Political Prisoners

Includes short biographies of prisoners: Edwin Cortes, Elizam Escobar, Albert Rodríguez, Alejandrina Torres, Adolfo Matos, Antonio Camacho Negrón, Alica Rodríguez, Ricard Jiminez, Juan Segarra Palmer, Carlos Alberto Torres, Carmen Valentín, Luís Rosa, Óscar Lopez Rivera, Dylcia Pagán, Ida Luz Rodríguez. Most were born in or lived in Chicago.

"A Call to Action is a poignant and uncompromising analysis of the criminal/justice system which spends millions of dollars annually, and controls the lives of approximately one million inmates--of which nearly two-thirds are Black and members of other non-white groups. Of particular concern is the over-representation of Black men who traverse the criminal justice system as though it was especially designed for them."