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Jackson was shot and killed on August 21, 1971 during a rebellion at San Quentin prison.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Tribute to Comrade George Lester Jackson|date=2009-08-21|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/09-08-21-tribute-to-comrade-george-lester-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107094750/https://www.liberationnews.org/09-08-21-tribute-to-comrade-george-lester-html/|archive-date=2022-01-07|retrieved=2022-11-22}}</ref> | Jackson was shot and killed on August 21, 1971 during a rebellion at San Quentin prison.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=Tribute to Comrade George Lester Jackson|date=2009-08-21|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/09-08-21-tribute-to-comrade-george-lester-html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107094750/https://www.liberationnews.org/09-08-21-tribute-to-comrade-george-lester-html/|archive-date=2022-01-07|retrieved=2022-11-22}}</ref> | ||
== Black Panther Party == | |||
When George Jackson learned that [[Huey P. Newton]] went to the [https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/cmc/ California Penal Colony] in 1967, Jackson put the word out that he wanted to be involved in revolutionary work for the [[Black Panther Party]]. The party obliged and so Jackson was made a member of the [[People's Revolutionary Army]] with the rank of general and field marshal. Jackson was put in charge of prison recruiting and to live life as an example revolutionary. <ref name=":0" /> | When George Jackson learned that [[Huey P. Newton]] went to the [https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/cmc/ California Penal Colony] in 1967, Jackson put the word out that he wanted to be involved in revolutionary work for the [[Black Panther Party]]. The party obliged and so Jackson was made a member of the [[People's Revolutionary Army]] with the rank of general and field marshal. Jackson was put in charge of prison recruiting and to live life as an example revolutionary. <ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Soledad Prison Conditions == | |||
When George Jackson was in prison he was mentally and physically tortured for being a revolutionary. Jackson had sympathy and support of many prisoners in Soledad due to his leadership and prowess in prison organizing. He gained notoriety that Soledad correctional forces punished him severely for. | When George Jackson was in prison he was mentally and physically tortured for being a revolutionary. Jackson had sympathy and support of many prisoners in Soledad due to his leadership and prowess in prison organizing. He gained notoriety that Soledad correctional forces punished him severely for. | ||
It was an open fact that correctional forces wanted Jackson dead, so they would put bounties on Jackson.<ref name=":0" /> | It was an open fact that correctional forces wanted Jackson dead, so they would put bounties on Jackson.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== Solitary Confinement === | |||
Jackson spent solitary confinement time in the infamous strip cells of Soledad Prison's "O" Wing. Below is a description of such a cell:<blockquote>"A 6 by 8 cell with no protection from wet weather, deprived of all items with which he [Jackson] might clean himself, forced to eat in the stench and filth caused by his own body wastes, allowed to wash his hands only once every five days and required to sleep on a stiff canvas mat placed directly on the cold canvas floor"<ref name=":0" /></blockquote> | |||
== Literature == | |||
* ''[[Soledad Brother]]'' (1970) | * ''[[Soledad Brother]]'' (1970) | ||
* ''[[Blood In My Eye]]'' (1972) | * ''[[Blood In My Eye]]'' (1972) | ||