Control Units
This collection contains materials pertaining to the proliferation of control units and super-max prisons across the US.
Documents
Fact Sheet: Closs Supervision Unit
Format: ReportCollection: Control Units
Fact sheet by 50+ prisoners involved in a lockdown protest challenging conditions within the Closs Supervision Unit (CSU). This fact sheet is meant to inform supporters and counter the distortions put forward by the New York Department of Correctional Services.
Inmates Kafka-esque case to be reheard
Publisher: The TrentonianDate: 5/13/1990Volume Number: 13-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
reproduction of original article.
Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison
Reproduction of original article.
Cops vs. Cops: Investigator charges drug ring run inside Trenton prison
Reproduction of original article.
Inmates Kafka-esque case to be reheard
Publisher: The TrentonianDate: 5/13/1990Volume Number: 13-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Control Units
reproduction of original article.
National Campaign to Stop Control Units
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: PM 314Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Control Units
Members of the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons speak about control unit prisons and movements seeking to abolish them.
Security Threat Groups in Prisons
Publisher: Department of Justice, Bureau of JusticeYear: 1997Format: ReportCollection: Control Units
Reproduction. Alleged membership in a security threat group legitimizes one being thrown into a control unit, often without an impartial review process. This packet contains information on security threat groups listed state by state.
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.