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Paul Salstrom

Released
Era:1960s
State:Connecticut
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years
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Paul Salstrom

Biography

Paul Salstrom is a historian and conscientious war resister who was imprisoned during the1960s.

Cases

Charges: Conscientious resistance to military conscription; individual statutory count unverified
Incarcerated: 1962
Released: 1964
Sentence: Salstrom dates his arrival at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners near Springfield, Missouri, to 1962 and describes two years incarcerated there. Contemporary October and November 1964 reports establish that he completed this term and was then arrested again in October 1964. The later Danbury custody is a separate episode. Exact admission and release days for the initial term remain unverified.
Charges: Alleged violation of release conditions through work in the peace movement
Arrested: October 1964
Sentence: Re-arrested in early October 1964 after completing his earlier Springfield term. Contemporary reporting attributes the arrest to peace-movement work in violation of release conditions. Later prisoner rosters place him at Danbury. The imposed term, exact custody admission and release dates, and time served in this separate episode remain unverified.