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Lexington Prison Interviews 1987
Date: 5/1/1987Call Number: CD 779Format: CDProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
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. The interviews stress the importance of public pressure to have the unit closed.
The Case of Silvia Baraldini
Date: 4/16/1991Call Number: CD 787Format: CDProducers: Sally O'BrianProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Silvia Baraldini describes her harsh treatment and that of other U.S. political prisoners. Her attorney, Elizabeth Fink, comments on the lack of evidence presented at trial and the extreme sentencing and punishment of Baraldini at the Lexington Federal Prison. Italian member of Parliament Emma Bonino, and Italian journalist Patricia Lambroso comment on Italian parliamentary and public support for Baraldini.
Pelican Bay Prison
Date: 11/25/1994Call Number: CD 796Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
About the inhuman conditions of Pelican Bay control unit prison. Prisoners describe how the prison prevents them from receiving pictures from home. The prison also prohibits having books, because they can be used as weapons. Also mentioned was the lack of health services and the difficulty of obtaining medications.
Political Prisoners in US Control Units
Date: 1/24/1992Call Number: CD 797Format: CDProgram: KPFA BrainstormCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Discussion of Control Unit prisons with interviews by Bo Rita Brown. Interview with Dr. Corey Weinstein, and Political Prisoners Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldini while imprisoned at Marianna, Florida.
CEML Ex-Prisoner Panel and Discussion
Date: 3/16/1990Call Number: CD 814Format: Cass A & BProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Former political prisoners talking about their struggles, cases and the cruel policies and procedures of control unit prisons.
NPR Report on Lexington Control Unit
Date: 10/1/1986Call Number: CD 819Format: CassetteProducers: National Public RadioCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Jacki Lyden reports on the lawsuit challenging the placement of Susan Rosenberg, Alejandrina Torres and Sylvia Beraldini in the Lexington control unit, which resulted in Lexington's closure.
Florence Prison and the Fight to Free Oscar Lopez
Date: 1/20/1995Call Number: CD 802Format: CDProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Lugo Lopez and Alejandro Molina of the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War (Chicago) protesting the imprisonment of Oscar Lopez, sentenced to 75+ years on seditious conspiracy charges for his political work in Puerto Rico.
Legacy of Torture: Trailer
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Freedom Archives Productions
In 2005 several former members of the Black Panther were held in contempt and jailed for refusing to testify before a San Francisco Grand Jury investigating a police shooting that took place in 1971. The government alleged that Black radical groups were involved in the 34-year old case in which two men armed with shotguns attacked the Ingleside Police Station resulting in the death of a police sergeant and the injuring of a civilian clerk. In 1973, thirteen alleged "Black militants" were arrested in New Orleans, purportedly in connection with the San Francisco events. Some of them were tortured for several days by law enforcement authorities, in striking similarity to the horrors visited upon detainees in Guant�namo and Abu Ghraib. In 1975, a Federal Court in San Francisco threw out all of the evidence obtained in New Orleans. The two lead San Francisco Police Department investigators from over 30 years ago, along with FBI agents, have re-opened the case. Rather than submit to proceedings they felt were abusive of the law and the Constitution, five men chose to stand in contempt of court and were sent to jail. They were released when the Grand Jury term expired, but have been told by prosecutors that "it isn't over yet."
Legado de tortura (Legacy of Torture with Spanish Subtitles)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Freedom Archives Productions
Documental que narra los atropellos y persecuciones de las que fueron objeto los activistas del Partido Pantera Negra, una organización política afroamericana de los Estados Unidos que dedico su lucha y esfuerzo a una meta básica: obtener para su integrantes "tierra, pan, vivienda, educación, vestido, justicia y paz"