Van Pham

Released
Era:2010s
State:West Virginia
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month
Support
Environmental Activism
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Biography

Van Pham participated in the 2012 Hobet mine protest against mountaintop-removal coal mining in West Virginia. A contemporary RAMPS prisoner-support roster identifies Van Pham among those detained at Western Regional Jail.

Partial-date duration review October 13, 2026: The existing RAMPS case explicitly retains August 2012 sentencing and release at month precision. August 1 is not an established individual release day, so the four-day placeholder-derived total is cleared. The contemporary support roster identifies Van Pham among the detainees but does not establish an individual discharge day. Exact sentencing/release days and an identifiable photograph remain unresolved.

Case

Charges: Trespassing — Hobet mine protest; initial group reporting also describes obstruction charges
Arrested: Jul 28, 2012
Sentenced: August 2012
Incarcerated: Jul 28, 2012
Released: August 2012
Sentence: Held after the July 28, 2012 protest. RAMPS reports that nineteen defendants accepted trespass pleas, a $500 fine and one year of probation at hearings on August 2 or August 7; all were out by August 7. The individual hearing and release day are not established, so August is recorded at month precision. Probation is not counted as incarceration.

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