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A Defiant Heart New Year 1995: Political Prisoner Program
Date: 12/30/1994Call Number: JG/ 089BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
New Year 1995 show with a focus on political prisoners. Accounts of Puerto Rican political prisoners of the earlier 20th century. Reading of an article by Jan Sassler of the People’s Law Office of Chicago in ‘Bulldozer’ magazine that stresses biases in the American parole system. Discusses the San Francisco prison group Out of Control’s work as well as ‘The Key,’ a lesbian and gay prisoner newsletter.
Norma Jean Croy
Date: 8/28/1995Call Number: PM 327AFormat: Cass AProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The Outside Collection: Norma Jean Croy
Norma Jean Croy & the 1978 Hooty Case are discussed in great detail in an interview with Rita Brown and Jane Segal. The claim for self-defense helped Hooty get acquitted from his sentence, but not Norma Jean Croy. She remains at Chowchilla for life. Bo and Jane encourage people to advocate for her release. They also question the government's use of prisons in the U.S.
There Are Women Political Prisoners in the US
Publisher: Out of Control: Committee to Shut Down Lexington Control UnitYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
Information on Lexington Control Unit and the women imprisoned there.
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