Prisoner Case Files, 1973-1992, Undated

Extent:

4.5 cubic ft.

Scope and content:

Ingle kept material documenting his interaction with the inmates he and his colleagues were trying to help. Some case files fit into one or two folders, but other high-profile cases (eg. Willie Darden, Timothy Baldwin) fill multiple folders and are divided into categories like correspondence and legal documents. Most files contain correspondence between inmates and Joe Ingle as well as letters to the inmates from family, friends, and sometimes members of the public. Copies of legal paperwork, especially affidavits, are often included. The case files of John Spenkelink, Willie Darden, and James Hill include photographs.

Notes of interest: The file on Rocky Coker contains a standard cassette entitled "Things to Remember". Willie Darden's documents include his original, handwritten letter to family, friends, and supporters in the hours before he was executed in 1988. Joe Giarratano's correspondence folders have a (photocopied) note from Caroline Kennedy to Marie Deans of the Virginia Coalition on Jails and Prisons, as well as letters from celebrities like Joan Baez who supported the Southern Coalition's cause. (Kennedy note is in Giarratano correspondence folder 3 of 4; letter from Joan Baez is in Giarratano correspondence folder 4 of 4.).

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

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