Prisons, Social Control, & Repression

Locked Up (Alfredo Bonanno, Elephant Editions)
Italian anarchist Alfredo Bonanno on prisons and the need for their destruction.

Attacking Prisons at the Point of Production
A brief look at militant actions against the prison-industrial complex.

Gabriel Pombo Da Silva: Until we are all free!
Gabriel is an anarchist who has been imprisoned for over 24 years, 14 of which were spent in isolation. This is a collection of his writings.

Prison was Created for the Poor: Mothers & Sons, from FIES to Aachen
Info about Xose Tarrio Gonzalez & Gabriel Pombo Da Silva, two militants of the Spanish prison struggle. Includes an interview with their mothers Pastora & Julia.

The Prison Within The Prison: Resistance To The F.I.E.S Isolation Units In Spain
Participants in the revolt against prisons and the State share their thoughts and experiences on the Spanish State’s FIES isolation units, brutal and dehumanizing “prisons within the prisons”.

Solidarity with Anarchist comrades imprisoned in greece
Words & letters from Greek anarchist prisoners with a chronology of actions against the prison system.

Survival in Solitary: A manual written by & for people living in control units
Prisoners in control units share their experiences and strategies for survival.

The Marini Trial: Italian State Repression of Anarchist Revolt & Anarchist Responses
Overview of the events surrounding the Marini investigation and trial as well as extensive documentation relating to it.

If It Was Easy, They Wouldn’t Call It ‘Struggle’
Mark Barnsley talks about repression & resistance in British prisons.

Tear Down The Walls
Two writings by prisoner John Bowden who has been at the forefront of the British prison struggle for more than two decades.

Presos Em Luta: Solidarity With The 25 Of Caxias

Hull ’76

“Sustained Attacks On The Social Peace Of The Rich Will Continue”
An interview with Chilean anarchist Marcelo Villaroel from the high security prison in Santiago, October 5 2010.

SalHaketa: Interview with Laudelino Iglesias
Laudelino spent 25 years in Spanish prisons between 1980-2004, Of those 25 years he spent 13 in isolation. He speaks about the hunger strike of prisoners in isolation in 2000, the use of drugs as a form of control & the condition in the FIES isolation prisons.