Biography
Al Simmons, a Richmond, Virginia peace activist, was one of six people prosecuted after demonstrators carried the November 2008 School of the Americas Watch protest onto Fort Benning. The group called for the closure of the U.S. Army School of the Americas/WHINSEC and a change in U.S. policy toward Latin America. On January 26, 2009, Simmons was convicted of entering the military base and sentenced to two months in federal prison.
Case
Federal Bureau of Prisons
