Jon Jost

Released
Date of birth:16. 05. 1943
Age:83
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Minnesota
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 3 Months
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Jon Jost

Biography

Jon Jost is an independent filmmaker who was imprisoned for refusing military service during the Vietnam era.

Photo credit

San Francisco Public Library, Jon Jost discussing Blue Strait and 50 years of filmmaking, 2017. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Cropped. Image license.

Case

Charges: Refusal to cooperate with military conscription; exact statutory count unverified
Incarcerated: March 1965
Released: June 1967
Sentence: Jost dates his imprisonment from March1965 to June1967 in his own account. The December1966 Catholic Worker roster places him at Sandstone Federal Correctional Institution. Exact days, arrest date and sentence length remain unverified.

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