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Lexington Prison Interviews (1987)
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)
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.
You Can’t Jail the Spirit: Political Prisoners in the United States
Call Number: PM 226Format: CassetteProducers: Gloria AlonzoCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
This program takes a look at political prisoners within the United States and their contributions and efforts to the social justice movement. The program takes a look at four specific cases. The first portion of the program addresses Cuban detainees being held without due process in U.S. federal prisons. The second part takes a look at Haitian refugees in the U.S. The third part discusses Irish national Joseph Daugherty who was imprisoned in 1983 without being charged of a crime within the U.S. The final portion of the program takes a look at the case of Silvia Baraldini, an Italian national who was imprisoned on charges of conspiring to free prominent Black Panther leader Asada Shakur and conspirancy to commit a bank robbery.
Wishlist of Political Prisoner Pardons, 1994
Call Number: JG/ 086BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Wish list of New Year's resolutions for Bill Clinton focusing on political prisoners and prisoners of war, 1994. Eulogy for AIDs activist Michael Callen. Requests for the retrial and/or pardoning of political prisoners Leonard Peltier, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu Jamal, and Silvia Baraldini and for the pardoning of Puerto Rican prisoners of war, with background information on each of their situations.
Out of Control Lesbian Committee
Date: 8/28/1995Call Number: PM 317Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Rita Brown and Jane Segal discuss the Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. They organize to support women political prisoners, publish a newsletter and are organizing a grassroots movement. The interview includes a discussion of their lives as political activists.
Sparks Fly: Women political prisoners
Date: 11/1/1996Call Number: V 392Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Audio messages from women political prisoners on the occasion of the 7th annual Sparks Fly event organized to commemorate the day of international solidarity with women political prisoners.
Laura Whitehorn and Marilyn Buck interviews
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.
Lexington Female High Security Unit
Call Number: CD 740Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
News clips and short interviews with women at Lexington Control Unit prison - Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, Alejandrina Torres.
Silvia Baraldini interview in Marianna, FL
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.
"Where we Live" with Silvia Baraldini
Date: 4/16/1991Call Number: PM 393Format: CassetteProgram: Where we LiveCollection: Silvia Baraldini
Program on Silvia Baraldini with host Sally OBryan and guests Elizabeth Fink, attorney for Silvia Baraldini, and an Italian journalist discussing Silvia's transfer to Italy. Also, a phone conversation with Silvia Baraldini from Marianna, FL.
