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.