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The Nancy prison revolt and the French prison movement of 1971-1972
Fifty years ago prisoners in France’s Nancy prison protested - this is their story and how it related to the wider prisoners’ movement in France in the early 1970s
Remembering prison struggles from 50 years ago
This article recalls the uprisings that occurred in British prisons fifty years ago and the role played by PROP - the prisoners’ union.