Creator:
Prisoners' Relief Committee
Inclusive Dates:
1952- 1954
Abstract:
Prisoners' Relief Committee newsletters highlighting political prisoners and civil rights infringement in prisons.
Type of Material:
Newsletters.
Subject:
Prisoners.
Death row inmates.
Political prisoners.
Political prisoners' writings.
Prisoners' writings, American.
Mass incarceration -- United States.
Activism and social reform
African Americans
Journalism
Politics, government and public administration
Imprisonment.
Creator:
Downtime Project
Inclusive Dates:
1991- 2006
Abstract:
Writings and artwork, submitted by incarcerated Americans, that portray their experiences of prison life
Type of Material:
Cartoons (humorous images)
Correspondence.
Criminal court records.
Drawings (visual works)
Lyric poetry.
Magazines (periodicals)
Poetry.
Short stories.
Subject:
Activism and social reform
Imprisonment.
Poetry.
Prison fiction.
Prison system.
Prison violence.
Prisons -- United States.
Prisoners -- Personal narratives.
Prisoners as artists.
Prisoners' writings, American.
Women prisoners.
Creator:
Inclusive Dates:
1935- 1977
Abstract:
Printed material about the Attica Prison uprising which took place from Sep 9 - Sep 13, 1971.
Type of Material:
Newsletters.
Newspapers.
Photographs.
Subject:
Attica (N.Y.)
Prison riots -- New York (State) -- Attica.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Prison reform.
Mass incarceration.
Prisoners.
Prison violence.
Prisons in mass media.
Black Panther Party.
Prisoners Solidarity Committee.
Convict labor.
Labor -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Activism and social reform.
African Americans.
Journalism.
New York State.
Photography.
Politics, government and public administration.
Popular culture.
Radicalism.
Prisons -- Officials and employees.
Correctional personnel -- Violence against.
Prisoners -- Personal narratives.
Imprisonment.