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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Pelican Bay

This collection contains materials related to Pelican Bay State Prison located in Crescent City, California. This collection includes audio as well as copies of the Pelican Bay Prison Express, a periodical created by an independent citizens solidarity group.

Documents

N-Goma: Echos of the Drum N-Goma: Echos of the Drum
Publisher: Pelican Bay Support ProjectYear: 2005Format: EulogyCollection: Pelican Bay
Compilation of reflections and memories of Gahisi Sowande
Pelican Bay Prison 2005 Calendar Pelican Bay Prison 2005 Calendar
Publisher: Santa Cruz Barrios UnidosYear: 2005Format: EphemeraCollection: Pelican Bay
Torture in California at Pelican Bay State Prison Torture in California at Pelican Bay State Prison
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectFormat: FlyerCollection: Pelican Bay
Greeting Friends & Supporters Greeting Friends & Supporters
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectDate: 11/1996Volume Number: NovemberFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Pelican Bay
Donation Letter to Supporters of the Pelican Bay Information Project
Luis Talamantez Information Sheet Luis Talamantez Information Sheet
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectFormat: StatementCollection: Pelican Bay
Information Sheet on Luis Talamantez and the Pelican Bay Information Project
Greeting Friends & Supporters Greeting Friends & Supporters
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectDate: 11/1996Volume Number: NovemberFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Pelican Bay
Donation Letter to Supporters of the Pelican Bay Information Project
Pelican Bay Prison 2005 Calendar Pelican Bay Prison 2005 Calendar
Publisher: Santa Cruz Barrios UnidosYear: 2005Format: EphemeraCollection: Pelican Bay
Pelican Bay Program (1 of 2) Pelican Bay Program (1 of 2)
Date: 10/1/1991Call Number: PM 220Format: CassetteCollection: Pelican Bay
Corey Weinstein and Catherine Campbell discuss their trip to Pelican Bay Prison in Northern California as part of a legal delegation affiliated with the Real Dragon Prison Project. Included are descriptions of Control Units and the infamous "SHU de-briefing” techniques, as well as the prison system’s use of informants and the effects of the psychological torture used against prisoners. Weinstein and Campbell also dispel some of the myths surrounding the "worst of the worst" label put on many prisoners housed in Pelican Bay and expose the roundup of anti-authoritarian and prisoner with organizing and leadership potential.
Pelican Bay Prison Express [Vol. 1-3] Pelican Bay Prison Express [Vol. 1-3]
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectDate: 4/1993Volume Number: Vol. 1-3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Pelican Bay
Cover Story: Rumblings from the Bay. Also, What the CDC Must Do to Promote Gang Peace; Jury Turns Blind Eye to Brutality Suit; Prisoner Rights Union Considers Name Change; Interview with Prisoner just released from Pelican Bay State Prison; Notices; Citizen's Prison Watch; more.
Pelican Bay Prison Express [Vol. 3-2] Pelican Bay Prison Express [Vol. 3-2]
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectDate: 11/1995Volume Number: Vol. 3-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Pelican Bay
Cover Story: Focus on Chowchilla Women's Prison: Torturas at Chowchilla "The Pelican Bay for Women." Also, Powerful Laws for Civil Rights Activists- Human Rights Treaties are Part of US Law; Other Prisons; Call to US Commission on Civil Rights; New York State Prison System (24 Years After the Attica Rebellion/Massacre of 1971); Legal Citations; Update on PBSP by PBIP; 300 Years of Resistance in Brazil; Events; Criminal Justice Statistics; Letters; more.