Allan Hoffman

Released
Date of birth:c. 1941
Age:85
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1960s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
18 Days
Support
Anti-War Committee for Non-Violent Action
Allan Hoffman

Biography

Allan Hoffman was a 19-year-old artist and member of the Committee for Non-Violent Action sentenced to 60 days in the workhouse — then the harshest term ever imposed under the act — for refusing to take shelter during New York's compulsory civil-defense drill on April 28, 1961.

Case

Charges: Refusing to take shelter
Arrested: Apr 28, 1961
Incarcerated: May 8, 1961
Released: May 26, 1961
Sentence: Sixty days in the workhouse — then the harshest term ever imposed under the New York Defense Emergency Act — for refusing to take shelter during the April 28, 1961 civil-defense drill. He served eighteen days and was released on May 26, 1961 on one hundred dollars bail pending appeal, so the sixty days is NOT recorded as time served. The May 8 incarceration date is derived by counting the eighteen reported days back from the documented May 26 release.
Convicted: Yes

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