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George
Lester Jackson was born on September 23, 1941, and was a prison
inmate who along with two other prisoners at Soledad State
Prison, Soledad, Monterey County, California was indicted
for murder and assault in the death of Correctional Officer
John Mills. The murder and assault took place in "Y"
Wing, of this Correctional Training Facility on January 16,
1970. At the time of the assault, which resulted in the death
of Officer Mills, George Jackson was serving a term of one
year to life in prison. George Jackson was killed during an
abortive prison break at San Quentin on August 21, 1971. George
Jackson wrote a book in prison, "Blood in my Eye"
which was received at the publisher just two weeks before
he died.
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