How to jail a revolution: Tracing the penal suppression of political voices

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This doctoral thesis will identify strategic patterns in the response to Black political expression in USprisons, and in particular the penal techniques employed to prevent political organisation. This will seekto fill a distinct gap in literature regarding the suppression of Black imprisoned people's political voices,an issue that remains as prevalent today as at the start of this study. The prison has long beenrecognised as a significant space for political expression, however historical research has thus farneglected to examine the systematic response of authorities to this. I hypothesize that the state'srepression of imprisoned political activists adapted to respond to changes in the methods and focus ofprotests. State interventions will be traced over the period from 1964-2020, utilising a mixed methodapproach, beginning with a quantitative analysis of penal techniques and prison demographies,combined with qualitative research using archival and published sources.