Prisons
Currently the United States has 25% of the world's prison population despite only having 5% of the world's population. This totals to around 2.4 million people behind bars. Since the advent of the war on crime and mass incarceration in the 1970s, there has been a sustained movement to abolish the inhumane conditions and tortuous practices of the US prison industrial complex.
The Scope of this collection includes audio, video and a variety of paper materials all pertaining to prisons and the struggle against them. This is an extremely broad collection with a wealth of knowledge from many prison organizations, both inside and outside, active from c. 1970 to present. The collection can be widely organized in four major areas. The first is general information, narratives, statistics, etc about life in prison and America's carceral society. The second is prison newspapers, published by collaborations between prisoners and free supporters. The third is an extensive collection on prison activists and organizations. The fourth is a number of general sub-collections on some notable prisons and the struggles for self-determination and human rights that occurred and continue.
The Scope of this collection includes audio, video and a variety of paper materials all pertaining to prisons and the struggle against them. This is an extremely broad collection with a wealth of knowledge from many prison organizations, both inside and outside, active from c. 1970 to present. The collection can be widely organized in four major areas. The first is general information, narratives, statistics, etc about life in prison and America's carceral society. The second is prison newspapers, published by collaborations between prisoners and free supporters. The third is an extensive collection on prison activists and organizations. The fourth is a number of general sub-collections on some notable prisons and the struggles for self-determination and human rights that occurred and continue.
- Date Range
- 1970-present
Records
Filter Results
Collection
Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
318
Freedom Now
62
American Friends Service Committee
55
Attica Prison Rebellion
31
Control Units
27
Media Type
PDF
700
Audio
30
Video
10
Webpage
8
Image
7
Source Format
Correspondence
122
Periodical
116
Monograph
106
Flyer
95
Article
80
Year
1990
65
1989
56
1988
47
1993
44
1996
42
Title
Letter to Friends
11
Walkin' Steel
6
Break the Chains Newsletter
6
Off the Hook
4
Midnight Special Prisoners News
3
Subject
Prison
322
Political Prisoners
106
Resistance
103
Women
65
Human Rights
56
Author
Nancy Kurshan
16
Steve Whitman
12
Susan Rosenberg
9
Alan Berkman
9
Jan Susler
8
Keyword
control units
58
prison conditions
54
Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML)
52
Marion Federal Penitentiary
51
women in prison
32