Jeff Keith

Released
Era:1960s
State:Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 1 Month
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Biography

Jeff Keith was a conscientious objector imprisoned at Lewisburg and Petersburg during the 1960s.

CCCO News Notes identifies Jefferson Keith, also called Jeff Keith in the same article, as a member of the Religious Society of Friends sentenced on March 26, 1965. It reports an Allenwood-to-Petersburg transfer; the later memoir description mentions Lewisburg and Petersburg. Exact transfer dates remain unresolved, and the existing admission and release months are preserved. Source.

Case

Charges: Conscientious-objection prosecution; individual statutory count unverified
Sentenced: Mar 26, 1965
Incarcerated: April 1965
Released: May 1966
Sentence: The December 1965 Catholic Worker lists Keith in custody at Petersburg federal prison. The Swarthmore College Peace Collection finding aid describes his 1970 Prison Memoirs as recounting imprisonment as a conscientious objector at Lewisburg and Petersburg in 1965-1966. Exact admission and release days and total time served remain unverified. CCCO News Notes, May–June 1965, identifies Jefferson (Jeff) Keith and reports a thirty-month sentence imposed by Judge R. Dorsey Watkins on March 26, 1965; this is the imposed term, not actual time served. Subsequent source resolves the months: Adam Waxman review of Inmate31114, Friends Journal January2007 printedpage36, explicitly states imprisonment April1965 to May1966. First-of-month values are storage placeholders; exact days and exact total remain unverified. https://friendsjournal.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/friendsjournal/wp-content/uploads/emember/downloads/2007/HC12-51051.pdf#page=36
Judge: R. Dorsey Watkins

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