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Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)

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.

Solidarity Statement from Silvia Baraldini and Susan Rosenberg

Authors: Silvia Baraldini and Susan RosenbergDate: 2/6/1988Volume Number: 6-FebFormat: StatementCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women

Statement to the "Women in Control Units" Event, New York City.

Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)

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.

Report on the High Security Unit for Women Federal Correctional Institution Lexington, Kentucky

Publisher: National Prison Project of the ACLU FoundationDate: 8/25/1987Volume Number: 25-AugFormat: ReportCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women

Report written from experiences of two National Prison Project Staff attorneys and a correctional psychologist and criminalogist who undertook a tour of Lexington Prison.

Stop the Sexual and Psychological Torture of Women Political Prisoners and POWs

Publisher: New Movement in Solidarity with Puerto Rican IndependenceFormat: PamphletCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women

Connecting the imprisonment of political prisoners in Lexington to repression of the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle.

The Shame of America - Psychological Torture: US Style- The Case of Alejandrina and Susan

Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarFormat: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women

In English and Spanish

Special Incapacitation: The Emergence of a New Correctional Facility for Women Political Prisoners

Author: Gilda ZwermanPublisher: Social JusticeYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. 15-1Format: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women

Excerpt from Social Justice Vol. 15(1)

Brainwashing in America?: The Women of Lexington Prison

Authors: William A. Ruben, Carlos NormanPublisher: The NationDate: 6/27/1988Volume Number: 27-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women

Reproduction of article