Political Prisoner Sister Ardeth Platte Released from Prison

Sister Carol Gilbert, formerly of Grand Rapids MI, was released from prison last week after serving almost three years in prison for a Plowshares disarmament action. She was jailed along with two other Dominican sisters with Grand Rapids ties, Sister Ardeth Platte and Sister Jackie Hudson. Sister Gilbert was recently interviewed on Democracy Now, in which she talked about time at Alderson Federal Prison, a minimum security prison for women. Sister Gilbert’s imprisonment did get some corporate media coverage, although this was due to her friendship with fellow inmate Martha Stewart, not because of her dedication and self-sacrifice for the cause of nuclear disarmament.