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.