Johnny Baranski

Released
Date of birth:01. 05. 1948
Date of death:24. 01. 2018
Age:69† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Washington
Support
Catholic Worker
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Biography

Johnny Baranski was a haiku poet and Catholic Worker activist. His resistance to war and nuclear weapons led to several imprisonments, during which he wrote prison poetry.

Cases

USP McNeil Island
Charges: Destruction of government property
Sentenced: 1974
Sentence: One-year federal sentence imposed in 1974; imprisonment at McNeil Island is documented. Exact custody endpoints and full time served are unverified.
Institution State: Washington
Charges: Anti-nuclear protest at the Trident base; individual statutory charge unverified
Arrested: 1979
Sentence: Six-month sentence following the 1979 Bangor Trident-base arrest. Actual imprisonment and prison writing at Lompoc are documented; exact custody endpoints remain unverified.
Snohomish County Jail
Charges: Blocking a train carrying nuclear-weapons material; individual statutory charge unverified
Sentenced: 1987
Incarcerated: 1987
Sentence: Sixty-day sentence in 1987 for a railway blockade connected with the Trident base. His Snohomish County Jail poetry documents the imprisonment; exact endpoints remain unverified.
Institution State: Washington

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