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![USP Florence-Pelican Bay SHU](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: V 427Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Story on CNN in the 1990s. ADX Florence has been called “the Alcatraz of the Rockies” and CNN repeats the official government position that ADX Florence - the worst control unit prison - is a "place for prisoners who have committed crimes against other prisoners." One of the interviewee’s is political prisoner Oscar López-Rivera.
Special on Pelican Bay by 60 Minutes. Interviews include several prisoners and prison guards about their experiences in Pelican Bay. It also recounts how prisoners sued the state of California for human rights violations and torture.
![Control Units: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: V 563Format: VHSProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Basic introduction to the Marion control unit prison and the spread of its techniques, with historical background, data tables on growth of prison population, violations of human rights/torture, political prisoners, overall structure of white supremacy and the role of prisons as control mechanism for people of color and social justice movement leaders.
![Control Units: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: V 641Format: DV CamProducers: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Excerpts from a Basic introduction to the Marion control unit prison and the spread of its techniques, with historical background, data tables on growth of prison population, violations of human rights/torture, political prisoners, overall structure of white supremacy and the role of prisons as control mechanism for people of color and social justice movement leaders.
![Killing us Softly and scientifically: Update on M.C.C.](images/thumbnails//27730.jpg)
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control UnitsYear: 1996Format: CorrespondenceCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Update on the current conditions and reality at MCC/MCF, Westville, IN. Part of 11/1996 mailing.
![Public morality and the Supermax Prison: Madison Urban Ministry Social Justice Task Force](images/thumbnails//27778.jpg)
Statement against building supermax prison in Madison, WI and the psychological effects of isolation and sensory deprivation on inmates. Part of 8/1997 mailing.
![What is a Supermax Prison?](images/thumbnails//29250.jpg)
What is a supermax prison?; Who gets put into supermax prisons and control units?; What are the effects on inmates?; What are the effects on guards?; What are the effects on the community?; conclusions.
![Topical Survey: Super Max Facilities and Units](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Summary for Corrections AdministratorsYear: 1993Volume Number: WinterFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
Reproduction of Original Article.
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