This was taken from the NYC ABC Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War at https://nycabc.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/nycabc_polprislisting_may-2026_legal.pdf

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Fred Burton AF3896
SCI Chester
Post Office Box 33028
St Petersburg, Florida 33733

Birthday: December 15

Frederick Burton is an innocent man who has diligently attempted to prove his innocence to the courts for 47 years. Prior to his inprisonment, Fred worked for a phone company, was a well respected member of his community and his wife was preparing to have twins. In 1970, Fred was accused and then convicted of participating in the planning of the murder of Philadelphia police officers. While the alleged plan was to blow up a police station, instead a police officer was shot and killed by alleged members of a radical group called “the Revolutionaries.”   

 Illustration by Gianluca Costantini