Prison Newspaper Collection Compiled by Randi J. Ramsden Madison September 2017 Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections Copyright © 2017 by the Wisconsin Historical Society All Rights Reserved CONTENTS SCOPE NOTE ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 MICROFILM SALES ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS .......................................................................................................................... 3 LISTINGS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 CANADA .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 BRITISH COLUMBIA .......................................................................................................................... 4 MANITOBA ........................................................................................................................................ 4 NOVA SCOTIA ................................................................................................................................... 5 ONTARIO ........................................................................................................................................... 5 QUEBEC ............................................................................................................................................ 6 SOUTH AFRICA ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 UNITED STATES ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 ALABAMA .......................................................................................................................................... 7 ARIZONA ........................................................................................................................................... 7 ARKANSAS ....................................................................................................................................... 7 CALIFORNIA...................................................................................................................................... 8 COLORADO .................................................................................................................................... 12 CONNECTICUT ............................................................................................................................... 13 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA................................................................................................................ 13 FLORIDA ......................................................................................................................................... 14 GEORGIA ........................................................................................................................................ 15 IDAHO.............................................................................................................................................. 15 ILLINOIS .......................................................................................................................................... 15 IOWA ............................................................................................................................................... 17 KANSAS .......................................................................................................................................... 18 KENTUCKY ..................................................................................................................................... 18 LOUISIANA ...................................................................................................................................... 19 MAINE.............................................................................................................................................. 19 MARYLAND ..................................................................................................................................... 20 MASSACHUSETTS ......................................................................................................................... 20 MICHIGAN ....................................................................................................................................... 20 MINNESOTA .................................................................................................................................... 22 MISSOURI ....................................................................................................................................... 22 MONTANA ....................................................................................................................................... 23 NEVADA .......................................................................................................................................... 23 NEW HAMPSHIRE ........................................................................................................................... 23 NEW JERSEY .................................................................................................................................. 24 NEW MEXICO .................................................................................................................................. 24 NEW YORK ...................................................................................................................................... 24 NORTH CAROLINA ......................................................................................................................... 27 OHIO ................................................................................................................................................ 28 OREGON ......................................................................................................................................... 28 PENNSYLVANIA .............................................................................................................................. 29 PRISON NEWSPAPER COLLECTION ii RHODE ISLAND .............................................................................................................................. 30 SOUTH DAKOTA ............................................................................................................................. 30 TENNESSEE ................................................................................................................................... 30 TEXAS ............................................................................................................................................. 31 VERMONT ....................................................................................................................................... 32 VIRGINIA ......................................................................................................................................... 32 WASHINGTON ................................................................................................................................ 33 WEST VIRGINIA .............................................................................................................................. 35 WISCONSIN .................................................................................................................................... 35 PRISON NEWSPAPER COLLECTION iii SCOPE NOTE This bibliography includes newspapers and periodicals written by prison inmates, addressing the life of inmates and their families, and other prison matters. It does not include publications from or about military prisons, or government reports on penitentiaries. Nor does this bibliography include publications about the status of individual legal cases or political prisoners. The Wisconsin Historical Society’s collection comprises newsletters published by political action groups about political prisoners, which can be found by means of the online catalog. This bibliography is a work in progress. PRISON NEWSPAPER COLLECTION 1 MICROFILM SALES Microfilm or digital copies of newspapers are available from the Wisconsin Historical Society Microfilm Lab. Please visit www.wisconsinhistory.org/microfilm for more information. Some of our newspapers have also been licensed to commercial publishers through non-exclusive agreements since 2001. PRISON NEWSPAPER COLLECTION 2 ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS WHi Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin (bm) bi-monthly (bw) bi-weekly (d) daily (irr) irregular (m) monthly (sm) semi-monthly (q) quarterly (tw) tri-weekly (w) weekly [?] information uncertain + publication continued after the indicated date PRISON NEWSPAPER COLLECTION 3 LISTINGS CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA BULLET IS THE WORD 1998-[?]. Vancouver: Third World Alliance. WHi Mar./Apr. 1998. INDIAN ECHO (a) [?]. New Westminster: British Columbia Penitentiary. WHi Feb. 1967, July 1968, Mar. 1970, Jan. 1971,