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![Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 5/1/1987Call Number: PM 184AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Political prisoners Alejandrina Torres, Silvia Baraldini, and Susan Rosenberg describe their living conditions at the control unit of the federal women’s prison in Lexington which opened in 1986: radical isolation, constant surveillance, sensory deprivation, no personal property, limited visits, etc.
Defined by the government as the most dangerous women in prison for their political activities in various anti-war and liberation movements, Torres, Baraldini, and Rosenberg have been subjected to a sophisticated kind of psychological torture. According to them they have been used as examples of the consequences to be expected if one challenges the hegemony of US power.
The interviews stress the importance of public pressure to have the unit closed.
![Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Date: 5/1/1987Call Number: PM 185AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Same as PM 184
Political prisoners Alejandrina Torres, Silvia Baraldini, and Susan Rosenberg describe their living conditions at the control unit of the federal women’s prison in Lexington which opened in 1986: radical isolation, constant surveillance, sensory deprivation, no personal property, limited visits, etc.
Defined by the government as the most dangerous women in prison for their political activities in various anti-war and liberation movements, Torres, Baraldini, and Rosenberg have been subjected to a sophisticated kind of psychological torture. According to them they have been used as examples of the consequences to be expected if one challenges the hegemony of US power.
The interviews stress the importance of public pressure to have the unit closed.
![The Shame of America - Psychological Torture: US Style- The Case of Alejandrina and Susan](images/thumbnails//29604.jpg)
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarFormat: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
In English and Spanish
![Silvia Baraldini, et al. v. Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, et. al.](images/thumbnails//29603.jpg)
Publisher: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitYear: 1989Format: Legal DocumentsCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Court opinion.
![Special Incapacitation: The Emergence of a New Correctional Facility for Women Political Prisoners](images/thumbnails//29602.jpg)
Publisher: Social JusticeYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. 15-1Format: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Excerpt from Social Justice Vol. 15(1)
![People's tribunal to expose the Crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units](images/thumbnails//29601.jpg)
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown; Committee to Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit; National committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Flyer for 10/24/1987 tribunal.
![Brainwashing in America?: The Women of Lexington Prison](images/thumbnails//29600.jpg)
Publisher: The NationDate: 6/27/1988Volume Number: 27-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Reproduction of article
![A Living Tomb](images/thumbnails//29598.jpg)
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control UnitYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Originally published in The Nation 3/26/1988
![United States of America: The High Security Unit, Lexington Federal Prison, Kentucky](images/thumbnails//29599.jpg)
Publisher: Amnesty InternationalDate: 8/1988Volume Number: AugustFormat: ReportCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Reproduction of full summary and report.
![Women Political Prisoners in the US Ad](images/thumbnails//29597.jpg)
Pages 5-6 of 6/26/1988 issue; Page 6 scanned. Full page ad prepared by Out of Control