Freedom Archives Prison and Political Prisoners

Resistance to the No Bail Act – New Additions

Prison and Political Prisoners

Greetings, We recently added some new materials to our collection that shed light on people’s resistance to the No Bail Act, a federal preventive detention law (passed in 1984) which… Details

Red Banner with words Santa Cruz Womens Prison Project with Sisters in CIW

Santa Cruz Women’s Prison Project Collection

We recently processed a new collection of materials related to Bay Area women’s’ prison organizing during the 1970s, the Santa Cruz Women’s Prison Project (SCWPP). Through… Details

Resisting Forced Sterilizations

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Hello, We hope this reaches everyone safe and doing as well as possible under the circumstances. While most news around California prison issues is rightly focused on the Covid-19 outbreak,… Details

Celebrate International Women’s Day

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To celebrate International Women’s Day check out these archival videos of demonstrations from 1988 outside of the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, CA. At the time,… Details

Resistance Conspiracy Case

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During my internship at the Freedom Archives, I worked mainly on recording, organizing, and digitizing materials relating the Resistance Conspiracy Case (RCC) and creating a finding… Details

Wild Poppies Project Page Revived

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Hello, Since its release in 2004, Wild Poppies has occupied the space where poetry, the struggle for liberation, imagination and cultural work intersect. The outpouring of poets who… Details

Herman Bell Released

Important Figures, Prison and Political Prisoners

On Friday, April 27, Herman Bell, a 70-year-old respected elder, was released after serving nearly 45 years in prison. Herman was one of thousands of incarcerated older people who was… Details

Grassroots Organizing for Change

Experiences at the Archives, Prison and Political Prisoners, Youth

Hello there! My name is Jesse Escalante and I am a 21-year-old student at San Francisco State University majoring in Sociology and Dance. This past semester I took Grassroots Organizing… Details