Biography
Bennie Washington was a prisoner at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. In a first-person report published in Anarchist Black Dragon in summer 1981, he described his confinement in segregation and alleged that prison authorities were using disciplinary proceedings to silence Black prisoner leadership and demands for racial equality.
Bennie Washington was a prisoner at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. In a first-person report published in Anarchist Black Dragon in summer 1981, he described his confinement in segregation and alleged that prison authorities were using disciplinary proceedings to silence Black prisoner leadership and demands for racial equality. Bennie Washington’s first-person 1981 report describes actual confinement in Washington State Penitentiary segregation and alleges racial retaliation against prisoner leadership. Collective disturbance dates and sanctions do not establish his personal admission, release or actual duration.
