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Inmates Seek Federal Takeover of San Quentin Prison
Five Adjustment Center inmates filed a federal suit in U S District Court seeking a federal master to run San Quentin arguing the prison is operated in a criminal, cruel and inhuman manner and asking $14 million in damages for the inmates and two attorneys. They want investigation of warden conduct and removal of Associate Warden James Park amid claims of assaults during the Saturday break that left six dead and several injured. The suit cites San Quentin, California officials and related figures, including linked cases involving Soledad Brother George Jackson and the 1970 courthouse shootout with Angela Davis)
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San Francisco
San Quentin
U.S
California
James Park
Park
Wuld
Phil Ryan
John Douglas Vaughn
San Rafael
Adjustment Center
Ruchell Mages
Magee
Angela Davis
Marin County
Soledad
George Jackson
John Clutchette
Fleeta Drumgo
Clutchette
Dramgo
Jackson
Drumgo