Biography
Russell Hayes was a Vietnam-era conscientious resister who left compulsory civilian service at Friends Hospital and was imprisoned at Lewisburg.
The September 1972 journal identifies Hayes as a Westtown Meeting attender and quotes his February 1972 trial statement for refusing cooperation with military conscription. He rejected both violence and support for Selective Service, arguing that cooperation would acknowledge its right to exist. February dates the trial statement, not an invented arrest, sentence or physical release day in his existing civilian-service refusal case. Source: https://friendsjournal.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/friendsjournal/wp-content/uploads/emember/downloads/1972/HC12-50522.5.pdf#page=2
The December 1, 1972 notice identifies Hayes as an attender of Westtown Meeting and lists him at Allenwood Federal Prison Camp among those imprisoned for refusal to cooperate with Selective Service. This corroborates the later institution already recorded in his case and supplies meeting affiliation; no exact transfer day is given. Source: https://friendsjournal.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/friendsjournal/wp-content/uploads/emember/downloads/1972/HC12-50528.pdf#page=2
