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page 14) PRISON STRUGGLE In 1960, the year that George Jackson went 1970-71 lockup; 63 are wounded when guards then open to prison, the New York Times reported September 14. Timothy Leary escapes from Cali- fire. On February 13, prisoners stage a hunger eleven riots, strikes and work stoppages in the fornia Men's Colony West, in San Luis Obispo; strike. country's prisons; most of these actions were Later credits the Weatherman underground for his Febntary 23. Prisoners at Maryland State Prison seize relatively small. In contrast, in 1970-71, the escape. a guard and demand a hearing of grievances. Two October 2-10. Unprecedented revolt in the 4 New hours later they release him, after Governor Man- following strikes, riots, movements, and es- York City Houses of Detention. On October 2, del and Associated Press newsmen promise to listen cape attempts were reported in the national 7 hostages are taken in the Long Island City branch to their grievances. The only result is that the state press. It is likely that this chronology repre- of the Queens House of Detention. Prisoners de· commissioner of corrections is dismissed by the sen· s only a part of this activity, since much mand a parley with city officials on live television; governor in September, allegedly because he is too their main demand is for speedier trials. liberal and is under fire from conservative legis· of what goes on in prisons has gone unre- October 3. The revolt spreads to the Tombs, wilere lators. ported. one floor is taken over, and 18 hostages are seized. March 7. Prisoners in Seattle Jail stage a work stop- [n the Kew Gardens branch of the Queens House page. 1970 of Detention, 1400 prisoners seize 23 hostages and' April 2. 260 prisoners at the Manhattan Federal January 8. Ninth suicide since the beginning of 1969 take control of the prison. House of Detention gain control of the two top is reported at Brooklyn House of Detention for October 4. The Brooklyn House of Detention is taken Ooors for 3 hours. Men. over by prisoners. Citywide, 2800 prisoners are in April 23. 75 prisoners in the homicide wing of Rikers January 13. Guard 0 . G. Miller kills 3 black prisoners , control of 28 hostages. Prisoners demand public Island Adolescent Remand Shelter clash with at Soledad State Prison, California. (See article on bail review hearings to demonstrate that black and guards after a prisoner was beaten by a guard. Soledad Brothers, p. 4.) ·Puerto Rican prisoners have exce.ssively high bails May. Prisoners at. Auburn State Prison who have been February 7. 9 prisoners escape [rom New York Fed- set for petty offenses. They choose 47 cases for kept isolated since the November riots charge that eral House of Detention; 3 are caught within a review to illustrate this. Bail review hearings are they are subject to beatings and sadistic treatment. week. held, with publicity; 6 inmate observers are pres· They are kept Inaccessible to outsiders. A special February 23. Riot at Minnesota State Penitentiary. ent: 4 blacks, 1 Puert o Rican, 1 white. They wear committee of the New York state legislature makes March 16. Protest at Rikers Island, New York City, masks on their faces; when asked their identity, an investigation, but releases no report. which lasts 4 days. 1500 prisoners, 3/ 4 of the total they say they are revolutionaries. Bail review board June 29. Oregon State Penitentiary prisoner C. E. Cor· population, are involved in this protest of a 1967 grants 8 outright paroles, 4 bail reductions. nelius escapes while attending a Jaycee convention law that cut down the amount of time off from in Portland; he was the delegate of the penitentiary jail terms for good behaviol'. Protest takes form of Jaycee chapter. work st.oppage and hunger strike. Prisoners send a July 12. A state circuit court judge in West Virginia petition to City Commissioner of Corrections rules that confinement in the state penitentiary at George McGrath, Governor Rockefeller, and Mayor Moundsville is "cruel and unusual punishment" be- Lindsay. cause of prison conditions; his ruling is appealed to March 27. ln sympathy with Rikers lsland, prisoners a higher court by the Kentucky attorney general. in the Manhattan House of Detention for Men July 26. Two sherifrs deputies are held hostage for ("the Tombs") stage a protest. One guard and 8 hours in the New Orleans jail. A prisoner group 3 prisoners are injured. states that hostages were taken to dramatize de· March 27. 3 hostages are taken at Kentucky State mands for improved conditions and speedier trials. Prison in an escape attempt, which fails. Hostages are released after negotiations with black April 4. 7 prisoners in Nevada State Penitentiary, Judge Israel Augustine (who is conduct-ing the New armed with guns and home-made i>ombs, hold 3 Orleans Panther Trial), a state assemblyman, and guards for 2 hours. other black leaders. Sheriff Lou is Heyd states that May 16. Martin Sostre wins a $13,000 judgment for he believes that Black Panthers were the ring- having been illegally confined in New York in soli- leaders, but he can't prove it. tary confinement for over a year. July 26. In coordination with the New Orleans jail May 25. 4 prisoners escape from the Virginia State action, women prisoners in the New Orleans Penintentiary during a- power blackout, in which Women's Detention Home stage a sympathy pro- 3 are set on fire, cau,sing $100,000 dam- test. age. July 27. 16-year-old Wayne Stuart bang.s himself in June 3. 8 prisoners escape from a county courthouse his cell at Rikers Island, New York City, becoming in New Jersey. the 7th suicide in New York City prisons in 1971. }. July 5. 86 prisoners are injured during a riot in August 10. 37-year-old Bernard Cintron dies in the Holmesburg State Prison, Pennsylvania. Prisoner negotiating team, Queens Brooklyn House of Detention for Man, after being July 20. Riot in New York Federal House of Deten- "subdued" by two guards, who claim they found tion. him with a home-made knife. City Commissioner July 29. 3 prisoners in New York City escape from October 5. Black Panther Party holds rally at Long of Corrections George McGrath says the guards patrol wagon taking them from criminal courts Island City Jail. Huey P. Newton is negotiator for will not be suspended "because there is no evi- building to police headquarters. the prisoners. dence of culpability." However, on August 20, a August 4. Work st.rike reported at Leavenworth Fed- October 6. 7 prisoners in Ohara County Jail, Miami, New York grand jury states, "Our investigation eral Penitentiary. Oklahoma, overpower the jailer and escape. 3 are established beyond question that at no time did August 6. Riot at Nevada State Prison, Carson City; it caught within a few daxs. Cintron attack anyone with a knife." 3 guards and is described as a retaliation by 16 blacks for the November 3. Prisoners at Cummins State Prison Farm, a captain are then suspended, after the district stabbing of a black prisoner by a white prisoner. Grady, Arkansas, try to escape by seizing four- attorney terms it a "homicidal assault by the hostages, but are forced to surrender. guards." August 7. Jonathan Jackson, brother of George Jack- November 4. Work strike begins at Fouom Prison, August 12. Inmates stage a riot over living conditions son, enters Marin County Courthouse in California California. 2100 men are put into lockup. Among at the 101-year-old Idaho State Penitentiary in and takes 5 hostages, including the judge. Police their demands are abolition of the indeterminate Boise. 2 buildings are burned, and 2 prisoners are kill Jonathan Jackson, the judge, and 2 black sentence and the Adult Authority, the right to stabbed. Order is restored after the prisoners are prisoners. (See article on Soledad Brothers, p. 4 .) form labor unions, and the freeing of celebrated promised that their complaints would be heard. August 9-12. Riots at the Tombs (Manhattan House political prisoners. Among the complaints are us· heat in the cells, of Detention for Men). On August 9, the 9th floor November 5. Large-scale protest at Auburn State inadequate clothing, and restricted visiting privi· is taken; 5 hostages are held for 8 hours. On Aug- Prison, New York. 50 guards and construction leges. Governor Cecil Anrus appoints a 6-member ust 12, 4 of the 15 floors are taken over. 800 workers are held as hostages for 8 hours. Long panel to make an investigation. prisoners are involved in this protest that demands series of demands for improvement of conditions August 21. George Jackson murdered at San Quentin that the City investigate the conditions in the and structural reforms. At the end of the protest, prison. 3 guards and 2 white trusties also die in the prison, which is filled to almost double its capacity the administration proclaims a state of emergency incident. by prisoners, 85% of whom are awaiting trial. and puts inmates into segregated quarters. August 23. Inmates in Cell Block D, Attica State August 12. 25 prisoners escape from Monroe County December 15. Guard at Folsom Prison, California, is Prison, New York, stage a fast for George Ja.ckson. Penitentiary, New York. 12 are caught within 2 stabbed. 757 out of 768 prisoners refuse to eat. days. December 27. Work stoppage at Washington State September 9. Convicts revolt at Attica State Prison, August 18. 96 prisoners at Manhattan House of De- Penitentiary, Walla Walla. Prisoners demand the New York. 32 hostages were seized.
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