Jan Susler: A Brief History of Political Prisoners in the US
@ SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 1st, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Join us for this program as part of the current exhibition BEATRIZ SANTIAGO MUÑOZ: SAFEHOUSE
Jan Susler joined People’s Law Office in 1982 after working for six years as a Clinical Law Professor at the legal clinic at Southern Illinois University’s School of Law, Prison Legal Aid. At the People’s Law Office she continued her litigation and advocacy work on prisoners’ rights issues and also took on representing people wrongfully imprisoned, falsely arrested, strip searched, or subjected to excessive force by police officers.
Her long history of work on behalf of political prisoners and prisoners’ rights includes litigation, advocacy and educational work around federal and state control unit prisons in the U.S. Her work with the Puerto Rican Independence Movement and with progressive movements challenging U.S. foreign and domestic policies has been a constant throughout her 36 years as a lawyer. She was an adjunct professor of criminal justice at Northeastern Illinois University, and taught constitutional law at the University of Puerto Rico. For over three decades she has represented Puerto Rican political prisoners, and she served as lead counsel in the efforts culminating in the 1999 presidential commutation of their sentences. She continues to represent those who remain imprisoned. Her advocacy has included testifying in hearings at the U.S. House of Representatives and the United Nations, and she has written and lectured extensively about her work.
Image: “Oneiromancer” (Video Still), Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, 2017.
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