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![Buried Alive: Lexington Control Unit](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: JG/ 061BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Gerber interviews political prisoners/prisoners of war housed at the Lexington Control Unit in Kentucky. Puerto Rican Independista Alejandrina Torres and North American anti-imperialists Sylvia Baraldini and Susan Rosenberg, all inmates in Lexington, discuss the psychological torture they have endured in this unit including the absence of natural sunlight, denial of personal property, limited contact with family and the outside world, pointless and humiliating strip searches and other sexual torture, and medical neglect. Also discussed is the importance of public pressure in the form of national and international campaigns against these horrendous conditions.
![Interview with Susan Rosenberg about conditions in the women’s political prison, Lexington.](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Call Number: PM 438AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sally O’Brian, Terry BissonCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
Interview with Susan Rosenberg, an American revoluntionary anti-imperialist female political prisoner, about Lexington prison. . Susan Rosenberg describes the focus of Lexington as “the psychological element of incarceration to disintigrate the personality”. She speaks about the terribly harsh and restrictive conditions of Lexington, as well as the psychological impact of the prison. Rosenberg speaks about how every prisoner is there for political reasons, as the control unit is not based on disciplinary measures, but on classificationof who and what the prisoners are associated with.
Susan Rosenberg’s attorney, Michael Schubert, speaks about the isolation and solitary confinement the Lesington prisoners experience, and how such isolation is aimed at keeping the prisoners isolated from politics.
![Interview with Susan Rosenberg and Josefina Rodriguez](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Call Number: CD 799Format: CDProducers: Sally O’Brian, Terry BissonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview with Susan Rosenberg, an American revolutionary anti-imperialist female political prisoner, about Lexington prison. Susan Rosenberg describes the focus of Lexington as “the psychological element of incarceration to disintegrate the personality”. She speaks about the terribly harsh and restrictive conditions of Lexington, as well as the psychological impact of the prison. Rosenberg speaks about how every prisoner is there for political reasons, as the control unit is not based on disciplinary measures, but on classification who and what the prisoners are associated with.
Susan Rosenberg’s attorney, Michael Schubert, speaks about the isolation and solitary confinement the Lexington prisoners experience, and how such isolation is aimed at keeping the prisoners isolated from politics.
![LIBERTAD](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. VII-XII DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: The Case of Alejandrina and Susan: Psychological Torture Exposed Close the Control Unit! Campaign to Protest Inhuman Conditions at MCC for Oscar and Kojo Continues; Prisoners of War/Political Prisoners: What is the Difference?; The Roots of El Yunque; Communique from the Puerto Rican People\'s Army - Macheteros; The Puerto Rican Nationalists; Health Endangered- 4th week of Luis Colon-Osorio Hunger Strike.
![LIBERTAD](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1987Volume Number: Vol. VIII-IX SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: FBI/Prosecution Thwarted in Conspiracy to Escape Case!; Message to the Puerto Rican Independence 16; To all Democratic and Anti-Fascist People; Psychological Torture; UN Decolonization Committee Declares Puerto Rico a Colony; Protesters Shut Down Military Base in Arlington Heights; Puerto Rico Independence; 119 Years Later: The Spirit of Mariana Bracetti Lives on in Alejandrina Torres
![LIBERTAD: Special Issue](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarVolume Number: Special IssueFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Special Issue: Contents: The Price of Struggling for Freedom; Psychological Torture- Violations of Human Rights in the United States; Six Women Incarcerated- Six Reasons to Struggle; The Ethic of Liberty; The Moral Strength of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War; Poetry; Resolutions; Pardon - A Historical Precedent.
![Women Political Prisoners in the US Ad](images/thumbnails//29597.jpg)
Pages 5-6 of 6/26/1988 issue; Page 6 scanned. Full page ad prepared by Out of Control
![The Shame of America - Psychological Torture: US Style- The Case of Alejandrina and Susan](images/thumbnails//29604.jpg)
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarFormat: ArticleCollection: Lexington Control Unit for Women
In English and Spanish
![The Lexington Women's Control Unit p.2](images/thumbnails//30459.jpg)
This video discusses the conditions of Lexington Prison and how people end up in Lexington control unit. Contains a short interview with a doctor who speaks about the psychological affects of prolonged isolation.
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