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Trouble coming every day: ADX -- The first year Trouble coming every day: ADX -- The first year
Publisher: Raymond Luc LevasseurYear: 1996Collection: American Friends Service Committee
Details neglect, abuse and conditions at Florence Supermax, CO.
Uses & Effects of Control Unit Prisons Uses & Effects of Control Unit Prisons
Publisher: Bonnie KernessYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Excerpts from the History of Control Units presentation given by Ms. Bonnie Kerness at the Northeast Hearings on Control units. Interviews with Sundiata Acoli and Jalil Muntaqim.
Press Release: Brutal, Inhumane treatment of Prisoners will Be Scrutinized at April 27th Hearing Press Release: Brutal, Inhumane treatment of Prisoners will Be Scrutinized at April 27th Hearing
Publisher: American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 1996Format: Press ReleaseCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Press release re. 4/27/1996 hearing. Part of 5/1996 mailing.
Legal Journal: Women's Issues are Everyone's Issues Legal Journal: Women's Issues are Everyone's Issues
Publisher: Prison Law Project of the National Lawyers GuildYear: 1996Volume Number: Vol. 4-1 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prisons - Women
Shakuhachi Orthodoxy and Heresy and Meditation Healing with Shakuhachi Shakuhachi Orthodoxy and Heresy and Meditation Healing with Shakuhachi
Authors: Monty H. Levenson and Veronza Bowers Jr.Publisher: Kyoto JournalYear: 1996Volume Number: No. 32Format: ArticleCollection: Veronza Bowers Jr.
A history of the Shakuhachi, a five hole bamboo flute played in Japan since the 7th century but originating in Egypt. Levenson talks about the cultural significance of the instrument and introduces readers to Veronza Bowers. Second article describes in words and pictures, aspects of the spiritual practice developed by Veronza and his Rastafarian Meditation Group at FCC Coleman.
Black Panther, Long Exiled, Sums Up Black Panther, Long Exiled, Sums Up
Publisher: Havana JournalDate: 4/9/1996Volume Number: April 9Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Contemporary Articles and Newsletters
Dangerous Liaisons: The U.S. in Guatemala Dangerous Liaisons: The U.S. in Guatemala
Author: Susanne JonasPublisher: Foreign PolicyYear: 1996Volume Number: No.103 SummerFormat: ArticleCollection: Guatemala
This article talks about US involvement in Guatemala
Medical Neglect, Control Units, Women in Prison Medical Neglect, Control Units, Women in Prison
Date: 10/21/1996Call Number: PM 309Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource Center PARCProgram: Prison Activist RadioCollection: Prisons - Women
News about the prison industrial complex and prisoners. Judy Greenspan, director of HIV/AIDS in Prison Project, about compassionate release and women with AIDS. Also Catherine Campbell, an attorney with California Prison Focus, discusses the culture of violence at prisons, verbal provocations by the guards, mandates to confine members of rival gangs in same yard. Jean Stewart from the Disabled Prisoners' Justice Fund discusses the Armstrong case and the growing, neglected population of disabled prisoners and its causes. Karen Shain from Legal Services for Prisoners with Children speaks about women in prison and the class action law suits that are filed for work release, prenatal care, mother and infant programs, HIV. Herman Bell of the New York Three and former member of the Black Panther Party, discusses the need for support of political prisoners.
Medical Neglect, Control Units, Women in Prison - Part 1 Medical Neglect, Control Units, Women in Prison - Part 1
Date: 10/21/1996Call Number: CD 788Format: CDProducers: Prison Activist Resource Center - PARCProgram: On the OutsideCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Judy Greenspan, director of HIV/AIDS in Prison Project, discusses compassionate release and women with AIDS. Also Catherine Campbell, an attorney with California Prison Focus, discusses the culture of violence at prisons, verbal provocations by the guards, mandates to confine members of rival gangs in same yard. Jean Stewart from the Disabled Prisoners' Justice Fund discusses the Armstrong case and the growing, neglected population of disabled prisoners and its causes. Karen Shain from Legal Services for Prisoners with Children speaks about women in prison and the class action law suits that are filed for work release, prenatal care, mother and infant programs, HIV. Herman Bell of the New York Three and former member of the Black Panther Party, discusses the need for support of political prisoners.
Prison Activist Radio- Medical Neglect, Control Units, Women in Prison Prison Activist Radio- Medical Neglect, Control Units, Women in Prison
Date: 10/21/1996Call Number: CD 789Format: CDProducers: Prison Activist Resource Center PARCProgram: Prison Activist RadioCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
News about the prison industrial complex and prisoners. Judy Greenspan, director of HIV/AIDS in Prison Project, about compassionate release and women with AIDS. Also Catherine Campbell, an attorney with California Prison Focus, discusses the culture of violence at prisons, verbal provocations by the guards, mandates to confine members of rival gangs in same yard. Jean Stewart from the Disabled Prisoners' Justice Fund discusses the Armstrong case and the growing, neglected population of disabled prisoners and its causes. Karen Shain from Legal Services for Prisoners with Children speaks about women in prison and the class action law suits that are filed for work release, prenatal care, mother and infant programs, HIV. Herman Bell of the New York Three and former member of the Black Panther Party, discusses the need for support of political prisoners.