Biography
Jacqui Schoonover-Higgins was arrested April 4, 1985 after climbing onto the roof at Williams International in an anti-nuclear protest. She pleaded guilty to trespass and received a nominal ten-day jail sentence. The contemporary report and individual Southfield Annex mailing address confirm actual continued confinement. An indefinite contempt imprisonment was described prospectively after the trespass sentence, not as an already completed second stay. Exact admission and actual release remain unknown.
Contemporary source and limits
Jacqui Schoonover-Higgins was arrested April 4, 1985 after climbing onto the roof at Williams International in an anti-nuclear protest. She pleaded guilty to trespass and received a nominal ten-day jail sentence. The contemporary report and individual Southfield Annex mailing address confirm actual continued confinement. An indefinite contempt imprisonment was described prospectively after the trespass sentence, not as an already completed second stay. Exact admission and actual release remain unknown.
The Nuclear Resister No.30, April16,1985, PDF pages [4, 5].
No exact unprinted custody endpoint, vital date, demographic category, expanded name or present custody status is inferred.
The Williams account individually identifies Jacquie Schoonover-Higgins, matching existing Jacqui, as sent to jail April 4, 1985 for civil contempt and still jailed. Later concurrent misdemeanor terms do not add a second overlapping interval.
The July report confirms physical release June 6,1985 after appeal of the Williams International contempt citation, ending the distinct April 4 imprisonment.
