Records, 1969-1983.

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Records, 1969-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86166216

Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, financial material and publications generated by the Prisoner's Rights Council's Board of Directors, Executive Office and various committees. The bulk of the collection consists of detailed communications between the Prisoner's Rights Council, prison officials, inmates and community organizations to ensure that the constitutional rights of prisoners in such areas as voting privileges, employment and health care were being upheld. Records also include 1 cubic foot of civil case actions regarding prisoner rights issues.

26 c.f. (26 Paige boxes).

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8352450

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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American Friends Service Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.).

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Prisoner's Rights Council

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The Prisoner's Rights Council was incorporated on March 16, 1971. The non-profit organization was staffed and directed by ex-offenders who worked to protect the constitutional rights and other human liberties of people incarcerated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Council also worked toward criminal justice reform and fundamental improvements in Pennsylvania's prison system. The organization disbanded in 1983. From the description of Records, 1969-1983. (Temple University Lib...

American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...

Lawson, Alan, 1961-

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Taylor, Victor E.

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Community Assistance for Prisoners (Philadelphia, Pa.).

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