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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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About the New York Three

CollectionPolitical Prisoners AuthorsNY3 Freedom Campaign West Coast Committee PublishersNY3 Freedom Campaign West Coast Committee

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.

BK/NY – Tuesday, August 30th – Solidarity With International Anarchist Political Prisoners

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — NYC DateAugust 27, 2016 PublishersAnarchist Black Cross Federation

WHAT : Political Prisoner Letter Writing Dinner WHEN : 7pm sharp, Tuesday, August 30th, 2016 WHERE : The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below) NOTE : The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has a gender neutral toilet.

Buried Alive in the Lexington Women's Control Unit (1989)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners Year1989 PublishersNational Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit

Campaign pamphlet documenting conditions endured by women political prisoners held at the Lexington High Security Unit in Kentucky.

Chicano Political Prisoners — Committee to Free Alvaro Hernandez & Alberto Aranda (Dec 7, 1990 Tribunal)

DateDecember 7, 1990 AuthorsAlvaro Hernandez; Alberto Aranda; Committee to Free Alvaro Hernandez and Alberto Aranda PublishersMovimiento de Liberacion Nacional Mexicano

Submission of the Committee to Free Alvaro Hernandez and Alberto Aranda (Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Mexicano) to the December 7, 1990 Special International Tribunal on U.S. political prisoners, held on International Human Rights Day. Documents the cases of two Chicano political prisoners held in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Alvaro Hernand...

Did You Know That… (Puerto Rican POWs Educational Packet)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political Prisoners

Educational packet with portraits of 12 Puerto Rican prisoners, background on the independence struggle, calls for amnesty, and methods of support.

Expose the Prisons, Free the Prisoners — Angela Davis Defense Committee

CollectionPolitical Prisoners PublishersAngela Davis Defense Committee

Angela Davis Defense Committee pamphlet calling for exposure of U.S. prison conditions and the release of political prisoners.

Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsProLibertad PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

ProLibertad campaign materials for the Puerto Rican independentista political prisoners and prisoners of war.

In Contempt #2 December 2025 (abridged)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsIt's Going Down PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Abridged "In Contempt" column on political prisoners.

In Contempt #2 December 2025 (full print)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsIt's Going Down PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Full-print "In Contempt" column on political prisoners.

It's Time to Bring Them Home (1999) — Puerto Rican POWs Campaign

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 1999 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

Bilingual organizing packet for the 1999 campaign to free the Puerto Rican political prisoners, including action items, sample letters, prisoner addresses, and biographies.

New Afrikan / Black Political Prisoners & Prisoners of War: Conditions of Confinement

CollectionFreedom Archives PublishersFreedom Archives

Report on conditions of confinement for New Afrikan / Black political prisoners and POWs.

On Casey Goonan and the Abandonment of Political Prisoners in the Pro-Palestine Movement

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year2025 AuthorsAnonymous PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Anonymous critique of how the pro-Palestine movement has treated imprisoned organizer Casey Goonan.

On the Question of Political Prisoners

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Year1995 AuthorsSafiya Bukhari PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Safiya Bukhari's theoretical framework for what makes someone a political prisoner.

Palestine Political Prisoners Booklet

CollectionFreedom Archives Year2016 AuthorsAddameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association

Bilingual (Arabic/English) Palestinian political-prisoner organizing handbook produced by Addameer.

Political Prisoners in the U.S.: An Organizing Handbook

CollectionFreedom Archives AuthorsMalcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) PublishersFreedom Archives

Movement organizing handbook for political-prisoner support campaigns produced by MXGM.

Political Prisoners, Prisons and Black Liberation

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2013 AuthorsAngela Davis PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Angela Davis's foundational essay on political prisoners, the carceral state, and Black liberation.

Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation (2018 reprint)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Boston Year2018 AuthorsAngela Y. Davis PublishersBoston Anarchist Black Cross

Angela Y. Davis's foundational essay on political prisoners and Black liberation; 2018 Boston ABC reprint.

Rattling the Cages: Continuing the Struggle Inside Out

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsRay Luc Levasseur, Ashanti Alston PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Long-term former political prisoners on ongoing struggle (Rattling the Cages series).

Rattling the Cages: Political Prisoners, Mass Incarceration, Abolition

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsHerman Bell, David Gilbert, Susan Rosenberg PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Long-term political prisoners Herman Bell, David Gilbert, and Susan Rosenberg on political imprisonment and abolition (Rattling the Cages series).

Rattling the Cages: Post-Prison Activism — Archiving Resistance

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsClaude Marks, Jake Conroy PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Former political prisoners Claude Marks (Resistance Conspiracy) and Jake Conroy (SHAC 7) on archiving movement history after release (Rattling the Cages series).

Raze the Walls: Palestine Solidarity Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross AuthorsAbolition Media PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Documentation of Palestine-solidarity political prisoners on hunger strike.

Robert Seth Hayes Tri-Fold Pamphlet

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — NYC DateFebruary 6, 2017 PublishersAnarchist Black Cross Federation

We have been made aware of an awful piece of the Governor’s budget proposal that that would affect thousands of folks in New York State (NYS) prisons, including all of the political prisoners in New York who we list in our guide .

Solidarity Statements from U.S. Political Prisoners to the Palestinian Struggle

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross Authorsvarious U.S. political prisoners PublishersSouth Chicago Anarchist Black Cross

Collected statements of solidarity from U.S. political prisoners to the Palestinian liberation struggle.

The International Campaign for Puerto Rican Prisoners of War

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

Pamphlet outlining the international campaign to free the Puerto Rican POWs and political prisoners, with calls for unconditional amnesty and immediate release plus prisoner mailing addresses for letter-writing.

Towards a 1992 without Puerto Rican Prisoners of War or Political Prisoners

CollectionPuerto Rican POWs Year1992 PublishersNational Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners

Brochure calling for amnesty and unconditional release of the Puerto Rican POWs and political prisoners and an end to colonialism in Puerto Rico by the 1992 quincentennial. Encourages letter-writing, joining the National Committee, and political education.