Dykes Out of Control

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library

Name/Title

Dykes Out of Control

Entry/Object ID

2024.3.17

Tags

Politics, Protest

Description

Text: "Shut down Lexington control unit"

Context

High Security Unit (HSU) was a "control" unit for women within the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. In the less than two years that the HSU was operational it became a focus of national and international concern over human rights abuses. It was opened in 1986 by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). This special unit of 16 isolation cells was sealed off in a basement from the other prisoners. Reports from different human rights organization including Amnesty International brought the attention to the existence of the unit and the inhumane treatment of prisoners.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

T-Shirt

Textile Details

Material

Cotton

Notes

Location of Text or Graphic: Front

Made/Created

Time Period

1980s

Location

Box

T-Shirt Box - Politics & Marches

Rack

Rack Storage

Condition

Overall Condition

Worn

Web Links and URLs

Details on Wikipedia, Artilce from Committee to End Marion Lockdown (Includes Lexington HSU), Freedom Archives Article

Create Date

May 20, 2024

Update Date

March 1, 2025