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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.
![Laura Whitehorn and Marilyn Buck interviews](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
A phone interview with Marilyn Buck & Laura Whitehorn. They talk about women in prison and how all prisoners are oppressed by a capitalist system. They also discuss the importance of prisoners supporting each other - specifically about supporting Puerto Rican political prisoners and the campaign to repatriate Silvia Baraldini to Italy. They also use the example of the Marion Control Unit to show how prisons are inhumane and repressive, describing repression in the institution as limiting people’s ability to function.
![Silvia Baraldini interview in Marianna, FL](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Interview with Silvia Baraldini from Marianna prison in Florida. Silvia discusses her conspiracy RICO case, the liberation of Assata Shakur, being in prison with Helen Woodson, and being diagnosed with cancer.
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