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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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.

Health Justice

This collection contains audio and print materials related to health, medical experimentation, psychiatric confinement, and medical care in prison. It includes materials related to the AIDS epidemic, women's health, healthcare and racism, and more.

Subcollections

Documents

Experts to Talk on Highly Controversial Issues Experts to Talk on Highly Controversial Issues
Author: Elsa Knight ThompsonPublisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersDate: 3/22/1972Format: Press ReleaseCollection: Mental Health
Flyer for "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference.
Prison Law Collective Open Letter Prison Law Collective Open Letter
Authors: Linda Castro, Richard Doctoroff, Brian Glick, Eve Pell, Patti Roberts, Deidre StonePublisher: Prison Law CollectiveFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Health Justice
Prison Law Collective appeals for support in efforts to arrange medical care, obtain due process for prisoners, straighten out mail and visiting problems, file charges against guards for brutal treatment of prisoners, inform prisoners and families of rights, and publicize conditions on the inside. The letter emphasizes the harsh conditions of American Tobacco Company prison labor and the psychological cruelty of the prison system.
Clockwork Orange at UCLA Clockwork Orange at UCLA
Publisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersDate: 5/8/1973Format: Press ReleaseCollection: Health Justice
Press release from the Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners regarding the proposed Center for the Study and Reducation of Violence at UCLA
A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Flyer A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Flyer
Publisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Health Justice
Flyer for "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
NAPA Demonstrates at St. Mary's- Public Forum Demanded NAPA Demonstrates at St. Mary's- Public Forum Demanded
Publisher: Network Against Psychiatric AssaultDate: 6/11/1975Format: Press ReleaseCollection: Health Justice
Network Against Psychiatric Assault calls for a rally to continue its campaign against the psychiatric treatment program at St. Mary's McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco.
Memorandum on The Center for The Study of Violent Behavior Memorandum on The Center for The Study of Violent Behavior
Publisher: Committee Opposing Psychiatric Abuse of PrisonersDate: 4/5/1973Format: ReportCollection: Health Justice
A report on the newly formed Center for the Reduction of Life-Threatening Behavoir. The report concludes that it is particularly susceptible to political manipulation, totally devoid of protections for human rights and liberties, scientifically inadequate and generally unresponsive to the pressing need for a decrease in the level of violence in our culture.
Clockwork Cure in California: Psychosurgery in the Prisons Clockwork Cure in California: Psychosurgery in the Prisons
Publisher: Venceremos Prison CommitteeCall Number: Format: PamphletCollection: Health Justice
Details the use of psycho-surgery and other psychological tactics used by the California prison system to repress, experiment and torture prisoners. Focuses on closing the UCLA Center for the Study and Reduction of Violence.