![ID: [A scanned document of a table of information pertaining to medical experiments conducted in a prison in 1963. The scan is an inverted image: white, type-written text on a black background speckled with white dots and a white margin on the left side of the frame. The information presented includes the dates of these experiments, the University of Pennsylvania doctors who facilitated them, the number of inmates who participated in the experiments, and the amount that inmates were paid, ranging from one to fifteen dollars per study. Brief descriptions of each test is listed, including “To obtain data on tolerance of Myagen,” “To determine effectiveness of drug, Grisactin” and “To determine toxicity of drug, Wy-713”. At the bottom of the frame is a yellow subtitle, “they classify people.”]](https://ias.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/017–CLS_Pre-ExistingCondition_2019_02-e1774380409661.jpg "017–CLS_Pre-ExistingCondition_2019_02")
Curated by Visualizing Abolition Visiting Faculty Pooja Rangan Run time: 49 minutes Prisons deny and censor the access of those trapped inside them—to information, to intimacy, to community, to meaningful […]
Organized by Pooja Rangan, Visiting Scholar, Visualizing Abolition at University of California, Santa Cruz Carceral Media Ecologies—and How to Break Them is the culminating in-person event in a series of conversations examining how contemporary documentary forms participate in both the making and unmaking of carceral power. This symposium brings together organizers, filmmakers, scholars and artists—both with […]
Join us for the opening celebration of Visions from Within: Resilience. Visions From Within is a continued series of art exhibitions dedicated to uplifting and platforming artists who are currently system impacted.
In this intimate workshop, UC Santa Cruz students, faculty, and staff are invited into conversation with poets Ronaldo Wilson and Terri Witek. Something held by poetry is part of there are no words, but melodies and will be held in the galleries. RSVP is required. Ronaldo V. Wilson is a poet, interdisciplinary artist, academic, and the […]
