Died in prison

Edwards

21 years old · died January 1970 · Correctional Training Facility, Monterey County, California

Edwards, a 21-year-old man, was held at Soledad Prison in California, where he was killed in January 1970. George Jackson, in a letter, says Edwards was murdered in Soledad's Maximum Row, which Jackson calls death row. Edwards had told his lawyer he would never leave prison alive.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. George Jackson writes in a letter that Edwards was murdered in Soledad's Maximum Row, without saying who killed him.

Reported by: George Jackson, in a letter (witnesses).

Custody: Serving a sentence.

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