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R. Kuilmen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#37703
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

R. Kuilmen, from Eureka, received a four-year prison sentence, which he served in San Quentin from April 10, 1923, until his term expired for attending a meeting of the IWW local in Eureka. In June 1924, IWW inmates struck to protest Kuilmen's detention in solitary confinement.

Case

San Quentin State Prison
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Incarcerated: Apr 10, 1923
Released: 1925
Convicted: Yes — the record states a sentence received and a term served at San Quentin State Prison.
Institution State: California