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Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials

Documents

Marion and Lexington Control Units Marion and Lexington Control Units
Date: 3/18/1988Call Number: V 339Format: VHSProgram: 20/20Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Three videos on control units in the US. Marion Control Units - a history of control units in the US, focusing mainly on Marion. Black prisoners in the US prisons, prison demographics by race and rate. Lexington Control Unit - Includes interviews with Alejandrina Torres, Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldrini about the conditions in the control unit and the effects of sensory deprivation. Marion 20/20 - a discussion of the techniques used at USP Marion, including testimonies from prisoners and the warden. Transcript of 20/20 piece available for download.
Sparks Fly: Women political prisoners Sparks Fly: Women political prisoners
Date: 11/1/1996Call Number: V 392Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Audio messages from women political prisoners on the occasion of the 7th annual Sparks Fly event organized to commemorate the day of international solidarity with women political prisoners.
Shut It Down! Shut It Down!
Call Number: V 583Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinProgram: Let the People Speak!Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About the High Security Unit of the FCI in Lexington, KY. Has extensive interviews with women inmates, most notably Susan Rosenberg, discussing the psychological torture of the HSU. Footage of protests including a speech by Benjamin Chavis.
Shut It Down! Shut It Down!
Call Number: V 584Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinProgram: Let the People Speak!Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About the High Security Unit of the FCI in Lexington, KY. Has extensive interviews with women inmates, most notably Susan Rosenberg, discussing the psychological torture of the HSU. Footage of protests including a speech by Benjamin Chavis.
High Security Unit High Security Unit
Date: 7/25/1988Call Number: V 585Format: VHSProducers: Nina RosenblumCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with women inmates of the High Security Unit FCI Lexington. Prisoners explain that this prison targets political prisoners and the conditions amount to psychological torture. Precurser to "Through the Wire" (1990).
Shut It Down! and South Africa: The Homeland Shut It Down! and South Africa: The Homeland
Call Number: V 609Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinProgram: Let the People Speak!Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Shut It Down! - About the High Security Unit of the FCI in Lexington, KY. Has extensive interviews with women inmates, most notably Susan Rosenberg, discussing the psychological torture of the HSU. Footage of protests including a speech by Benjamin Chavis. South Africa: The Homeland - A discussion between a South African lawyer and an exiled South African. Topics include apartheid, media representation of South Africa, and child torture.
CEML: Marion Demonstration 4-19-1989 CEML: Marion Demonstration 4-19-1989
Date: 4/19/1989Call Number: V 625Format: VHSProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Rally at Marion prison to support political prisoners held there. Jose Lopez and a number of activists speak.
Marion and Lexington Control Units Marion and Lexington Control Units
Date: 3/18/1988Call Number: V 639Format: DV CamProgram: 20/20Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Excerpts of three videos on control units in the US. Marion Control Units - a history of control units in the US, focusing mainly on Marion. Black prisoners in the US prisons, prison demographics by race and rate. Lexington Control Unit - Includes interviews with Alejandrina Torres, Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldrini about the conditions in the control unit and the effects of sensory deprivation. Marion 20/20 - a discussion of the techniques used at USP Marion, including testimonies from prisoners and the warden. Transcript of 20/20 piece available for download.
RAW FOOTAGE: Inside Lexington Control Womens Unit RAW FOOTAGE: Inside Lexington Control Womens Unit
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: V 745Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, Alejandrina Torres, Sylvia Brown and Debra Brown, all while held in permanent isolation inside federal prison in Lexington, Kansas. Rosenberg, Baraldini and Torres were political prisoners recently transferred from general population to the "high security" isolation units. The women discuss violations of their human rights and their placement in isolation solely for their resistance to denounce their political beliefs. They believe the units are experiments being conducted by the US Bureau of Prisons to conduct torture methods in order to destroy political prisoners. Silvia Brown had escaped prison five times and Debra Brown was convicted of murder charges.