Prison news service - No. 53

Public

PNS editor: Bulldozer Collective. Articles include: "The October uprisings - shaking the foundations"; "A call to action on control units"; "Letter campaign for Peltier in Canada"; Dozer notes; "OJ acquittal, a victory, but the response...?"; "Massachusetts prisoners kidnapped by officials"; "Ohio update - Perotti wins in court"; "Islam does uphold women"; "Experimental food substance Vita Pro being used illeagally"; "Jackson ABC raided, 3 arrested"; "The Eugene Britt case: who is responsible?"; "ACA notice"; "Murder by any otehr name"; "Iron House Drum : The Mestizo-Mexicano-Apache Indian history revisited by Luis V. Rodriguez"; "Close observations from "close management" down Florida way"; "SHU prisoners in Indiana, wake-up"; "When the heat is on - silence is golden"; "Update on telephone lawsuit". The Kite: Community justice issues news, information and analysis (v.1, #. 1). "Prison for Women inquiry ends" by Gail Stoddart; "Gentles case appeal"; "Criminal libel case" by Jen Metcalfe; "Toronto Don Jail prisoners refused legal aid"; "Carmeta Gentles speaks"; "Delays claim life of Nigerian refugee"; "Police shooting death of Tommy Barnett"; Copwatch; "Report finds systemic racism in Ontario justice system" by Tariq Hassan-Gordon; Resources; "Prisoners win right to vote in federal elections" by Michael King; "Special handling units ruled lawful" by Michael King; Unjustified detention and deportation" by Tariq Hassan-Gordon; "Victory for psychiatric survivors" by Jennifer Chambers; "Campaign to support women facing deportation" by Lincoln Depradine; "Watching the watchdogs" by Sunday Harrison; "Hate groups and white supremacist governments target native nations" remarks by Kahn-Tineta Horn. [end of The Kite] "Assata i was in chains"; "A message to the Crips and Bloods and all of my bruthaz and sistaz"; "Political prisoners and the million man march"; "Political prisons, political prisoners and political prison policies"; Links without chains; "Book planned of New Afrikan prisoner writings"; National Incarcerated Muslim Network; ""Come clean" and "Response": a dialogue towards understanding"; Resources.

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.

In Collection:
Contributor Subject Publisher Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 23 p. : ill. ; 43 x 29 cm., folded to 29 x 22 cm.
Alternative title
  • Bulldozer Prison news service
  • Iron House Drum
  • Prisoners' newsletter of Marion Penitentiary
  • Prison news service. No. 53
  • The Kite, vol. 1, issue #1
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.
DOI

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