Building from Within: How Two Female Prisoners Survived Incarceration

According to the US Commission of Civil Rights, from 1980 to 2016, the percentage of imprisoned women surpassed 730% (4). Severe isolation, lack of sunlight, and sensory deprivation tactics were employed during the 1980s, when Silvia Baraldini and Laura Whitehorn were incarcerated at the federal women’s prison in Lexington, Kentucky. Both women maintained their basic humanity and spirit by creating educational opportunities for fellow inmates, advocating for improved conditions, and sharing their experiences through letter writing. They each wrote hundreds of letters to friends, family, and other social activists concerned with their plight. Using a collection of letters written by Baraldini and Whitehorn, dating from 1987 to 2000, now part of the Kate Black Social Activism Papers at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center, this research will explore the work, activity, and mental health of these women during their incarceration. While Whitehorn was mainly concerned with health education, especially regarding the burgeoning health crisis of HIV and AIDS, Baraldini’s advocacy focused on reform of current incarceration tactics, like the High Security Unit in the Lexington prison. Because of Baraldini’s efforts, with support from Amnesty International, the High Security Unit at Lexington’s Federal Correctional Institution was shut down in 1988. This research relates Baraldini and Whitehorn’s activism to studies on how prison systems treat women prisoners differently than male prisoners, whether they receive more extreme punishments, and the nature of those punishments. In light of the current prison system, Baraldini and Whitehorn offer examples of how women maintain their humanity while incarcerated

Aliados de la historia: Ayudando a proteger su pasado: Recursos sobre la gestión de archivos y registros para organizaciones comunitarias

Desde 2015, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center (UK SCRC) ha ofrecido talleres sobre básicos de archivos para organizaciones comunitarias en el centro del estado de Kentucky. Estos talleres, titulados Aliados de la historia: ayudando a proteger su pasado, son gratuitos y abiertos al público y, a menudo, se organizan en colaboración con las bibliotecas públicas del área. Los asistentes han sido de iglesias afroamericanas, organizaciones LGBTQIA, grupos genealógicos, museos y más. Los temas incluyen el valor histórico de los registros de la organización, la selección de registros para la retención permanente, el inventario y el almacenamiento de registros físicos y digitales, el acceso a investigadores, la gestión de voluntarios y proyectos de voluntariado, métodos y estándares de digitalización, y alcance a la communidad y exhibiciones. Los talleres también incluyen oportunidades para establecer contactos y discusiones en grupos pequeños. Los presentadores de los talleres han incluido archiveros y bibliotecarios del UK SCRC, la Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library y la Lexington (Kentucky) Public Library. Los presentadors han incluido Sandra Baird, Ruth Bryan, Nancy DeMarcus, Sarah Dorpinghaus, Sarah Hubbard, Reinette Jones, Matthew Strandmark, Kathy Vaughan-Lloyd y Stacie Williams

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