Biography
Joseph Maizlish was a Los Angeles draft resister who declined a graduate-student deferment and refused Selective Service orders during the Vietnam War. He was imprisoned following sentencing in August1968 and later wrote and spoke about resistance and prison conditions.
Photo: Los Angeles Resistance Collection, Los Angeles Public Library, 1968; reproduced in Louise Steinman's Los Angeles Review of Books article. Original-image crop; identified by the source (man in the right-hand photograph holding the sign naming Joe Maizlish). Source: https://lareviewofbooks.org/blog/events/resister-sanctuary-wont-go/ . Non-free archival image used under this site's educational/memorial rationale; no permission or open-license claim.
The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors’ November–December 1968 News Notes lists Joseph Maizlish among its current prisoners at Terminal 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.
