/1989 demonstration at Marion. Requests messages to be read at demonstration. Refers to enclosed flyer on event

Letter to Sisters and Brothers

CollectionOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 1991 PublishersOut of Control

Letter describing charges of homophobia against Freedom Now for excluding Bo Brown from a tribunal featuring former political prisoners.

Letter/Phone Campaign to Shut Down Lexington Control Unit

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1987 PublishersCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown

Flyer requesting volunteers to write or phone the Bureau of Prisons to shut down the Lexington control unit

Lexington Control Unit--What can I do About it?**

CollectionOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners PublishersOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners; Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit

Flyer to advertise letter and phone campaign as well as writing to prisoners

Liberated Guardian

CollectionAttica Prison Rebellion DateFebruary 1, 1973 PublishersHard Rain, inc.

Includes articles on Attica and prison struggle.

Liberation Calendar 1978

CollectionNew Afrikan Prisoners Organization DateJanuary 1, 1978 PublishersNew Afrikan Prisoners Organization

Calendar published by the New Afrikan Prisoners Organization including historic events in left history. Each month highlights a different struggle, ranging from national liberation movements to prison rebellions, with an emphasis on New Afrika.

Libertad - July 1988

CollectionLibertad DateJuly 1, 1988 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

In this issue, a message from the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriquena (MLN-PR) announces the release of national hero William Guillermo Morales from the Mexican government; a message prepared for a mobilization to Lexington Prison in protest of the control units demands respect for the human rights of prisoners Alejandrina Torres and Silvia Bara...

Load Every Rift With Ore: Critical Reflections on the J20 Trial and Support Campaign

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

40-page critical retrospective on what the J20 support campaign got right and wrong — lessons-learned document for future political-prisoner support campaigns.

Lolita Lebron on a National Tour to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

CollectionMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional (MLN) PublishersMLN Comite Nacional Pro-Libertad Prisioneros de Guerra Puertorriquenos Prairie Fire Organizing Committee New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and Socialism

Announcement about Lolita Lebron on a national tour to free Puerto Rican prisoners of war sponsored by: MLN, National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War, National Coordinating Committee Against Repression, New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican Independence and Socialism.

Louisiana on Lockdown - Solitary Confinement Report

CollectionSolitary Watch Year2019 PublishersSolitary Watch / ACLU

700+ survey responses documenting solitary use in Louisiana prisons.

MOVE — FBI File

CollectionFBI Vault — Surveillance Files Year1985 PublishersFBI Vault

FBI file on the MOVE organization, Philadelphia. Surveillance file on MOVE — whose members (MOVE 9, Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters) are core U.S. political prisoners — covering the period of the 1978 Powelton Village confrontation.

Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2025 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Guide to preparing social movements for state repression and terrorism designations under the second Trump administration. Explicitly addressed to people likely to be targeted as political prisoners.

Malik's Poems, Vol. 3 (Print Zine)

Year2026 AuthorsMalik Muhammad PublishersInternet Archive (community upload)

A poetry zine by political prisoner Malik Muhammad, released April 2026 by supporters via Internet Archive. Malik is a Black anarchist organizer from Portland, Oregon prosecuted for actions during the 2020 George Floyd Uprising and currently incarcerated in Oregon state prison. The zine includes his most recent mailing address for letters of solidarity. Sour...

Marianna - The BOP's Marion for Women

CollectionControl Units PublishersFreedom Archives

Essay on the opening of Marianna FCI, FL and the governments efforts to transfer female political prisoners there.

Marilyn Buck Reads Concrete Cocoon

CollectionMaterials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies" PublishersFreedom Archives

An excerpt from "The Order: 9 AM PDT", read by the author. Part of "Incommunicado: Dispatches from a Political Prisoner"

Marion Mind Control Prison of Today

CollectionControl Units DateJanuary 1, 1976 PublishersCommittee to defend the Marion Brothers

History and conditions of Marion prison's Control Unit.

Marion Prison's Toxic Water: The Slow Death Penalty

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown PublishersFreedom Now!; John Brown Anti-Klan Committee; Committee to End the Marion Lockdown; Prairie Fire Organizing Committee

Demonstration on 4/24/; no year.

Marion Prison: Hell In a Very Small Space

CollectionCommittee to End the Marion Lockdown DateJanuary 1, 1978 PublishersThe Catholic Worker

Article on the social, political and personal experiences of prisoners at the Marion Lockdown.