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James Ridgeway, 1936–2021

By Jean Casella | February 17, 2021

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prison memoir

Voices from Solitary: Imprisoned in the First Control Unit for Women

February 26, 2011October 21, 2015 James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
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Susan Rosenberg was 29 in 1984 when she was arrested while trying to unload dynamite and guns from a U-Haul in New Jersey. When she was identified, it turned out she was wanted in connection with a revolutionary group’s attempt to rob a Brinks armored truck, in which a guard and two police officers were killed. There never were any charges […]