The Marionette is a prison newsletter made by prisoners for prisoners and the general public to spread awareness of the conditions prisons and in Marion Penitentiary, Illinois in particular. Later joined with Prison News Service (PNS) focused on political trials, repressive abuses of imprisonment and the resistance to such oppression.

Edited by Bill Dunne. Article topics include: Long arm of the lawless, Aids at Marion, Medieval Marion medicine, Marionnotes, Repression breeds resistance, Marion reaction to resistance. (Note: p. 4-5 are a double page spread). PNS no. 8, November 1987. Article topics include: Lexington decoy, National notes, A justice at last?, Ohio prisoners go Wobblie (reprinted from The abolitionist, November 1987).

In Collection:

• Jim Campbell (Julie Thiers) Collection

Contributor

• Dunne, William F.

Subject

• Anarchism
• Prison administration
• Prisoners--Social conditions
• Prison periodicals
• Anarchists
• Prisons
• Political prisoners' writings
• Prisoners' writings
• Correctional institutions
• Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.
• Authority
• Marion Penitentiary (Ill.)
• Anarchism--Periodicals
• Prisoners
• Prisoners' writings, American
• Political prisoners

Publisher

• PSC Publishers

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 1987

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 8 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Alternative title

• Prisoners' newsletter of Marion Penitentiary
• Marion prisoners' newsletter
• Prison news service. No. 8, November 1987
• Marionette. No. 31

Geographic Coverage

• Illinois--Marion County
• United States

Coordinates

• 38.64959, -88.91897
• 39.76, -98.5

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Jim Campbell (Julie Thiers) Collection

Provenance

• Donor: Julie Thiers

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• newsletters
• periodicals

Fonds title

• Jim Campbell fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR459

Is referenced by

• Finding aid for archival fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/jim-campbell-fonds

Date digitized

• February 17, 2011

Technical note

• 200 dpi jpeg. Digitized by CDW, KM; metadata by GF 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.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/27gp-kj62

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