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*5:- .&#39;1. the? extension ~ bhours at; that

-kiwi 3

to the" ful est some to oblige

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of normal time were

and

extent of the the Attorneys.

thattheofficials ,C&#39;1fE_L Eat c_oop_era_ted._ .,, institution regulations and then

visiting from 10:00
He stated

hours. Normal visiting a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The

to the State. A ood

that

an example

was

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numberinmates in" interview-1s ofthecalledthem, and some inmates e_ven ma for -refused to talk to e
hours worked, a great expense

officials at CTF extended this time from approximately 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. He stated this resulted in many overtime

on duty that of Attorneys.

they ~

Because of this action, they lost out on normal privileges &#39; >. *t&#39;t-: available to them. These inmates were unable to attend "y sun vocational or educational diasses, xmable to receive visit, ; 92-&#39;-E .; missed out on movie privileges, and certain other privileges
3:" 5 &#39;

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b in that case,hadto make sacrifices.

/iowere developedor volunteered as witnesses for the State

date

furnished information receive any promises

in exchange for

that

against JACKSON, of preferred treatment

their testimony. In

at no time did any inmates who

fact,

or early

inmates

release

that &#39;

were invmaximumforth locked security

they would havenormally been intitled

they

= o~ y

too.

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from "Y"

a number inmates of were

Wing a short
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transferred

time
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FEDERAL OF BUREAU INVESTIGATION

Dule

Correctional Training

an

MC of the
inmates
second

orally advised

gate of

the South Facility at

of the

Facility, was

purpose of

credential card thisAgenmbfurther advised by

the investigation being conducted by this

Federal Bureau

of Investigation

identity of

that institution.

contacted at and was

at 1nmate

Special Agent

Agent.

of the
by

during January,
hand

_that he

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in that His

1970, when a Correctional

was not confined in

Officer

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of that

was killed

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A ? Attorneys.

In October,

yi
him

defendants, meaning

They identified

1970, he

the seven

themselves as counsel for

defendants commonly

was visited

in prison

by two

known as the

the

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also

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the interview
was too afraid at

and _

the time

this interview

to the

ris_

officials.

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afraid they

seemed to kno
might carry

he was

out

their threats.

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was

who questioned him in the

fany

of these

names used

rn

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is fairly

sure that the

Attorney with

threatening manner.

he is not entirely positive of this.

as follows:
Male

the red

beard gave

He stated that he

eys

his name

_ described
Race Negro

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%?{1%i Sex

Date of

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Date

Departmentof Corrections,
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i California
West Alisal

Salinas Resident Agency of the Federal

tion, 100

voluntarily appeared at the

themselves b Specia of , &#39; 5"/;0 identified o jr-", _g&#39;.&#39;*Agents the Federal Bureau Inves verbally and through display of official credential cards. f,"&#39;::.A&#39;
further&#39;advised was
tion being
I

Street, Room 216

of Investiga-

of the purposeof the

to "Y"

investiga-

conducted.

were 144

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I]/92 JOHN MILLS was murderedY Wing. in

i available
Office on April 14,
and submitted to the

of that or at

facility of

inmates assigned

that on

January 16,
Wing at

144, 14 were out of the wing on work assignments other locations at the time Correctional Officer

the correctional training facility.

the central

1970, there

He stated,

records are available to establish thi

1970. This
Monterey County

a typed sheet P P ared re

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s

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by nameand prison numberof all inmates who were in Y Wingon January 16, 1970 and havesince been transferred
witnesses in

sheet contains a listing

Y Wing

District Attorney

Of the 38 inmates transferred, l5

the murder case of

to other institutionmq as 38 inmates have been transferre rom

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stated, these inmates were obviously transferred for security and protective custody purposes. He further advised that the remaining 23 inmates transfers were normal institutional procedure and could have been for varying reasons. He emphatically denied that any of these inmates that this
to the District Attorney&#39;s Office, as

Officer JOHN

of that

ofApril 1970, 14, or paroled.

total are
MILLS. He

State&#39;s

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transfers were performed for the specific purpose of denying attorneys access to interviewing these inmates. He stated
list was prepared on April 14,

that the defense attorneys for GEORGE JACKSON,

this is

1970 and submitted

the date

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Q requested
of Y
I, !

interviews with
when the defense interview

all inmates
s

Wing.

AU

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the bf 1> inmates

D!

of

Deputy Attorney General type questionnaire to

Y Wing.

This form

was prepared
of

at the
Y Wing, so

institution and

distributed to

the inmtes

that they

could indicate their

desire to

be interviewed

by the defense _
" _. . -->,:/~_._~

attorneys for

JACKSON,_

aw; sew

cated

that

they did

Seventy nine inmates

not wish
te

to be

interviewed
that
ca

by

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want ,}C92 to

the defense

attorneys, and
be interviewed.

22 indicated
w0

they
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did
that

ad ind wanted

want to
them to

be nterviewed.
mark whether they

This form

contained
a member of

space for
the staff

s not. or
arrival of

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tutional staff

that they wanted no present during interviews, and

four

indicated

they wanted

the staff

present.
at the institution, to these attorneys.
attorneys, as

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b"%h>

felt the

institution was

the inmates
r

they
tten memo

eflecting that

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she believed .. &#39;.1&#39;1<1%i7: identification . for

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hein mates were preinterviewed and &#39;

..

_states in
interviews of

everyone in

her memo shewould prefer that alphabetical

the wing. all rooms
and their staff

as those

.f to be interviewed by sta her

selected

central facility at the institution

1 ~. 92 3. ..-.-A 92 Fa-4-._< ,-;,,_:.?.f , 1,

advised that

were provided forto conduct inmate

of Unit

II

in the

nterviews He stated these interviews were conducted in the firstveek of May, 1970. He stated that in the five

blip

to six days these interviews

inmates were

presentat all
inma es rom
inmates in

view rooms.

He stated

provi

&#39;ded complete privacy in

there were three to

lasted, the attorneys and the

the Unit II inter
four attorneys
made available the

times duringthe interview sessions. IIIII

He stated the attorneys terminated

1; ,1
1 Q9; #1

their interview sessions at their own accord, and have not recontacted the institution for more interviews of
the Y Wing.

Y Wing

__a .

He advised that during

o Corrections
a cultural

to brin
advisor.

made request of the iBlack extremist

first made

these interview

Department
tis

sessions,

as

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request on the basis of an a egation that was an investigator. This request was denied b the institution, as they had public knowledge of backround and knew that she was not a qualified investigator; 9
and therefore,

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under the

institutional regulations.
made

not entitled

to coming in for

purposes. ?1 .= ~,v,.{&#39;/i&#39;~ that

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-into the pr!son was also denied for administrative He a as "cultural investigator". stated that this request
murder of

a second request to

He stated that
bring-

interview

January 16,1970; interrogated

the Correctional

Officer, JOHN

after the

discovery of
MILLS on

the

inmates

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five inmates had been obtained and indicated by witnesses ._,,:..;;.: -.-4t &#39;7 {as the responsibles or prime suspects in the murder of ...;. B Q ft? ,4. 5 ;MELLS. eHe stated that at that time five inmates from V 5"--=-:= 92. ,&#39; &#39;_&#39;-&#39;.&#39;f -._, .iY Wing were locked in the maximum and advised if-lr 3 92 c Q of their rights at that time that no

from approximately 8 p.m. on that date to 2 tr January 17, 1970. He stated at that hour .&#39;. 92&#39;-terminated, were as the names of anywhere - .&#39;;;Y&#39;

the interviews
from two to

a.m.

on

.7-_ _~!.;,g; ~".;.,s.

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Hestatedtwoor three dayslater i

other

interviews

were

at

that time.

fficia1s c Attorney
three
the

locked the in maximum security were again

of these
of

ofthe stated and subsequently, prison, the &#39; He that s Office]

suspects were formally
He stated that since that

interviewed
charged with
have

[ c!

b7!

five
Officer MILLS.

.;f.*.f_; . &#39;-&#39; v&#39;.,. <?<

:-c.-_g.,= _.->1.-; ._, I

.F;_:_;, involved. 1 -:~:&#39;<-:=!.

ass

--14.! /11.2. -:";.=.r, - ~-:&#39;,.-

murder

time,

the

other

two who were

thought

to

be suspects,

been paroled. He stated that any other interviews of inmates in Y Wing since that time have been conducted as ,&#39;_-T? investigative techniques or at the request of the inmates
.

State&#39;s prosecution witnesses in the murder case of Officer

&#39; "stated
carried L while

that

the promiseto only given

of Correction.care., ability of the employees

age

8 Al-hf _ ,s~ . .92! &#39; 5 ~31 .:".- . ---ti".-~ ":;92.~.1

MILLS have been to provide these inmates with protection _

they

p
-

this

are in the Department of the

promise was made to the inmates and will be

He

_.

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of the Department of Corrections. He stated that in _ ..offering testimony and accepting this protection, the _ __ ~&#39; Einmates involved have been deprived of any privileges v .; -L normally granted to them. He stated among those privileges
mare scheduled and treason visiting, vocational programs, recreational

out to the best

4 facilities,

educational

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to b ihoused on

programs, regular movie

a medium security

wing.jHe"g.

attendance,

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with inmatesof Y
which has been

:17 institution. Hestated that every request interview D7 for

in the MILL&#39;s case in

that counsel for the defendants

been denied interview with the institutional

Wingor any other section of the D

accordance

have never

rules

has. been allowedand

to
the

inmates
ment

have beenmade * e
he is aware that

available
institution
interv

the

attorneys.
haras

He stated
tactics by

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i, -..

the attorneys

for
has used

the defendants

have claimed
for the

the
them

watching

defendants

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o t e attorney one largely in part

inmates being

o which was a female! and was due to the high violence potential of t_he
interviewed.

protection

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the murder MILLS- t e nve nofficialser. om... thatcompletesuspects couldmur of He stated o the the five
palm print
murder

population

was placed

n locku

thatthe 16 toYWing following entire l8 da inmate for s

and

some extreme behavioral problem inmates were segregated from Y Wing. He stated these extreme behavioral problem inmates were segregated because of their continuing efforts to disrupt things in the wing.

" l &#39;compared with the and

in the

palm prints were taken from all inmates housed in Y Wing,

found a metal

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matched the palm print found V that he personally interviewed

not

on the
an

M0 MD

<

et&#39; la ter days

later

want date .

his rights. At thattime to talk to but

he

he

would

talk

._ at

Ztffj i l&#39;bE:>transferred to CMC, , :-&#39;"&#39;;i~ minimum security institution. .*}__,"_~<

"Mani

O.

a _

contact-when

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V , .&#39;

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tated that he has not been contacted by_gh

he was ready to W

stated

about the murder.

that

he would

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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Correctional Training Facility, wascontacted at Central the 576/

~ of the credential card by these
Agents .

an inmate

at

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Services of that Office institution. was oralli adthe identity of Special Agents
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FBI, and was shown official an agents. -was further advised

conducted by these

2 : at

time the murder occurred, he was out of the wing and was
He recalled
circulated tothe

1970, when a Correctional Officer named MILLS was murdered in "Y" Wing, he was not present. He stated that at the

"Y" Wing at the institution. On

the institution, in but January,1970, he housed inb7D was

e night of January 16,

that heis now housed in Wing bjcw "A"

that a questionnaire
"Y" Wing, inquirying

type form
as to

was

whether they desired to be interviewed by defene attorney&#39;s for the persons chargedin the murder of Correctional Officer
MILLS. He recalls that the form stated that an inmate should

inmates of

the attorneys.
him that he

indicate whether

He stated that he indicated on the form given

want to be interviewed. He signed it further, had no knowledge not want to get involved.

he did or did

not want to be interviewed

by

this way because he did not observe any of the events surrounding
the murder of Officer MELS, and of that event. He strictly did

did not

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to him by officials of the Prison to influence his signing the questionnaire form to the negative that he did not want
to be interviewed.

stated that there were promises no made to him or threats

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time, he knew

of many other inmates

not want to be inter-

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they just

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with
of

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the inmates by should have

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that

in March or April,

1970, he was

interviewed

by an attorney
concerning
the

named
they MILLS murder.

and a young
Attorney
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female
if

attorney

showedhim photographs of the defendants in

and photographs
he knew defendants

that
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murder case,
asked

of certain
or the

witnesses.
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truthfully told them at the time that he did not the people in the photographs. He the female attorney that he was the time of the murder and saw nothing. ,
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the night of the murder.
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that he signed this form

murdering
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Officer
affirmative,

MILLS.

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he was lookiag out for himself. He explained this by stating he knew he would get a trip out of the prison to testify, and he knew that someone would furnish him coffee and cigarette _ money in a place they might be confined while awaiting to testify.

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was not

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side, meaning

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defendants, he given helpboard. He state would to be by _ next goes the parole

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Correctional Officer

"Y" Wing at

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stated that

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on January l6,

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wing. He off.

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the murder,

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Sometime after the murder

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of Officer MILLS, a

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want to be interviewed in this matter and returned the form

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or the parole board.

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FEDERAL BUREAU

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Correctional Training Facility, was contacted at the Central

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Services Office S&#39;1Agents 57 at 11 institution. that <1

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of the purpose of investigation beingoonducted these the by

Agents .

credential card by these

Agents. _was

FBI, and was shown official an

further advised

Officer MILLS was killed by inmates in that wing. He stated that he did not observe the; murderand had no actual first hand knowledge the murder. He advised that he of was not in a vantage point at the time the murder occurred where
he could have observed anything.

of the institution during January, l970at the time Correctional

_that he

was housedWing b7@/ in "Y"

of Officer

that

MILLS murder case. He recalls that interviewed or did not want to be

form to the inmates of "Y" Wing, inquirying as to who desired to be interviewed by the attorneys for the defendants in the form for the inmates to indicate whether they wanted to be
there was space on the stated was

MILLS, the prison circulated

sometime after the murder76/ b

a questionnaire type

that he signed the form indicating he did not want to be

no threats from the prison officials,
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interviewed. He

felt he

interviewed, because he really didn&#39;t anything, and see

had nothing to offer. He advised that there

basis, that any inmateindicating that he desired to be

interviewed would suffer reprisal. He advised in his

even on an implied

opinion, all of the inmates knew they had thepersonal that

without any fear of harassmentthe by
choice of being either interviewed or not being interviewed

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prison officials.

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reprisal, and he would have indicated

be interviewed, but he felt
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that he just
nothing.

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FEDERALor BUREAU INVESTIGATION

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Correctional raining Facility, was contacted at the Central

Services Office institution. was of this

the identity

orall <b7 >

advised of

advised the of
by these

credential card Agents. _was further by these

purposethe of
Agents.

of the

of Special

FBI, and was shownan of icial

Agents

investigation being conduded

in "Y" Wing atthe intitution on January 16, 1970,when an Officer HILLSwas killed. He advised that he did not observe the murder the Officer, and knew nothing of about it until
it was all over.

advised that he was housed as an inmate

which the inmates of "Y" Wingwere to indicate whetherthey

wanted to be interviewed or not by the defense attorneys

He advised that sometime after the murder of Officer MILLS, the prison officials circulated a form on

for the accused inthe MILLS murder. He recalled that he be interviewedby the defense attorneys. He stated that

signed this form, andindicated thathe did not wantto

he signed form this the in

with the defense attorneys. He statedhe hada free choice

nothing about murderMILLS, and wanted involvement the of no

manner strictly because he knew

from prison officials or no fearon hispart of reprisal

wanted to be interviewed.

in signing the questionnaire form, and there was threats no from theprison officials if he dzould have indicated he an inmate was afraidto indicate he desired be interviewed to
for fair reprisal from the prison officials.
.He stated further he knows of no instance where

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