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we shall say those demands which can be implement it will be. But given the state machinery and the bureaucratic red tape through which such things must go, change will not be immediate. Spokesman say no action has planned against the men as long as the strike remains

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nonviolent. Ben Williams reporting for eyewitness news from San Quentin. Warden Jacobs. What brought this on? Well, I'm really not sure. We received an anonymous note at the warden's office that there would be this nonviolent strike and there was 10 demand set for it. Has it

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been nonviolent so far to this point, it has some cases they've thrown, thrown some of the food out. But this is all how many men are involved in it? Well, it's varied. It ranges from it started with maybe 25 or 30 and the maximum number has

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been about 65. Are these men what might be called problem prisoners? They are, Yes, they're housed in a segregation unit here. And their management problems, or they wouldn't be there. Generally speaking, they're pretty aggressive with all these people And these air black militant In general, you

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say black militants has the Black Panther party. Any kind of large following in the prison? No, but we have some, uh that were black panthers on the outside. Uh, what of the demands? There are 10 of them. What? Which ones have merit in your opinion? Well,

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one, They demand that we hire more black officers. Black officer for every white officer. And we are trying to recruit more minority races. We're under civil service here, and we have to appoint from the eligible list on, uh, we're making every effort to recruit more minorities

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as candidates.