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Control Units

This collection contains materials pertaining to the proliferation of control units and super-max prisons across the US.

Documents

Control Unit Prisons Control Unit Prisons
Publisher: CLAWSFormat: FlyerCollection: Control Units
A brief factsheet about Control Unit Prisons and their conditions.
[Graphics: Diagrams of Control Units] [Graphics: Diagrams of Control Units]
Author: R. DeerYear: 1994Format: GraphicCollection: Control Units
Reproduction of original drawings.
Youth Institute on Prisons, Racism and Society Youth Institute on Prisons, Racism and Society
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsYear: 1997Format: PamphletCollection: Control Units
Sponsored by the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons, participants develop an understanding of crime, prisons, and racisms through readings, discussions and presentations as well as gain the skills necessary to organize and participate in campaigns to change the current criminal justice system.
Control Unit Prisons: Health and Human Rights Violations Control Unit Prisons: Health and Human Rights Violations
Publisher: Health Committee of the Campaign to Abolish Lexington Control UnitDate: 11/15/1988Volume Number: 15-NovFormat: MonographCollection: Control Units
Presented to the American Public Health Association on November 15, 1988 by the Socialist Caucus. Contents include: The Health Affects of Control Unit Prisons; APHA Opposes Lexington High Security Unit; The Women of Lexington Prison; Victory in Lexington Lawsuit; The Marion Control Unit; United Nations Position on Puerto Rican POWs; Public Health Decimates Puerto Rico; Oye-Listen; What is Torture?; Stress and Illness Biography
[Graphic: Control Unit] [Graphic: Control Unit]
Format: GraphicCollection: Control Units
Reproduction. A lot of the Prisoners cant cope with the constant lockdown. They deteriorate mentally.- Ojore N. Lutalo
Ohio Control Unit Monitoring program: Outside Support and Inside Report Ohio Control Unit Monitoring program: Outside Support and Inside Report
Author: John PerottiFormat: MonographCollection: Control Units
Short essay printed on back of unrelated text.
Midwest Regional Hearing: Control units, Prisons & Political Prisoners Midwest Regional Hearing: Control units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Format: PamphletCollection: Control Units
Advertising the event Control Units, Prisons and Political Prisoners
Social control and the Politics of Prisons! 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.
End the Nationawide Lockdown End the Nationawide Lockdown
Format: MonographCollection: Control Units
A Call to All Those Concerned About Peace, Justice and Human Rights. Includes an original graphic.
The Case Agains M.C.U. 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.