Guy Colwell

Released
Date of birth:28. 03. 1945
Age:81
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 4 Months 13 Days
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Guy Colwell

Biography

Guy Colwell is an artist who refused the Vietnam War draft and was imprisoned at McNeil Island. His prison experience influenced his political art and comics.

Photo credit

Guy Colwell in 1976, identified in Larry Rippee and Molly Rea's archival post of March 11, 2018. Photographer not identified. Rectangular crop.

The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ November–December 1968 News Notes lists Guy Colwell among its current prisoners at McNeil Island. This contemporary roster corroborates actual confinement during the issue’s reporting period. It is a dated custody observation, not an admission, release, transfer date or measure of total time served.

CCCO News Notes, November–December 1968, PDF pages 4.

Case

Charges: Refusal of induction
Sentenced: 1968
Incarcerated: 1968
Released: September 1969
Sentence: Two-year imposed sentence reported by CCCO in 1968. Colwell later states that he actually spent 500 days in prison. Exact endpoints remain unverified;500 days is retained as sourced prose because the existing case model calculates the days field from dates or documented months.
Judge: Burke (identified by surname in CCCO News Notes, May–June 1968)

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