John Golden

Released
Date of birth:1863
Date of death:01. 01. 1921
Age:58† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
John Golden

Biography

John Golden, an IWW member from Eureka, received a one- to fourteen-year prison sentence, which he served in San Quentin from January 23, 1920, to May 23, 1924. Prison officials, riled by Golden's refusal to "accept the status and tasks of a convict" because he considered himself a "political prisoner who had committed no crime, " punished him by keeping him in solitary confinement for over a year until he physically collapsed.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Institution State: California

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