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The Case of Silvia Baraldini
Date: 4/16/1991Call Number: PM 267Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Sally O'BrianProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Silvia Baraldini
Silvia Baraldini describes her harsh treatment and that of other U.S. political prisoners. Her attorney, Elizabeth Fink, comments on the lack of evidence presented at trial and the extreme sentencing and punishment of Baraldini at the Lexington Federal Prison. Italian member of Parliament Emma Bonino, and Italian journalist Patricia Lambroso comment on Italian parliamentary and public support for Baraldini.
Sanyika Shakur on "60 Minutes" and home video
Date: 10/21/1995Call Number: V 335Format: VHSProducers: CBS, Sanyika ShakurProgram: 60 minutesCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Former LA gang member Sanyika Shakur is interviewed in prison by "60 Minutes" following the release of his autobiography, Monster. Shakur discusses at length his political transformation from “Crip” to revolutionary, his citizenship in the Peoples Republic of New Afrika, political education and the influence of other political prisoner writings. He also discusses why politically conscious prisoners are isolated in Pelican Bay, where he was held.
USP Florence-Pelican Bay SHU
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.
Sanyika Shakur - 60 Minutes and home video
Date: 10/21/1995Call Number: V 478Format: VHSProducers: CBS, Sanyika ShakurProgram: 60 MinutesCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Former LA gang member Sanyika Shakur is interviewed in prison by "60 Minutes" following the release of his autobiography, Monster. Shakur discusses at length his political transformation from “Crip” to revolutionary, his citizenship in the Peoples Republic of New Afrika, political education and the influence of other political prisoner writings. He also discusses why politically conscious prisoners are isolated in Pelican Bay, where he was held.
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.
Il Caso Baraldini di Rosalia Polizzi
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: CD 738Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Italian program about Silivia Baraldini and the fight to close the women's control unit prison in Lexington, Kentucky.
Interview with Susan Rosenberg
Call Number: CD 786Format: CDProducers: WBAICollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Susan Rosenberg speaks from the Metropolitan Corretional Center in New York City about political prisoners and prisons. She describes the conditions in the control unit in Lexington women’s prison and the government’s reasons for selecting the women sent to Lexington.
The Case of Silvia Baraldini
Date: 4/16/1991Call Number: CD 787Format: CDProducers: Sally O'BrianProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Silvia Baraldini describes her harsh treatment and that of other U.S. political prisoners. Her attorney, Elizabeth Fink, comments on the lack of evidence presented at trial and the extreme sentencing and punishment of Baraldini at the Lexington Federal Prison. Italian member of Parliament Emma Bonino, and Italian journalist Patricia Lambroso comment on Italian parliamentary and public support for Baraldini.
Laura Whitehorn and Marilyn Buck interviews
Call Number: CD 795Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
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.
RAW FOOTAGE: Inside Lexington Control Womens Unit
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: V 745Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, Alejandrina Torres, Sylvia Brown and Debra Brown, all while held in permanent isolation inside federal prison in Lexington, Kansas. Rosenberg, Baraldini and Torres were political prisoners recently transferred from general population to the "high security" isolation units. The women discuss violations of their human rights and their placement in isolation solely for their resistance to denounce their political beliefs. They believe the units are experiments being conducted by the US Bureau of Prisons to conduct torture methods in order to destroy political prisoners. Silvia Brown had escaped prison five times and Debra Brown was convicted of murder charges.
