Records
1990 Tribunal Fundraiser & Registration Letter
September 15, 1990 registration packet and fundraising appeal for the Special International Tribunal on Human Rights Violations of Political Prisoners and POWs in U.S. Prisons, held December 7-10, 1990 at Hunter College, New York City. Signatories include Daniel Berrigan, Margaret Randall, and Rafael Cancel Miranda. Companion piece to the Dec 7 1990 Chicano...
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance — Document No. 1 (1978)
Document submitted on behalf of the four imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalists (Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irvin Flores, Andres Figueroa Cordero) laying out the factual and legal basis for their release after 25 years.
25 Years of Struggle, 25 Years of Resistance — Document No. 2 (Lolita Lebron, 1978)
Memorandum from imprisoned Puerto Rican Nationalist Lolita Lebron on Puerto Rico and the Nationalist prisoners taken after the November 1, 1954 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
6th Anniversary of the Assassination of George Jackson — San Quentin Demonstration
August 21 Coalition demonstration flyer commemorating the 6th anniversary of George Jackson's August 21, 1971 killing by San Quentin guards. Includes a fact sheet on white-supremacist attacks against Black prisoners in the California system.
A Brief Report on the April 1 Appeals Hearing
4/1/1988 appeal of the denial of the class action suit filed by the prisoners at Marion to end the lockdown
A Living Tomb — The Nation on the Lexington Women's Control Unit (1988)
March 26, 1988 reprint of The Nation's investigative report on the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Lexington High Security Unit, the basement control unit at FCI Lexington, Kentucky used to hold women political prisoners Susan Rosenberg, Alejandrina Torres, and Silvia Baraldini under sensory-deprivation conditions. Distributed by the National Campaign to Abolish...
A Prisoner Remembers the Attica Massacre
An interview conducted by Liberation News Service with Chris Reed, a 23 year old black inmate who participated in the rebellion and was indicted with 18 other inmates on 34 counts of first degree kidnapping.
A Public Report About Violent Mass Assault Against Prisoners and Continuing Illegal Punishment & Torture of the Prison Population at the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois
Details events and conditions of the initial Marion Lockdown.
A Report From Inside Attica
A special 8 paged newsletter on Attica. Contents include: Unity and Courage vs. Rockefeller's Machine Guns; Report from inside Attica; Prisoners' Relatives Tell Their Story; Protests over Massacre Erupt in Many Cities; For These Demands They Died
A Report on the Marion/Lexington Demonstration (with media reports and solidarity messages from prisoners)
Details history of CEML, the Conference for Education in 1985, and preparations for the demonstration at Lexington and Marion on 4/19/1986.
ATTICA: "We are men. We are not beasts and will not be driven as such"
See the Movie "Attica" and learn about the Pontiac Rebellion.
Abolish Rockefeller's Prison Committee: Immediate Implementation of the Prisoner's Demands
This flyer calls for Rockefeller's Prison Committee to be abolished, providing context for some of the crimes related to Attica which took place under Rockefeller, and for the immediate implementation of prisoner's demands.
Abolish!
A Call to Action; No Exit Criteria: Northeast Hearings on control unit prisons; Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons and Political Prisoners; Seeking Justice for the Imprisoned: West Coast builds anti-control unit work; Colorado's People's Hearing: The People speak out on the racist imprisonment binge, control units and political prisoners.
About the New York Three
Informational pamphlet from the New York Three Freedom Campaign West Coast Committee on the case of Black Panther political prisoners Herman Bell, Anthony 'Jalil' Bottom, and Albert 'Nuh' Washington — convicted of the 1971 deaths of NYPD officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini.
Afeni Shakur: Lessons from Panther 21 Trail
Afeni Shakur draws lessons from the Panther 21 trail and encourages people to support political prisoners by attending court sessions as witnesses.
Afeni Shakur: Racial Solidarity in Prisons
Afeni Shakur speaks about the importance of being in solidarity with political prisoners, Sam Melville at Attica prison, how Attica uprising is a prime example on how racial solidarity can be effective and how even prison guards can be supportive of incarcerated revolutionaries.
Afeni Shakur: Solidarity during Panther 21 Trail
Afeni Shakur speaks about the constant support the 21 Panthers received from people who showed up every day to the trails, including school children, and how this has affected the jury positively. In addition, she addresses the complex relation between political prisoners and guards and how some guards showed gestures of solidarity by, for instance, fasting...
Aids in Prison: A forum for Education and Action
Flyer for educational event on Aids in the prison environment. Includes list of events.
Alabama's Atticas — Inmates for Action Statement (Atmore-Holman)
Inmates for Action / Atmore-Holman Brothers Defense Committee statement critiquing the Alabama prison system and the state repression that followed the 1974 Atmore-Holman prison rebellions and the killing of guards at the Atmore (G.K. Fountain) facility. A companion document to the Pontiac Brothers and Attica Brothers organizing of the same period.
Alderson Attica Demands
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
Biography and account of inhumane treatment at the hands of the US prison system.
Allegations of Ill-Treatment in Marion Prison, Illinois (Amnesty International, May 1987)
May 1987 Amnesty International report documenting allegations of guard mistreatment of prisoners at USP Marion (the federal Control Unit), with correspondence chain regarding requests for an official investigation.
Alternative Legal Systems -- China
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
Reproduction of 6/25/1988 article on US State Department's denial of visas to a delegation of Cubans requesting visits in American prisons.
An Updated Public Report about the Continuing Lockdown and Torture of the Prisoners at U.S. Penitentiary, Marion
3/26/1984 update on conditions of the Marion Lockdown. Accounts of food tampering, abuse, neglect, isolation and cancel of rehabilitation programs included.