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Prison news service - No. 20

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. Edited by Bill Dunne. Article topics include: Dope distortion, Prison militarization (from Ecomedia Toronto), Native prisoners denied sweatlodge, Prison system corruption, Get them while they're young (by the Sedition Committee), International notes, Bulldozer recommends "Your silence will not protect you" (cassette tape of works by Black and North American Indian poets and performers), German hunger strike ends (by correspondent), Prison myths about AIDS, American prisons punish AIDS victims (by Adam Starchild), An open letter to the progressive community (from the Emergency Committee for Political Prisoners) (Note: p. 8-9 is a double-page spread). Marionette, no. 44, July-August 1989. Article topics include: The wages of ?, Big brothers parasites, Donna departs (Donna H. Kolb, attorney), Marionnotes.

In Collection:
Contributor Subject Publisher Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 15 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Alternative title
  • Prisoners' newsletter of Marion Penitentiary
  • Prison news service. No. 20
  • Marionette, No. 44, July-August 1989
  • Bulldozer Prison news service
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 39.76, -98.5
  • 60.10867, -113.64258
  • 38.64959, -88.91897
Physical Repository Collection
  • Jim Campbell (Julie Thiers) Collection
Provenance
  • Donor: Julie Thiers
Provider Genre Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • February 15, 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.
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