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George Yager

Era:1910s
State:Kansas
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Biography

George Yager is identified as a conscientious objector imprisoned at Leavenworth in Charles Plahn’s signed December 1919 account. He is named among prisoners placed in the black hole on April 14, 1919 for six days on bread and water, and among those still in permanent isolation when the account was written. His individual sentence and complete admission/release chronology are not supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v01n10-dec-1919_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=38 Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/one-big-union-monthly/v01n10-dec-1919_One%20Big%20Union.pdf#page=39

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Conscientious objection; precise military charge not supplied.
Sentence: Actual Leavenworth custody and six-day disciplinary confinement documented. Underlying sentence and full custody total unknown.
Institution State: Kansas