Biography
Raymond Prieur was an inmate of the Orleans Parish Prison Annex in New Orleans who, on October 27, 1971, joined two fellow prisoners in briefly detaining a prison official in an attempt to publicize their grievances about conditions to the news media. They released the official unharmed, but the three were charged with aggravated escape. Documented in The Black Panther (December 4, 1971).
A letter dated November 10, 1971 describes the October 27 protest by prisoners already confined in the Orleans Parish Prison Annex. The men briefly held a guard to seek publicity about jail conditions, released him, and were charged with aggravated escape. They reported subsequent solitary confinement. The letter does not give their original arrest, admission or eventual release dates.
Original document 1246, PDF page 6; Original document 1246, PDF page 16.
