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Torture in California at Pelican Bay State Prison
All Power to the People Chants
Mostly wild sound. Short reel. Can hear distance chants of “All power to the People” and “Long Live George Jackson”.
George Jackson funeral
Part of George Jackson’s funeral. Taped recording of woman singing about freedom. Songs plays over and over again. Talking in background but difficult to discern much. After song plays several times, can hear a man giving location of another church where people can view George’s body. Then hear chants of “power to the people”. Woman crying.
Pelican Bay State Prison
Interview with a Soledad prison guards
Sound Roll 2 of George Jackson series. Noisy background noise but can still make out interview. Soledad prison guards talking about George. Describes George as a fairly good inmate on a day by day basis to get along with. He says that none of the guards went along with George’s philosophy. Talking about black convicts and regulations about length of hairdos/afro wigs so as to not be able to hide weapons. Disputes a SF Chronicle newspaper report and discusses that inmates can hide weapons anywhere or smuggle anything into prisons. Tells a story about an who got a hook stuck on his esophagus trying to fish heroine out of his stomach.
Luis Talamantez Information Sheet
Information Sheet on Luis Talamantez and the Pelican Bay Information Project
San Quentin prison yard
Mostly wild and background sound of San Quentin prison yard, some outside of adjustment center. Can hear some guards but difficult to make out any conversation.
Garage school with Black Panther Party kids
Black Panther Party kids talking about George Jackson. Kids say that they like Bobby Seale and his classes, learning how to read and write and about George Jackson. Class with a Black Panther Party sister asking kids about political prisoners. Kids talk about separation of political prisoners, especially Black Panther Party members from the rest of the prison population. Difficulty of visiting and corresponding with political prisoners inside. Kids talk about dehumanizing conditions of prisons and the work that prisoners are forced to do.
San Quentin prison yard
Mostly wild sound of prison yard. Difficult to make out conversations. White inmate in lower security block interviewed, discussing the level of security tightened within the prisons. Anger about the protesting on the outside. Background noise can hear another inmate talking about fascist system. Discusses the heightened security, weeks of lockdown, violence and mistreatment within San Quentin.
San Quentin prison yard
Noisy prison yard sound. Can hear prisoners counting off. Faint conversations in the background. Can hear cars honking.
Same as CD 331
