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Scott Richard Seeley

AKA: Scott Seelye; Scott Seclye (catalogue/OCR spelling)
Released
Gender:Male
Race:Native American
Era:1980s
Inmate Number:#02601-041
State:Illinois
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty
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Biography

Native American prisoner held at the federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois under number 02601-041, listed among Native political prisoners supported by PFOC. Documented in PFOC Breakthrough magazine.

Historical spelling linked by prisoner number

The original Fall1994 Breakthrough directory, fully visually reviewed, and the official federal locator share02601-041. Federal release is verified; the earlier case chronology and a reusable identified portrait remain unresolved.

Nitassinan no. 39 (January–March 1995), printed page 24, identified Scott R. Seelye as an Ojibwa activist imprisoned at Marion and a defender of prisoners involved in the 1991 Montana prison uprising. The article reported that the uprising-related charges against him had been dropped, described his transfer to Marion as retaliation, and said that he continued to campaign for Native prisoners’ religious rights. These are the magazine’s contemporary account and allegations; they do not establish his original admission date or an exact acquittal date.

Original contemporary source, PDF page 26.

Case

USP Marion
Released: Jul 1, 1998
Sentence: Original Breakthrough Fall1994 physical51 lists Scott Seelye at Marion with02601-041. The same number in the authorized official BOP lookup identifies Scott Richard Seeley and July1,1998 federal release. This links the historical directory entry despite the legacy Seclye spelling. It does not establish initial arrest, admission, underlying conviction, or freedom from all state custody. Unbridged Minnesota cases under similar spellings were not merged; the1991Montana acquittal is not treated as release from this federal custody.
Institution State: Illinois