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Committee to End the Marion Lockdown

The Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML) was a movement organization that opposed control unit prisons in particular, and racism and oppression in general. It was founded in 1985 and came to a close in 2000. Over the course of those 15 years, CEML led and organized hundreds of educational programs and demonstrations in many parts of the country and tried to build a national movement against “end-of-the-line” prisons. Along the way the Committee wrote thousands of pages of educational and agitational literature and pioneered new ways of analyzing and fighting against this national quagmire that morphed into the proliferation of the “prison industrial complex.”

Collection includes: Publications on their efforts to shut down the Marion Prison control unit, prevent the opening of USP Florence, CO; protests against toxic water at Crab Orchard Lake; efforts to improve conditions for inmates; efforts to stop the proliferation of Control Units in general; and further human rights and social justice in the US prison system.

Kurshan, N. (2012). OUT OF CONTROL: A Chronological Narrative of the Committee to End the Marion Lockdown's 15 Year Struggle (manuscript ed., p. 1).

Documents

Marion Prison's Toxic Water: The Slow Death Penalty Marion Prison's Toxic Water: The Slow Death Penalty
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee; Prairie Fire Organizing Committee; Freedom Now!; Committee to End the Marion LockdownFormat: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Demonstration on 4/24/; no year.
Illinois Supermax -- Not a Solution! Illinois Supermax -- Not a Solution!
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownFormat: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Educational flyer on Supermax prisons.
Marion = Alcatraz = Slow Death Penalty Marion = Alcatraz = Slow Death Penalty
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee; Prairie Fire Organizing Committee; Freedom Now!; Committee to End the Marion LockdownFormat: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Resources Available Resources Available
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownFormat: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Resources available supplied by the Committee.
Shut Down the Control Units Shut Down the Control Units
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownFormat: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
flyer on showings of the slide show on control units.
No Contamination of Federal Prisoners! No Contamination of Federal Prisoners!
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownFormat: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Information on water and air contamination at USP Marion.
Demonstrate Against control Unit Prisons: All Out to Marion Demonstrate Against control Unit Prisons: All Out to Marion
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1997Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for 10/25/1997 demonstration.
Attica: The Struggle for Justice continues Attica: The Struggle for Justice continues
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1997Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for demonstration. Advertisement for program/fundraiser. Includes information on speakers.
The Fire This Time The Fire This Time
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1996Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Movie flyer for 2/22/1997 screening
Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons & Political Prisoners
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control unit PrisonsYear: 1996Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for Chicago Event. April 20, 1996