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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