Prisons — California.
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San Quentin interview / Robert Duren ; interviewed by Mark Shwartz.
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The Prison [Soledad] / C.J. Fitzharris and Fay Stender ; produced by David Stevens. (Episode 2 of 4)
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Friends of Leslie
Sue Talbot, Jerry Gumbleton, and the Reverend Dwight Blackstock, three members of Friends for Leslie, talk with KPFK-FM’s Catherine Stifter. The group has been fighting for the prison release of Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted for the Manson Family murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. They discuss the California parole system, the influence of…
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Gays in the joint
A disturbingly frank documentary on the vindictive treatment of gay men in California’s correctional institutions, with emphasis on the “psychiatrically-oriented” facility at Vacaville. The classification of different types of gay men within the prison, how a prisoner’s homosexuality affects their chances for parole, and the relationship between prisons and the industrial sector in California are…
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Pile-up on death row / Burton Wolf ; interviewed by Jan Legnitto.
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San Francisco City Prison : victimless crimes and police brutality / produced by Sheila McAleenan.
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M P V D : prisons / produced by Denny Smithson.
Speeches, interviews and actuality exploring the California prisons system: conditions, prisoner opinions, and the need for reform. |r.1. John Irwin statement — The Perfect inmate — Reverend Harold Wilson statement — Mr. Doran — Max May — Warden Louis Nelson — Larry Stutsman — Stephen Sheppard — Clarence Wilkins — Harold Wilson — Assemblyman Alan…
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Women in chains
Debra Smith, Tousha Wiley, Dolores Scott and Johnny Morris from the Harriet Tubman Prison Movement discuss the situation of women in prison. The Harriet Tubman Prison Movement is a national movement of Blacks, Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Asians and Native Americans who are mobilizing support on the outside to aid Blacks and all minority prisoners on…
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What now for California’s prisons? / produced by Bill Northwood and Alan Farley.
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John Thorne on Soledad / interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson.