Records
Letter/Phone Campaign to Shut Down Lexington Control Unit
Flyer requesting volunteers to write or phone the Bureau of Prisons to shut down the Lexington control unit
Logistical Plan for marion Demo, 4/29/1989
Includes: Location; arrival time; departure time; comments notes.
Marion Appeal Press Conference
Press conference on the appeal of Bureau of Prisons decision to keep the Marion Lock down, they're treatment of prisoners in violation of Human Rights standards and the 8th Amendment, and the classification of prisoners or lack thereof. Speakers include Dr. Steve Whitman and Attorney Jan Susler.
Marion Prison: Hell In a Very Small Space
Article on the social, political and personal experiences of prisoners at the Marion Lockdown.
Marion Prisoners Rights Project update, The Lockdown
10/11/1984 report on the conditions of the Marion Lockdown and the struggle against it's inhumane existance.
Marion: The Prisoners Speak
Collection of statements by prisoners at Marion. Reproduction.
Mass Incarceration and Control Units in Prisons: Mind Control or Social Control?
About closing the control units at Marion Prison. Nancy Kurshan of CEML (Committee to End the Marion Lockdown), Dr. Alan Berkman who has provided medical care for Black Liberation Army and Panther members as well as AIM activists at Wounded Knee in the 1970s. Berkman also speaks about being a former political prisoner, the prison system and control units as...
Morton Sobell--Human Rights Activist--To Visit Chicago
6/1/1987 Announcement of Morton Sobell speaking engagement
Ms. Gibes-You're Wrong!
Reproduction of editorial piece in response to condemning comments on April editorial "Ends Lockdown at Marion Penitentiary".
NPR Report on Marion Lockdown
Jacki Lydon reports on the 3rd year of the Marion lockdown. Describes conditions, who is imprisoned and why, and allegations of ill treatment and Human Rights violations. Includes interviews with administration and inmates. Transcript is available for download: http://www.freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC3_scans/3.inside.marion.008.pdf
No Contamination of Federal Prisoners! Background on Florence, CO Area Contamination
Details air and water contamination at USP Marion. Part of Packet (Enclosure 5)
No Racist War! No Racist Prisons! No Racist Society!
Pamphlet on race and the US prison system. Details genocidal practices.
Open Letter
Letter to CEML members about 4/18/1986 demonstration and asking for donations, as well as open letter requesting attendance
Outline of Book
Handwritten outline of book describing the mechanisms and conditions of USP Marion, IL.
Presentation by Steve Whitman to the November 1, 1986 Conference to end the Marion Lockdown as {art of the Workshop on the Changing Nature of the US Prison System
Discusses prison rates and the link to race.
Prison Group Report on Marion: Calls for Continued Monitoring, Report Cites "Uneasy calm"
Reproduction of press release 1/9/1986. "A 20-page document released today… reports on the prison watchdog's recent inspection of the super-maximum security United States Penitentiary in Marion Illinois."
Racism in Prison System is Topic of Lawyers Guild Meet
Reproduction of 7/23/1988 article on the Lawyers Guild luncheon discussion of the disproportionate numbers of African Americans in the US prison system
Reflections at Marion
Reflection on the conditions at Marion. Recollections of abuse guards. Call for the closing of Marion and Lexington.
Reflections on the First Year of the Control Unit Prison at Florence
Collection of personal essays from prisoners. Sent to the October 21st program.
Report Back from the Marion/Lexington Demonstration
Flyer advertising a memorial event in honor of Malcolm X's Birth.
Report to the Prisoners at Marion About the Congressional Hearing on March 29, 1984
3/26/1984 Report of testimony to the inumane, unconstitutional and counter-productive conditions of the Marion Lockdown.