Catherine Ann MacDougal

AKA: Catherine-Ann MacDougal; Catherine Anne MacDougal; Squirrel

Released

Era:2010s

State:West Virginia

Support

Radical Action for Mountains’ and People’s Survival (RAMPS)

Biography

Catherine Ann MacDougal, known as Squirrel, participated in the Coal River Mountain tree sit and a coal-barge blockade in West Virginia. MacDougal wrote about jail conditions and the environmental campaign after custody in 2012.

Cases

Charges: Trespassing following Coal River Mountain tree sit — no-contest plea; conspiracy dropped

Sentenced: Feb 9, 2012

Incarcerated: Feb 9, 2012

Released: February 2012

Sentence: Entered Southern Regional Jail February 9, 2012 for seven days. The campaign recorded a jail visit and a statement during the term; the February 18 first-person update confirms that the week had been served and release had occurred. Exact release day remains unverified.

Charges: Coal-barge protest at Chelyan — initial detention, individual statutory count unverified

Arrested: May 24, 2012

Incarcerated: May 24, 2012

Released: May 2012

Sentence: Spent two days in South Central Regional Jail immediately after the May 24, 2012 action. The November sentencing report expressly credits these two days against the later twenty-day sentence. The exact release day is unverified.

Charges: Coal-barge protest plea — remaining custody after credit; individual count unverified

Sentenced: Nov 5, 2012

Incarcerated: Nov 5, 2012

Released: November 2012

Sentence: Returned to South Central Regional Jail November 5, 2012 to serve eighteen remaining days of a twenty-day sentence, with two earlier days credited. MacDougal rejected a proposed probation arrangement; the final agreement imposed no probation. November 20 reporting confirms continued custody, and the November 26 update confirms release. The projected Thanksgiving release is not recorded as an independently verified exact day.

Catherine Ann MacDougal

Biography

Cases

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