Search Results
2 Documents Found
![The Woman’s Prison at Santa Rita](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 8/18/1967Call Number: PM 140Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Elsa Knight ThompsonCollection: Prisons - Women
Bettina Aptheker Kurzweil, who had just finished serving a 45-day sentence in Santa Rita County jail on charges arising out of her FSM activities, talks with Elsa Knight Thompson. This is an in-depth description of the jail’s physical appearance, daily work schedule, food, the ranking system of the police guards and deputies, the medical facilities and their inadequacies, the economic/ethnic composition of the prisoners, the charges made against the women prisoners and how they are often made worse by the court system, the discrepancies between the women and the men’s prisons, how economic factors effect who goes to this jail, the visiting room and its no child under 14 policy, the library, and the rules. Bettina was pregnant during her time in jail which adds an interesting element to her interview. She also talked about “The Cell” which is the jail’s way of arbitrarily punishing prisoners with solitary confinement. “The Cell” means a minimum of ten days in solitary confinement with no maximum amount declared until the deputy decides it is time for the prisoner to be released. This is a wonderful, genuine, interview that should not be missed.
![Stew Albert Commentary](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 2/13/1969Call Number: KP 340Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: KPFAProgram: CommentaryCollection: General materials
Commentary by well-known activist Stew Albert talking about women's liberation, starting from a list of notable women in US that did not include hardly any who accomplished things on their own.
2 Documents Found