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4 April 2023: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Resistance in Indiana

Down: Reflections on Prison Resistance in Indiana, 2021.

PDF: Down


Recommended Supplementary Material:

Kauffman, Kelsey. (2001?). “The Brotherhood: Racism and Intimidation Among Prison Staff at the Indiana Correctional Facility-Putnamville.” PDF: Kauffman, "The Brotherhood" Alternative source (PDF): https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/Kauffman_report.pdf


"IDOC Watch Political Line." https://www.idocwatch.org/political-line


Khaldun, Khalfani Malik. (2018). “Abuse of power at Wabash Valley Prison.” San Francisco Bay View, December 30. https://sfbayview.com/2018/12/khalfani-khaldun-abuse-of-power-at-wabash-valley-prison/ Isby-Israel, Aaron. (2019). “Indiana Prisoners Must Unite & Struggle to Change Conditions!” I.D.O.C. Watch, September 30. https://www.idocwatch.org/blog-1/israel-indiana-prisoners-must-unite-and-struggle Khaldun, Khalfani Malik. (2019). “Recent Lawsuit on Retaliation & Talk on Counter-Insurgency and Prisoner Solidarity.” I.D.O.C. Watch, September 23. https://www.idocwatch.org/blog-1/khalfani-malik-khaldun-counter-insurgency-lawsuit


Balagoon. (2022). “The Indiana Prisoner Rebellion of 1985, Part 1.” Hood Communist, February 24. https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/02/24/the-indiana-prisoner-rebellion-of-1985/amp (includes audio and transcript) Balagoon. (2022). “The Indiana Prisoner Rebellion of 1985, Part 2.” Hood Communist, March 31. https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/03/31/the-indiana-prisoner-rebellion-of-1985-pt-2 (includes audio and transcript)


Greven, Nicholas. (2022). “The 1985 Indiana Reformatory Uprising Against Racist Brutality: The Case to Release John Cole and Christopher Trotter.” The Ryder. July/August, 22–28.


TIME/Cut (a publication for Indiana prisoners and their family and friends) https://www.idocwatch.org/timecut


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