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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
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JAMES L. BROWNING, USA, Northern Districto of YCalifornia, San Francisco, advised that a civil action hasbeen filed in USDC, San Francisco, recently, containing sallegations which, if true, may prove violations of Title l8,"~~ USC, Sections 2141 and/or 2112. Mr. BROWNING requested thatthe civil action be reviewed and a preliminary investigation
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two es of f thethe Bureau are
One copy of each of the above have been designated
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ADMINISTRATIVE
- Every person interviewed in this matter was advised
that this investigation was being conducted at the specific
request of Assistant Attorney General JERRIS LEONARD,
Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
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advises no inmates have received
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as witnesses for the State in MILLS murder. To contrary,
State witnesses have been locked in rotective custody, and hadto give up privileges. Department of
Corrections officials have gone to great engths and expense
to see that defense attorneys have been able to interviewb!
inmate witnesses. No interviews have been denied to the
defense. Five inmates interviewed at CTF, advised they signed
form indicating they did not desire interview with defense
counsels, but did so out of ce not fear of prison
reprisal or denial of parole. certain
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This is a preliminary investigation.
United States Attorney USA! JAMES L. BROWNING, JR.,
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San Francisco, California, on January 26, 1971. Mr.
BROWNING suggested that this complaint be reviewed and a
preliminary investigation be conducted to ascertain if the
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GEORGE JAc1<s0N.h, inmates of the California Department of
Corrections, have been indicted in the State of California,
and have been charged with assault and murder of a
Correctional Officer. The civil com laint alleges in partthat plaintiffs JACKSON, e
deprived of the rights, privileges and immunities secured
by the Constitution of the United States of America and in
particular, in the criminal case pending against them they
were deprived of effective assistance of counsel, the right
to confront witnesses, due process of law, equal protection
6f law and freedom from the bonds of slavery.
SA Sacramento On February 9, 1971,
' notified of the Governor's Field Office,
Office, State of California, that instant investigation was
being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI
On that same date, SA Disc notified the office of
EVELLE YOUNGER, Attorney General, state of California, of
this inves tigation .
On February 11, 1971, JERI ENOMOTO, Deputy
Superintendant, Correctional Training Faciliy, Soledad,California was advised by SA of the investigationbeing conducted by the FBI.!.
J; he knew nearly a weekgg and others had
x complaint in United States District Court USDC!, ' FD-302 REV. 3-I 7-69! .=
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Department of Corrections, voluntarily appeared at the
Salinas Resident Agenc of the FBI, 100 West Alisal Street,Room 216. idens:1eathemselves as Specia Agents of the Federal Bureau of 76/Investigation, verbally and through display of official 5credential cards. pas advised of the purpose
of the investigation be ng conducted by these Agents.
ago thatfiled a bIc'
alleging ' deprivation of rights from certain inmates of the Correctional
Trainin Facility. He wondered just when he would be9contacted in this regard. He would not dl¥qlQ8 his source of
the information.
tn t 1 in May 1970, IIIIII ea ear y
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were presented to the Attorneys. The Attorneys flatly
rejected the forms, stating that "how were they to know that
the inmates names which appeared on the forms, really signed
the forms." After rejecting the forms, the Attorneys
requested to interview all of the inmates in "Y" wing.
I that the officials Eat ,C'1fE_ c_oop_era_ted._ .,, Lto the" ful est extent of the institution regulations and then
some to oblige the Attorneys. He stated that an example was
the extension of normal visiting hours. Normal visiting
bhours at; that time were from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The
officials at CTF extended this time from approximately 9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. He stated this resulted in many overtime
hours worked, and a great expense to the State. A oodnumber of the inmates called in" for interview-1s
-refused to talk to them, and some inmates e_ven ma e
comments to the Correctional Officers on duty that they
wanted nothing to do with this group of Attorneys. ~
that at no time did any inmates who
furnished information against JACKSON,
receive any promises of preferred treatment or early release
date in exchange for their testimony. In fact, inmates that '
/iowere developed or volunteered as witnesses for the State Vb in that case, had to make sacrifices. theywere locked invmaximum security for th = y ~
Because of this action, they lost out on normal privileges ' o
available to them. These inmates were unable to attend " y
vocational or educational diasses, xmable to receive visit,
missed out on movie privileges, and certain other privileges
they would havenormally been intitled too. » r J-3'
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transferred from "Y" Wing a short time dzer the murder of _
Offi MILLS. Th t f ' d ' ' dtcer ese yrans ers were in no way esigne o
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i CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections, voluntarily appeared at theSalinas Resident Agency of the Federal of Investiga-
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that on January 16, 1970, there
were 144 inmates assigned to "Y" Wing at the centralfacility of the correctional training facility. He stated,
of that 144, 14 were out of the wing on work assignments
or at other locations at the time Correctional OfficerI]/92 JOHN MILLS was murdered in Y Wing. _ prison records are available to establish thi fi available a typed sheet re ared P P
and submitted to the Monterey County District Attorney s
Office on April 14, 1970. This sheet contains a listingby name and prison number of all inmates who were inY Wing on January 16, 1970 and have since been transferredto other institutionmq as of April 14, 1970,
38 inmates have been transferre rom Y Wing or paroled.
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witnesses in the murder case of Officer JOHN MILLS. He
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security and protective custody purposes. He furtheradvised that the remaining 23 inmates transfers were normalinstitutional procedure and could have been for varying
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interviews of everyone in the wing.
advised that all rooms of Unit II in thecentral facility at the institution were provided for-
and their staff to conduct inmate
nterviews He stated these interviews were conducted in
the firstveek of May, 1970. He stated that in the fiveto six days these interviews lasted, the attorneys and the'ded complete privacy in the Unit II interinmates were proviview rooms. He stated there were three to four attorneyspresent at all times during the interview sessions. IIIII
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inma es rom Y Wing He stated the attorneys terminatedtheir interview sessions at their own accord, and have
not recontacted the institution for more interviews of
inmates in the Y Wing.
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made request of the Department
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first made t isa cultural advisor.request on the basis of an a egation that
was an investigator. This request was denied b the
institution, as they had public knowledge of back-
round and knew that she was not a qualified investigator;
s9and therefore, not entitled to coming in for interview
under the institutional regulations. He stated thata second request to bring- made-into the pr!son as a "cultural investigator". Hestated that this request was also denied for administrativepurposes.
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murder of the Correctional Officer, JOHN MILLS on
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January 17, 1970. He stated at that hour the interviews
were terminated, as the names of anywhere from two to
five inmates had been obtained and indicated by witnesses
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iY Wing were locked in the maximum and advised
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three of these five suspects were formally charged with
the murder of Officer MILLS. He stated that since that
time, the other two who were thought to be suspects, have
been paroled. He stated that any other interviews of
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investigative techniques or at the request of the inmates
involved. .
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MILLS have been to provide these inmates with protection _
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of the Department of Corrections. He stated that in
_ ..offering testimony and accepting this protection, the _ __
~' Einmates involved have been deprived of any privileges v.;
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o the mur er. He stated that the five suspects and
some extreme behavioral problem inmates were segregated
from Y Wing. He stated these extreme behavioral problem
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efforts to disrupt things in the wing. _ palm prints were taken from all inmates housed in Y Wing, " l ' and compared with the palm print found a metal »
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I¬idioffered' H favors g another inmate, "namely, stated that the three
as being responsibleprison
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an inmate at
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credential card by these agents. -was further advised
A .- of the purpose of the investigation being conducted by these
Agents .
that he is now housed in "A" Wing bjcw2 : at the institution, but in January, 1970, he was housed in b7D
"Y" Wing at the institution. On e night of January 16,
1970, when a Correctional Officer named MILLS was murdered
in "Y" Wing, he was not present. He stated that at the
time the murder occurred, he was out of the wing and was
He recalled that a questionnaire type form was
circulated tothe inmates of "Y" Wing, inquirying as to
whether they desired to be interviewed by defene attorney's
for the persons charged in the murder of Correctional Officer
MILLS. He recalls that the form stated that an inmate should
indicate whether he did or did not want to be interviewed by
the attorneys. He stated that he indicated on the form given
him that he did not want to be interviewed. He signed it
this way because he did not observe any of the events surrounding
the murder of Officer MELS, and further, had no knowledge
of that event. He strictly did not want to get involved._ He stated that there were no promises made to him or threats
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the questionnaire form to the negative that he did not want
to be interviewed.
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they just didn't want to become involved with the whole thing.
He knows of no single case of intimidation of the inmates by
prison officials in regards to the answer they should have
placeion this form.
He stated that in March or April, 1970, he was
interviewed by an attorney named and a young
female attorney concerning they MILLS murder. Attorney
_ showed him photographs of the defendants in that
murder case, and photographs of certain witnesses. He was
asked if he knew the defendants or the witnesses. He
truthfully told them at the time that he did not
the people in the photographs. He
the female attorney that he was
the time of the murder and saw nothing. ,
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charged with murdering Officer MILLS. He
stated that he signed this form in the affirmative, because
he was lookiag out for himself. He explained this by stating
he knew he would get a trip out of the prison to testify,
and he knew that someone would furnish him coffee and cigarette _
money in a place they might be confined while awaiting to
testify.
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He further advised that in JanuaU interviewed at the prison by another ladyb1 D stated thatD7 and indicated
side, meaning she was not
fO1' the defendants in the case or for the
that this attorney's words were very carefry, 1971, he was
attorney by the
she represented
that she was not
gathering evidence
state. He stated
ully placed, but
there was a strong inference that if he would help thedefendants, he would be given help by _when he next goes to the parole board. He state
that he has been interviewed by many attorneys in the past,
and although this lady did not specifically state, he
understood her very clearly on this paint.
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Dd, 2/17/71
n an inmate a=Corrections raining Facility, was contacted in the CentralServices Office of that institution. was orally advised A G]f h id 1 5 s 1 1 Ag t 7 0 t e ent ty o pec a en s
of the FBI, and was shown an official cre-
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of the purpose of te investigation being conducted by
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qthat he was housed as an inmate in L
"Y" Wing at this nstitution on January l6, 1970, when
Correctional Officer MILLS was killed by inmates in that
wing. He stated that he did not observe the murder,
neither did he observe any events leading up to the murder.
Further, he didn't even know that the murder was coming
off. V
Sometime after the murder of Officer MILLS, a
questionnaire type form was circulated by the officials to
the inmates of "Y" Wing. This form was self explanitory,
and informed the inmates that attorneys for the defense of
the subjects charged in the MILLS murder wanted to interview
inmates housed in "Y" Wing. This form had a space indicated
where the inmates should check off whether they did or did
not want to be interviewed .in this mtter by the defense
attorneys. He stated that he checked off that he did not
want to be interviewed in this matter and returned the form
to the prison officials.
He advised that his reason for indicating he
did not want to be interviewed, was strictly that he felt
he knew nothing and could be of no help.
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In signing that he did not want to be interviewed,
there was absolutely no fear of reprisal from the prison
officials in his mind. He stated every inmate was given
a free choice to check off on the form exactly as theydesired. He knows of no instances where inmates felt that
if they signed that they wanted to be interviewed, thatthey would have a fear of reprisal from the prison officials
or the parole board.
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is ism atCorrectional Training Facility, was contacted at the CentralServices Office at that institution.<1 11 £S'1Agents 57¢ advised of the i ent t es 0' pecia f the FBI, and was shown an official
credential card by these Agents. _was further advisedof the purpose of the investigation beingoonducted by these
Agents .
_that he was housed in "Y" Wing b7@/
of the institution during January, l970 at the time Correctional
Officer MILLS was killed by inmates in that wing. He stated
that he did not observe the; murder and had no actual first
hand knowledge of the murder. He advised that he was not
in a vantage point at the time the murder occurred where
he could have observed anything.
that sometime after the murder b 76/
of Officer MILLS, the prison circulated a questionnaire type
form to the inmates of "Y" Wing, inquirying as to who desired
to be interviewed by the attorneys for the defendants in the
MILLS murder case. He recalls that there was space on the
form for the inmates to indicate whether they wanted to be
interviewed or did not want to be interviewed. He stated
that he signed the form indicating he did not want to be
interviewed, because he really didn't see anything, and
felt he had nothing to offer. He advised that there was
no threats from the prison officials, even on an implied
basis, that any inmate indicating that he desired to be
interviewed would suffer reprisal. He advised in hisopinion, all of the inmates knew that they had the personal
choice of being either interviewed or not being interviewed
without any fear of harassment by the prison officials.
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He reiterated that he had no personal fear of
reprisal, and he would have indicated that his choice to
be interviewed, but he felt that he just couldn't help
by telling them that he knew nothing.
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Correctional raining Facility, was contacted at the CentralServices Office of this institution. was orall <b7 >
advised of the identity of Special Agentsof the FBI, and was shown an of icialcredential card by these Agents. _was furtheradvised of the purpose of the investigation being conduded
by these Agents.
advised that he was housed as an inmate
in "Y" Wing at the intitution on January 16, 1970, when anOfficer HILLS was killed. He advised that he did not observe
the murder of the Officer, and knew nothing about it until
it was all over.
He advised that sometime after the murder of
Officer MILLS, the prison officials circulated a form on
which the inmates of "Y" Wing were to indicate whether they
wanted to be interviewed or not by the defense attorneysfor the accused in the MILLS murder. He recalled that hesigned this form, and indicated that he did not want to
be interviewed by the defense attorneys. He stated thathe signed the form in this manner strictly because he knewnothing about the murder of MILLS, and wanted no involvementwith the defense attorneys. He stated he had a free choice
in signing the questionnaire form, and there was no threatsfrom prison officials or no fear on his part of reprisalfrom the prison officials if he dzould have indicated he
wanted to be interviewed.
. He stated further he knows of no instance wherean inmate was afraid to indicate he desired to be interviewed
for fair reprisal from the prison officials.
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