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Committee to End the Marion Lockdown

The Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML) was a movement organization that opposed control unit prisons in particular, and racism and oppression in general. It was founded in 1985 and came to a close in 2000. Over the course of those 15 years, CEML led and organized hundreds of educational programs and demonstrations in many parts of the country and tried to build a national movement against “end-of-the-line” prisons. Along the way the Committee wrote thousands of pages of educational and agitational literature and pioneered new ways of analyzing and fighting against this national quagmire that morphed into the proliferation of the “prison industrial complex.”

Collection includes: Publications on their efforts to shut down the Marion Prison control unit, prevent the opening of USP Florence, CO; protests against toxic water at Crab Orchard Lake; efforts to improve conditions for inmates; efforts to stop the proliferation of Control Units in general; and further human rights and social justice in the US prison system.

Kurshan, N. (2012). OUT OF CONTROL: A Chronological Narrative of the Committee to End the Marion Lockdown's 15 Year Struggle (manuscript ed., p. 1).

Documents

Marion Federal Penitentiary Fact Sheet Marion Federal Penitentiary Fact Sheet
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of war; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Lexington control unit is closed-- now lets end the Marion Lockdown Lexington control unit is closed-- now lets end the Marion Lockdown
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1990Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Includes short piece on the compairson of Lexington and Marion to conditions in other prisons, the prevelance of political prisoners at Marion and the documentary "Through the Wire"
Conference on Racism and the Criminal Justice System Conference on Racism and the Criminal Justice System
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for conference. Includes information on keynote speaker Judge Bruce Wright and list of workshops.
Demonstrate! Marion Prison - April 29th Demonstrate! Marion Prison - April 29th
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of war; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for demonstration on 4/29/1989
People of Southern Illinois We Appeal to You to Oppose the Marion Lockdown People of Southern Illinois We Appeal to You to Oppose the Marion Lockdown
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer dispelling myths by promoters of USP Marion and its five year lockdown. Appeals to citizens of Marion to oppose Marion and the actions of the Bureau of Prisons
Stop the Marion Lockdown! Hear: Dave Dellinger; See: The Video, , Stop the Marion Lockdown! Hear: Dave Dellinger; See: The Video, ,
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for 3/13/1989 lecture and film screening.
Aids in Prison: A forum for Education and Action Aids in Prison: A forum for Education and Action
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for educational event on Aids in the prison environment. Includes list of events.
The Film: Attica The Film: Attica
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for 2/19 film screening of documentary "Attica"
People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit; National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising tribunal for 10/24/1987. Includes general information on Marion and Lexington, schedule, list of witnesses and justices.
End the Marion Lockdown: Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit End the Marion Lockdown: Shut Down the Lexington Control Unit
Publisher: National Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control Unit, National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for 12/19 demonstration.