Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Out
of Control (OOC) was a self-supporting committee formed in 1987 to
organize resistance to the Lexington Control Unit for women. Through
connections with other grassroots campaigns, churches and civil rights
groups, the 10 women of OOC sought to expose the brutality of this
federal penitentiary, culminating in a lawsuit and the closure of
Lexington. For 10 years of active struggle the group aligned itself with
25 women political prisoners, provided support work for HIV positive
prisoners, and battered women convicted of killing their abusers. The
group started the Women Political Prisoners Commissary Fund in tandem
with LAGAI, and co-hosted an annual Sparks Fly benefit to commemorate
International Women Political Prisoners Day on November 2nd. In 1989
they began publication of Out Of Time newsletter which eventually became
an insert to Ultra Violet, LAGAI’s newsletter.
The collection covers publications and correspondences from 1987-200, including promotional materials for OOC’s annual Sparks Fly benefit. Many items were scanned on loan and are only available online.
"Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners." Prison Activist Resource Center, n.d. Web. 6 Aug. 2012..
The collection covers publications and correspondences from 1987-200, including promotional materials for OOC’s annual Sparks Fly benefit. Many items were scanned on loan and are only available online.
"Out of Control Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners." Prison Activist Resource Center, n.d. Web. 6 Aug. 2012.
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The Women of Lexington Prison
Publisher: The NationYear: 1987Format: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
reproduction of 6/27/1987 article. Includes intervies with Silvia Baraldini; Marilyn Buck; Susan rosenberg; Laura Whitehorn.
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