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Phillip Costes

AKA: Billy Costes
Era:1970s
State:Maryland
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The author identifies his cellmate as Phillip "Billy" Costes and describes him being beaten before being placed in the isolation cell. An April 1971 eyewitness account reports that Dutton, Statton, Costes, Jackson and Larry Wallace were confined together in a small Baltimore City Jail isolation cell for six days after the February 1971 confrontations. This establishes actual custody longer than overnight and their involvement in prisoner resistance; their underlying commitments, original admission dates, releases and complete custody totals remain unresolved.

The author identifies his cellmate as Phillip "Billy" Costes and describes him being beaten before being placed in the isolation cell. An April 1971 eyewitness account reports that Dutton, Statton, Costes, Jackson and Larry Wallace were confined together in a small Baltimore City Jail isolation cell for six days after the February 1971 confrontations. This establishes actual custody longer than overnight and their involvement in prisoner resistance; their underlying commitments, original admission dates, releases and complete custody totals remain unresolved.

Original contemporary source 1.

Source-reported institution: Baltimore City Jail.

Case

Baltimore City Jail
Charges: Custody and retaliatory isolation arising from Baltimore City Jail prisoner resistance; original commitment and individual formal charges unresolved
Sentence: At least six days in the described isolation cell; this was a component of longer ongoing confinement, not a completed total.
Institution State: Maryland