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Marianna Penitentiary

This collection features materials describing the conditions at Marianna FCI, opened in August 1988. Topics include misogyny, racism, psychological control, lack of programming, and the presence of women political prisoners.

Documents

Political Prisoners in US Control Units Political Prisoners in US Control Units
Date: 1/24/1992Call Number: PM 407Format: CassetteProgram: KPFA BrainstormCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
Discussion of Control Unit prisons with interviews by Bo Rita Brown. Interview with Dr. Corey Weinstein, and Political Prisoners Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldini while imprisoned at Marianna, Florida.
Marianna - The BOP's Marion for Women Marianna - The BOP's Marion for Women
Format: MonographCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
Essay on the opening of Marianna FCI, FL and the governments efforts to transfer female political prisoners there.
"Dear Women"; Open House at the camp and Women's Unit federal correctional Institution, Marianna, Florida, June 21-24, 1988; Federal Prison Camp, Marianna, Florida "Dear Women"; Open House at the camp and Women's Unit federal correctional Institution, Marianna, Florida, June 21-24, 1988; Federal Prison Camp, Marianna, Florida
Authors: Jan Susler, Sue SturtzCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
A series of descriptions and accounts on the Marianna FCI from various authors before its opening
Report on August 26, 1988, Visit to Marianna FCI Women's Unit; Men's Unit tour, September 9, 1988 Report on August 26, 1988, Visit to Marianna FCI Women's Unit; Men's Unit tour, September 9, 1988
Year: 1988Format: ReportCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
Attorney's personal account of visit to FCI Marianna.
[Personal essay of experience at Marianna FCI Women's Unit.] [Personal essay of experience at Marianna FCI Women's Unit.]
Author: Carol S. ManningFormat: MonographCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
Reproduction of handwritten personal essay
Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL
Authors: Silvia Baraldini, Marilyn Buck, Susan Rosenberg, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Anti-Imperialist Political PrisonersYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
Reproduction of Fall 1992 piece
Women\'s Control Unit: Marianna, FL Women\'s Control Unit: Marianna, FL
Authors: Silvia Baraldini, Marilyn Buck, Susan Rosenberg, Laura WhitehornYear: 1992Format: MonographCollection: Marianna Penitentiary
Essay. 1 copy reproduction