PRISONS & PRISONERS

  • Democracy Now! October 30, 1998

    Immigrant Voter Eligibility and the Latino Vote; The Latino Vote; Eliminating the Prisoner Vote; Election Races Around the Country |(14 Minutes) Immigrant Voter Eligibility and the Latino Vote A look at the status of the immigrant vote and why the INS has had problems processing the 500,000 citizenship applicants. A large portion of these applicants…

  • Democracy Now! November 2, 1998

    Henry Hyde Scandal; Election Issues That Weren’t; Mumia Abu Jamal; Mumia Commentary |(14 Minutes) Henry Hyde Scandal Last Monday on DN! we reported that House Judiciary Chariman Henry Hyde had hired a private eye to investigate Tim Anderson , an Illinois-based Independent Banking consultant who had been tracking Hyde’s dubious role as a bank-board member…

  • Voices Of Pacifica : Geronimo Pratt And Sabina Virgo

    VOICES OF PACIFICA / PRODUCER| Mark Torres : RECORDED| January, 1997 : PROGRAM| 7. – CONTENT: Hosted by Verna Avery Brown. This program is seventh in a series of twenty six, which explores the opinions and ideas of some of America’s most intriguing figures. This program features Geronimo Pratt and Sabina Virgo. Germonimo Pratt is…

  • Ruchell Magee : Thoughts On The Times

    Ruchell Magee : Thoughts On The Times / produced by Debbie Miller. – Ruchell Magee, in solitary adjustment center of San Quintin State Prison, discusses his case, Richard Nixon, politics, and the news media. – CONTENT: pt.1. Background of the Ruchell Magee cast (10 min.) — pt.2. Interview with Ruchell Magee in San Quintin. –…

  • Ruchell Magee : Thoughts On The Times

    Ruchell Magee : Thoughts On The Times / produced by Debbie Miller. – Ruchell Magee, in solitary adjustment center of San Quintin State Prison, discusses his case, Richard Nixon, politics, and the news media. – CONTENT: pt.1. Background of the Ruchell Magee cast (10 min.) — pt.2. Interview with Ruchell Magee in San Quintin. –…

  • Soledad Brother : The Prison Letters Of George Jackson

    Soledad Brother : The Prison Letters Of George Jackson / Greg Armstrong| interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson| statements by Jean Paul Sarte and Jean Genet. – On the publication of Jackson’s prison letters| interview with the editor and statements by concerned private citizens. – RECORDED: in Paris, 15 Oct. 1970, and Berkeley. BROADCAST: KPFA, 16…

  • San Quentin investigation : a second-hand look.

    Actuality of court testimony, prisoners statements, and interviews of family, guards, lawyers and doctors who present their views of prison conditions and the events surrounding the death of George Jackson.

  • Soledad brother / produced by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

    On George Jackson and the Soledad Brothers case; also an interview with his mother, Mrs. George Jackson the day after Jackson was killed in prison.

  • Report on the death of George Jackson.

    Report on the controversial death of San Quentin inmate George Jackson. Includes actuality of James Park, Lewis Nelson, Raymond Procunier, Mrs. Georgia Jackson, John Thorne,and Floyd Silliman.

  • Attica: rebellion and response / produced by Bill Northwood.

    Documentary on the buildup and violent riot of prison inmates at Attica, New York. The violence at Attica Prison, September 13, 1971, when law enforcement officials used force to quell a prisoners’ rebellion, resulted in the deaths of 42 persons. This documentary explores those events and the history behind them. It includes statements by prison…