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The San Quentin Six were six inmates at San Quentin State Prison in the U.S. state of California who were charged with actions related to an August 21, 1971, escape attempt that resulted in six deaths and at least two people seriously wounded.
On August 21, 1971, George Jackson led an escape attempt from San Quentin Prison, where the Soledad Brothers had been transferred. During the early hours of the day, Jackson told Drumgo: [5] "Saturday, August 21, 1971. This is a day the motherfuckers will remember: the day we got the gun in"
This page is a list of notable inmates currently serving time at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (formerly San Quentin State Prison). As of July 2023, there are nearly 4000 convicts located at the institution. [1]
The escape attempt sparked a riot which left six people dead. The 16-month trial of the San Quentin Six was the longest in the state's history at the time and was dubbed "The Longest Trial" by Time magazine. [5] [6] Talamantez was found not guilty on all charges in 1971, and was released on parole on August 20, 1976. [7]
California prison officials announced they will move the last 457 condemned prisoners out of San Quentin's death row by summer. They will be transferred to other state prisons and housed in the ...
San Quentin State Prison is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men in unincorporated San Quentin, Marin County, California, United States. This category is for films whose story, action, and/or other environment takes place at least part in San Quentin State Prison.
San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California Gerald Frank Stanley (born 1945) is an American murderer and suspected serial killer who murdered his fourth wife, Cindy Rogers Stanley, in August 1980, following a four-year prison term for murdering his second wife, Kathleen Stanley, in 1975.
He was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. In 2020, Erskine became one of a dozen California death row inmates to die in the span of less than two months as the result of a COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin State Prison. [2] He died on the same day as fellow death row inmate Manuel Machado Alvarez, who also died from COVID-19. [3]