![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 […]
Our new podcast launches today! Unmaking the Prison Image is a three-episode podcast series from Visualizing Abolition exploring the role documentary can play in imagining a world without prisons. Hosted by Pooja Rangan, author of Immediations and The Documentary Audit, and co-author with Brett Story of the forthcoming Why Look at Prisons?, the series brings […]
Join us for a walk through of Everything is Going Right with artist Libia Posada. About the Artist:Libia Posada is a multidisciplinary artist, trained as a physician and surgeon at the University of Antioquia. Posada’s art is influenced by her medical training, going beyond a fascination with representations of the purely organic or biological to […]
Join us to learn about the important work of Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition, a group of women and gender expansive folks who have been incarcerated and are building a movement to support each other, shift power, and lead systems and policy change. Niki Martinez is a leading social justice advocate and organizer dedicated to ending […]
