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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

Prepared Remarks for April 20th, 1996 Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners Prepared Remarks for April 20th, 1996 Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Author: Mardge CohenYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Presented 4/20/1996: Mardge Cohen, a physician at Cook County Hospital, gives testimony on her work with families affected by HIV and poor people's heathcare.
Mass Incarceration and control Units: Crime Control or Social Control? Mass Incarceration and control Units: Crime Control or Social Control?
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1995Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Transcript of presentations Alan Berkman, Nozomi Ikuta, Sanyika Shakur, Jose Lopez from program held on October 21, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois.
Speech by Nancy Kurshan at Celebration of William Kunstler, Chicago Illinois, November 5, 1995 Speech by Nancy Kurshan at Celebration of William Kunstler, Chicago Illinois, November 5, 1995
Author: Nancy KurshanYear: 1995Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Virtual holdings only.
The Honorable Robert W. Kastenmeier Statement on the Federal Penitentiary in Marion, Illinoise The Honorable Robert W. Kastenmeier Statement on the Federal Penitentiary in Marion, Illinoise
Author: Robert W. KastenmeierYear: 1990Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
May 4, 1990: Judge Kastenmeier's statement to the CEML protestors voicing his concern for the safety of inmates at Marion. Part of packet - see 3.correspondence.ceml.quinlan.1990
Bangs and Whispers Bangs and Whispers
Publisher: Bruce WrightYear: 1989Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Speech delivered by Judge Bruce Wright on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the Marion Lockdown.
Address to the Town of Marion, April 29,1989 Address to the Town of Marion, April 29,1989
Author: C.J. ReynoldsPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of Statement of purpose for the demonstration, message to Marion Warden Henman, message to residents of Marion.
ABC News: 20/20: "America's Toughest Prison"; "Much Ado About Nothing?"; "From Paris to Peoria" ABC News: 20/20: "America's Toughest Prison"; "Much Ado About Nothing?"; "From Paris to Peoria"
Publisher: ABC NewsYear: 1988Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Transcript of 20/20 episode aired 3/18/1988. Includes "America's toughest Prison" piece including Timothy Blunk, Randy Gomez; David Matas; Gregorio Pardo-Cervants; Imam Hakim
USP-Marion, Part III USP-Marion, Part III
Authors: Jacki Lyden, Paula SchillerPublisher: National Public RadioYear: 1987Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of transcript from 12/16/1987 radio broadcast on the conditions and behavior modification techniques at Marion Prison.
Transcript of The People's Tribunal to Expose the Crimes of the Control Units Transcript of The People's Tribunal to Expose the Crimes of the Control Units
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1987Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Transcript includes: Preface; Introduction; Opening Remarks; The Indictment; the Families; The Activists; The Attorneys; The Sponsoring Organizations; The Justices; Resources.
Tribunal Statement: From Women PP's and POW in HSU Tribunal Statement: From Women PP's and POW in HSU
Authors: Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, Alejandrina TorresYear: 1987Format: TranscriptCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Statement given at People's Tribunal to Exposé the crimes of the Marion & Lexington Control Units