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Political Prisoners in the United States: The Hidden Reality

Authors: Michael E. Deutsch and Jan SuslerFormat: MonographCollection: 1990 Tribunal

Who are the political prisoners and prisoners of war; the criminalization of political activists: the new repression; conclusion.

Public morality and the Supermax Prison: Madison Urban Ministry Social Justice Task Force

Publisher: Ed SteichenFormat: StatementCollection: American Friends Service Committee

Statement against building supermax prison in Madison, WI and the psychological effects of isolation and sensory deprivation on inmates. Part of 8/1997 mailing.

Control Units: An Opressive New Order in US Prisons

Author: Nancy KershanPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units

Reproduction

The Case Agains M.C.U.

Publisher: Committee to Close MCUFormat: MonographCollection: Control Units

Information about the control unit of Trenton State Prison in New Jersey.

Social control and the Politics of Prisons!

Publisher: Break The ChainsFormat: MonographCollection: Control Units

Reproduction. Contains articles by Sundiata Lumuba; Hatari WaHaki; Dharuba Cinque Kalahari; Daud Obika Tulam; Kareen Stovall; Gene Jones; Ojore Nuru Lutalo; Bill Sanderson; Peter Page; and Tom Manning. Also includes Rothman DJ. The American Way of Jail (review of Crime and Punishment in America by Elliott Currie and Sensible Justice: Alternatives to Prison by David C. Andersion), in The New York Times Book Review, March 1, 1998.