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Johanna R. Sibbett

Full name:Johanna Sibbett
Era:1980s
State:Nevada
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Johanna R. Sibbett

Biography

Johanna R. Sibbett was a Quaker anti-nuclear protester whose 1986 first-person letter describes confinement near Tonopah, Nevada, after refusing a $160 fine for entering the nuclear test site.

Johanna R. Sibbett was a Quaker anti-nuclear protester whose 1986 first-person letter describes confinement near Tonopah, Nevada, after refusing a $160 fine for entering the nuclear test site. First-person letter explicitly documents continuing custodial confinement near Tonopah after refusal to pay a fine. No individual imposed jail term, exact endpoints or total duration supplied.

Original source, PDF pages 16, 17.

Sibbett described transport to Tonopah at night, supervised accommodation used because the jail was full, and continuing custody while writing. Her own account does not give a complete duration or discharge date.

Case

Charges: Trespass during Nevada nuclear-test-site civil disobedience; confinement after refusing a $160 fine
Sentence: First-person letter explicitly documents continuing custodial confinement near Tonopah after refusal to pay a fine. No individual imposed jail term, exact endpoints or total duration supplied.