Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Hudson were sentenced by Judge Robert Blackburn on July 25, 2003. The Sisters are serving the following sentences: Jackie Hudson, 2 years, 6 months. Carol Gilbert: 2 years, nine months, Ardeth Platte: 3 years, five months. Blackburn labeled the Dominican Sisters, ‘dangerously irresponsible.’

On October 6, 2002, Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert, and Jackie Hudson, cut a chain link fence and entered an active nuclear missile silo site in rural northern Colorado. Declaring the Minuteman III a weapon of mass destruction, the nuns painted the site with six crosses in their own blood and tapped hammers against the silo lid and rusted tracks used to open the lid for a launch in a symbolic act of disarmament. ¹

The sisters believe nuclear weapons are the "taproot" of social and economic injustice because the billions of dollars spent on them could go to programs for the poor and needy. Standing against militarism, they say, is a way to challenge skewed priorities that cause orphanages and soup kitchens to exist in the first place.²

Read their public statements

• Jackie Hudson
• Ardeth Platte
• Carol Gilbert

• Sign the petition to release the three sisters from prison
• Learn more about Jackie, Carol and Ardeth at Coloradopeace.org

US v. Gilbert, Hudson, Platte: A documentary

The documentary US v. Gilbert, Hudson, Platte, by Little Voice examines legal, social and religious divisiveness in the wake of the events of September 11th. What forces are at play today that led a Colorado federal jury to convict three nuns of obstruction of national defense? Read more…

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As of September 16th 2003, the sisters have been transferred to federal prison where they will serve out the remainder of their sentences.

The Three Sister’s Current Addresses

Carol Gilbert, O.P. Inmate # 10856-039
Alderson FPC Box A
Alderson, West Virginia 24901

Jackie Marie Hudson, O.P. #08808-039
Victorville FCI
Adelanto, CA 92301

Ardeth Platte, O.P.
FCI Danbury
33 1/2 Pembroke Rd
Danbury, CT 06811

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1. From Little Voice - US v. Gilbert, Hudson, Platte: A documentary

2. From Public statement of Jonah House Community in West Baltimore, JULY 25, 2003