Bristol County House of Corrections protester Sherrie André has received the maximum sentence of 30 days imprisonment after being found guilty of trespassing and disturbing the peace on Monday. 

The activist was sentenced after a three-day trial for charges that came from an August 2018 anti-ICE protest in front of the jail.

According to a statement from the FANG Collective, a coalition co-founded by André, one of their members was also removed from the courtroom and taken into custody after hearing the verdict.

André is one of four protesters arrested during the demonstration, in which members of the FANG Collective chained and cemented themselves to the Faunce Corner Road facility’s gates.

Two protesters, including André, also perched on 26-foot tripods to block entrances and exits to the jail.

“We are surprised by the guilty verdict, and shocked...That the Judge decided to impose the maximum sentence on Sherrie, despite dozens of letters of support [submitted] on Sherrie’s behalf by community leaders,” read the Collective’s statement. “We will continue to support Sherrie in the coming weeks as well as all those impacted by the Sheriff’s violent policies.”

Those arrested at the protest were charged with trespassing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and disturbing the peace.

Three of the protesters took plea deals; two served ten days each in the jail last summer, and one was ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution for lost time and was given a suspended sentence of one year.

André alone decided to contest the charges.

The Bristol County House of Corrections holds ICE detainees in a separate facility through an agreement between the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office and the federal agency.

The protest was held in solidarity with the ICE facility inmates, who were on hunger strike at the time.

A FANG Collective spokesperson stated that André will serve the sentence at the Bristol County House of Corrections from March 9.