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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons

The Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons was a coalition of individuals and groups inside of prison walls whose goal was to shut down all control units. The coalition was founded at a gathering hosted by the American Friends Service Committee in Philadelphia, PA in December 1994. Towards this end, campaign members were engaged in data collection, education, fostering public awareness and action to put an end to the human rights abuses occurring daily in control units.

In addition to mailing containing action items, news and updates around advocacy to end control units, the coalition also held regional hearings in opposition to control units and created an emergency response network to respond to emergencies related to control units and those held inside.

Documents

Uses and Effects of: Control Unit Prisons Uses and Effects of: Control Unit Prisons
Author: Bonnie KernessPublisher: PAC, Philidelphia ABCFYear: 1996Format: TranscriptCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Reproduction. Bonnie Kerness interviews with Sundiata Acoli and Jalil Muntaqim. These interviews were conducted to be heard at the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons' event Hearing on Control Unit Prisons in the United States.
National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons How To Packet National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons How To Packet
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop control Unit PrisonsFormat: PamphletCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Includes forms for gathering information on nearby control units, conditions of living and incarceration; Copy of Essay "From Alcatraz to Marion to ADX Florence: The Nightmare Escalates" by Jan Susler; Weinstein, Dr. Corey M.D. "Fighting the American Gulag." Third Force v.2 n.6 Jan/Feb. 1995 pp. 24-27.
The Use of Control Unit Prisons in the United States: Interim Report The Use of Control Unit Prisons in the United States: Interim Report
Publisher: The Monitoring Project of the National Campaign to Stop control unit PrisonsDate: 1/1997Format: ReportCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Information on the proliferation of control unit prisons in the US prison system. Includes: General information; Conditions of Confinement; Placement and Exit criteria for all control unit type facilities.
Statement of Bonnie Kerness on the HISTORY OF CONTROL UNITS Statement of Bonnie Kerness on the HISTORY OF CONTROL UNITS
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsDate: 4/27/1996Format: TranscriptCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Statement on the proliferation and use of Control unit Prisons. Call to action.
National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons [brochure] National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons [brochure]
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control unit PrisonsYear: 1995Format: PamphletCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
brochure on history of control units and the campaign. Part of 11/1995 mailing.
History of the Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons History of the Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Publisher: Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsYear: 1995Format: FlyerCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Includes: History of Control Unit Prisons; How we Define "Control Unit"; History of the Campaign; Structure. Part of 6/16/1995 mailing.
Report on the Emergency Response Activated Around Marion by the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons Report on the Emergency Response Activated Around Marion by the National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Author: Nancy KurshanPublisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsDate: 3/1997Format: ReportCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
A report about the successes and shortcomings of the activation of the emergency response network around Marion Prison.
Abolish! Abolish!
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsYear: 1996Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
A Call to Action; No Exit Criteria: Northeast Hearings on control unit prisons; Midwest Regional Hearing: Control Units, Prisons and Political Prisoners; Seeking Justice for the Imprisoned: West Coast builds anti-control unit work; Colorado's People's Hearing: The People speak out on the racist imprisonment binge, control units and political prisoners.
Join the Control Unit Emergency Response Network Join the Control Unit Emergency Response Network
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1996Format: FlyerCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
The Control Unit Emergency Response Network consists of a group of people willing to respond to emergency situations inside of control unit prisons by phoning or faxing prison administrators, political figures or media depending on the circumstances.
Action Proposal from the Committee to End the Mation Lockdown Action Proposal from the Committee to End the Mation Lockdown
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1995Format: ProposalCollection: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons
Regarding action component of the national campaign.