Fred Homi Iriye

Released
Date of birth:01. 08. 1923
Date of death:1946
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:Wyoming
Support
Heart Mountain draft resistance
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Biography

Fred Homi Iriye was a Japanese American draft resister confined at Heart Mountain and later imprisoned at McNeil Island. He refused conscription while his community was deprived of its civil rights. In 1946 he was electrocuted while working in the prison power plant, shortly before his planned release.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Violation of the Selective Training and Service Act
Arrested: Apr 7, 1944
Sentenced: June 1944
Released: 1946
Sentence: Three years
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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