Mary Patten

Released
Date of birth:1951
Age:75
Era:1980s
State:New York
Support
Madame Binh Graphics Collective Anti-apartheid movement
Mary Patten

Biography

Mary Patten is an artist and activist associated with the Madame Binh Graphics Collective. She was imprisoned following the 1981 anti-apartheid demonstration at Kennedy Airport.

Cases

Charges: Initial pretrial detention following anti-Springbok demonstration
Arrested: Sep 26, 1981
Incarcerated: Sep 26, 1981
Released: 1981
Sentence: The first-person account records one week of initial detention followed by a later return to custody. Exact first release day is unresolved; do not join the intervals.
Charges: Resisting arrest (§205.30) and third-degree criminal trespass (§140.10)
Sentenced: Jul 8, 1982
Sentence: Jury convictions; sentenced July 8, 1982. Sentence affirmed November 22, 1982. Her account establishes later Rikers confinement after the initial release. Exact re-entry, release and individual sentence length remain unresolved.

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