Biography
Doug Dailey was a London, Ohio farmer and Family Farm Movement leader jailed for civil contempt after refusing to surrender financial records to the Production Credit Association during foreclosure proceedings. Contemporary reporting described the imprisonment as an attempt to make an example of a farmers’ movement leader. He was confined in Madison County Jail from January 28 until March 14, 1983, when he was released after filing for bankruptcy.
Doug Dailey was a London, Ohio farmer and Family Farm Movement leader jailed for civil contempt after refusing to surrender financial records to the Production Credit Association during foreclosure proceedings. Contemporary reporting described the imprisonment as an attempt to make an example of a farmers’ movement leader. He was confined in Madison County Jail from January 28 until March 14, 1983, when he was released after filing for bankruptcy.
The Militant, vol. 47 no. 7, March 4, 1983, PDF page 7; The Militant, vol. 47 no. 4, February 11, 1983, PDF page 15; The Militant, vol. 47 no. 11, April 1, 1983, PDF page 13.
Source-reported institution: Madison County Jail.
