Biography
Jessica Reznicek is an environmental activist who was a leading opponent against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Jessica and other organizers attended public comment hearings, gathered signatures for petition requests for environmental impact statements, and participated in civil disobedience, hunger strikes, marches and rallies, boycotts, and encampments to prevent the construction of the pipeline. In 2017, Jessica and another activist disabled construction machinery in order to delay the pipelines construction. No one was injured by their actions, and the land was protected from the flow of oil for an additional six months. On June 30, 2021, she was sentenced to 8 years in prison. She received the ‘federal crime of terrorism’ enhancement and was ordered to pay over 3 million dollars in restitution and three years of supervised release.
Source verification
The support team's August 11, 2021 press release reports that Reznicek actually self-reported that day to Waseca Federal Correctional Institution to begin her eight-year sentence. This corroborates the recorded August 11 admission, rather than treating the June 30 sentencing or a prospective surrender deadline as the prison admission date. The release contains no actual prison release date.
The October 4 report describes arrest and indictment over Dakota Access Pipeline sabotage following public responsibility claims. One hundred ten years was maximum potential exposure across charges, not an imposed sentence, and the excerpt does not establish a new exact custody period.
