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Extraction Summary
3
People
6
Organizations
4
Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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House oversight committee document / report excerpt
File Size:
1.22 MB
Summary
A page from House Oversight documents (Bates 015288) detailing various prison censorship rules and regulations regarding publications, photographs, and educational materials. It cites specific examples from Utah and Louisiana (Angola) prison systems, mentioning the banning of 'Rolling Stone' and 'A Revolution in Kindness,' and references Herman Wallace of the Black Panthers/Angola Three. The text highlights the inconsistencies in prison policies, such as allowing Playboy but banning personal nude photos.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Herman Wallace | Inmate / Author |
Member of the Angola Three, contributed an essay to 'A Revolution in Kindness', organized a chess tournament.
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| Angola Three | Inmate Group |
Black Panthers members held in solitary confinement for decades.
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| Unnamed Prisoner | Inmate |
Referred to as 'this particular prisoner' on Death Row regarding educational textbook restrictions.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Utah prison system |
Banned Rolling Stone magazine.
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| Louisiana State Penitentiary |
Also known as Angola; banned 'A Revolution in Kindness'.
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| Black Panthers |
Affiliation of the Angola Three.
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| Playboy |
Allowed in prison while personal nude photos were not.
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| Rolling Stone |
Banned by Utah prison system as an 'anarchist publication'.
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| The Anarchists Cookbook |
Banned publication.
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Timeline (2 events)
Early 1970s
Timeframe referenced regarding the 'bloodiest prison in America' conditions.
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
Unknown
Chess tournament organized by Herman Wallace to ease tensions.
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
Herman Wallace
Inmates
Relationships (1)
Wallace is one of the Angola Three
Key Quotes (4)
"An inmate couldn' t get nude pictures of his wife sent to him but he could get a subscription to Playboy. The rationale: A wife deserved more respect."Source
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Quote #1
"The Utah prison system banned Rolling Stone as being an anarchist publication."Source
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"A Revolution in Kindness is banned from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola as 'a threat to internal security.'"Source
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Quote #3
"All hardback books forbidden, because the covers could be fashioned into weapons."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,234 characters)
* "An inmate couldn' t get nude pictures of his wife sent to him but he could get a subscription to Playboy. The rationale: A wife deserved more respect."
* "They kept out The Anarchists Cookbook. And no kiddie porn, no tales or photos suggesting sex with a guard, no photos showing frontal or rear nudity--not even a wife or friend."
* "The Utah prison system banned Rolling Stone as being an anarchist publication."
* "A Revolution in Kindness is banned from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola as 'a threat to internal security.' It was intended for Herman Wallace, who contributed an essay about how he organized a chess tournament on his cellblock as a way of easing tensions and minimizing violence between inmates. Wallace is one of the Angola Three, Black Panthers who have been in solitary confinement for [more than three decades] trying to improve conditions in the 'bloodiest prison in America' in the early 1970s."
* "All hardback books forbidden, because the covers could be fashioned into weapons. Educational textbooks--a new rule precludes prisoners on Death Row [including this particular prisoner] or in lockdown from taking correspondence courses--and I' ve had a couple of books
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