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Prison news service - No. 40

The Prison News Network (PNS) focuses on political trials, repressive abuses of imprisonment and the resistance to such oppression. It was joined with another existing prison periodical called Marionette made by prisoners for prisoners and the general public to spread awareness of the conditions prisons, Marion Penitentiary, Illinois in particular.

PNS editor: Bulldozer Collective. Articles include: "German prison bombed - destroyed before it can destroy"; "Red Army Fraction Communique"; "Sundiata Acoli optimistic after parole hearing"; "Little Rock Reed framed by Ohio Parole Board - goes underground"; "Prisoners at California's Medical Facility face retaliation for fighting for their lives"; "Eddie Hatcher - native political prisoner"; "Tony Rios: young Lakota needs support"; "Political repression in Indiana: the M.C.C. prototype"; "Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit: the state's be-all and end-all in high-tech anti-resistance repression"; "Deja vu all over again"; "What is Prisoners' Justice Day?"; "Due process equals murder by the state"; "More suicides in Angola"; "Not even black officers are safe from racist attacks by guards"; "Grandview survivors fight back: adult survivors of child abuse expose 'reform' school atrocities"; "Awareness of AIDS inside the walls"; "No justice on stolen land - native peoples in the prisons of Canada"; "Working toward the solutions for the plague of returnees"; "Drinking water - or waste?"; "Pardon my analysis"; "A response to "Should Afrikan people celebrate Kwanzaa?""; "These collectives are gone - but the struggle continues"; "They can't jail ideas - but you can send books to prison"; Book reviews: "Life sentences: rage and survival behind bars by Wilbert Rideau and Ron Wilkberg"; "One woman army: the life of Clair Culhane by Mike Lowe"; Resources; "Christians organize through prison walls".

In Collection:
Contributor Subject Publisher Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 15 p. : ill. ; 43 x 29 cm., folded to 29 x 22 cm.
Alternative title
  • Prison news service. No. 40
  • Prisoners' newsletter of Marion Penitentiary
  • Bulldozer Prison news service
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 39.76, -98.5
  • 38.64959, -88.91897
  • 60.10867, -113.64258
Physical Repository Collection
  • Jim Campbell (Julie Thiers) Collection
Provenance
  • Donor: Julie Thiers
Provider Genre Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • April 5, 2012
Technical note
  • 200 dpi jpeg. Digitized by CDW, KM, SC; metadata by JTP and KD.
Rights
  • Contact UVic Archives for access to the original, or ask UVic Archives to make a copy (fee for service). Patrons may look at the material through the Anarchism Digital Research Centre, but may not use images unless they contact UVic Archives.
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