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Out of Control – Table of Contents

Out of Control: A 15-Year Battle
Against Control Unit Prisons

By Nancy Kurshan

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Please Don’t Let Me Slip Away
  3. Hell in a Very Small Place
  4. Our Work Begins: 1985-1986
  5. Welcome to the Vortex
  6. A Moving Community
  7. Developing a Rhythm – 1986
  8. Permanent Lockdown – 1987
  9. A People’s Tribunal – 1987 Continued
  10. The Lexington Victory – 1987
  11. Joining the Work – 1988
  12. Can’t Jail the Spirit – 1988, Continued
  13. We Confront the Head of the Bureau of Prisons – 1988
  14. Toxins on Tap – 1989
  15. Do the “Wright” Thing! – 1989
  16. Water, Water, Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink – 1990
  17. Spring Bursts Out All Over – 1990
  18. On the Road – 1990
  19. Walkin’ Steel – 1991
  20. Two, Three, Many Demonstrations – 1992
  21. The Work Quadruples – 1993
  22. The Road to Hell – 1993
  23. The Imprisonment Binge—Don’t Believe the Hype – 1994
  24. Necks Sticking Out – 1994 Continued
  25. Our Eleventh Year – 1995
  26. Regional Hearings, National Coordination – 1996
  27. 25 Years since Attica—Marion Revisited – 1997
  28. New Directions and Difficulties – 1998
  29. Conclusion

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