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Photo, Print, Drawing Prison conditions hearing

[ digital file from original drawing ]

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About this Item

Title

  • Prison conditions hearing

Summary

  • Drawing shows James Crosby, a former inmate at Rikers Island, testifying during a trial on prison conditions, with Judge Morris Lasker presiding, and lawyers Dale A. Wilker, of the Legal Aid Society, and Diane J. Morgenroth, representing New York City.

Names

  • Church, Marilyn, artist

Created / Published

  • [Place not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [1986 October 24 (published)]

Headings

  • -  Lasker, Morris E
  • -  Judicial proceedings--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Judges--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Prisons--New York (State)--New York--1980-1990
  • -  Rikers Island (N.Y.)--1980-1990

Format Headings

  • Courtroom sketches--Color--1980-1990.
  • Drawings--Color--1980-1990.

Genre

  • Courtroom sketches--Color--1980-1990
  • Drawings--Color--1980-1990

Notes

  • -  Caption label from exhibit Drawing Justice: Rikers Island Prisoners Sue for Better Conditions. In Fisher v. Koehler, 692 F.Supp. 1519 (1988), Judge Morris Lasker heard a case about the culture of violence at Rikers Island prison. The hearing on the preliminary injunction began on October 23, 1986. Dale A. Wilker, who worked for the Legal Aid Society, represented the prisoners, including James Crosby who is shown testifying in court. Crosby had been arrested for shoplifting and during the three months he spent at Rikers for parole violations was stabbed twice. The prisoners argued that their Eighth Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment had been violated. Diane J. Morgenroth, represented the city of New York. Judge Lasker believed the judicial system had to intervene in the prison system "when either the legislature, or the executive, or both, are failing in their duties to assure constitutionally adequate conditions."
  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Forms part of: Marilyn Church collection of courtroom art.
  • -  Exhibited: "Drawing Justice" at the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., April - October 2017.

Medium

  • 1 drawing on ochre Canson paper : colored pencil, water soluable crayon, and porous point pen ; sheet 49.9 x 65 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 14050-421, no. 1 [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

  • ppmsca 51145 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.51145

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017645124

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-51145 (digital file from original drawing)

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Marilyn Church Rights and Restrictions Information," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/res/653_chur.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-51145 (digital file from original drawing)
  • Call Number: LOT 14050-421, no. 1 [P&P]
  • Access Advisory: ---

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Chicago citation style:

Church, Marilyn, Artist. Prison Conditions Hearing. Rikers Island New York, 1986. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified, published] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017645124/.

APA citation style:

Church, M. (1986) Prison Conditions Hearing. Rikers Island New York, 1986. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified, published] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017645124/.

MLA citation style:

Church, Marilyn, Artist. Prison Conditions Hearing. [Place not identified: Publisher not identified, published] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017645124/>.