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nate could be singled out by the I. rities the importance or relevance of said inmate's statement be . ealed to the authorities by the order in which the defense in rviewed the inmates, the prison authorities required each inmate to sign a form stating whether or not he wished to talk fense, and whether or not he wished a men of the priso. staff present. Fully ninety percent of the inmates refused to tate on the form that-they wished to talk to the defense attorneys! However, upon 'insisting upon the right. to interview l1 of the inmates, all but two inmates of some forty intery relevant and material ve given affiant statements containing re information. Many inmates stated to affiant that they were id for their parole chances and some stated they feared for their lives, if they even signed the forms distributed by the thorities. A high proportion of the ten perce! 16 inmates who stated they did wish to see the defense attorneys been .maintaine in maximum security status from Jaruary 16 18 the present time, many without either disciplinary charges c One such inmate any charge preferred by the district attorney. 20 with such an excellent prison record that the Adult Authority 21 recently gave him a parole date of December 7, 1970, remains in maximum security status, although no disciplinary or other Several inmates have told. charges have been brought against him. 24 me that they have been explicitly told that they will not leave the institution alive. 26 eived a letter from a Chicano. 2 28 "I was in.Y wing in.Soledad when officer Mills died 29 30 been' mistreated enough 31 out I knew.something so they are shipping me out 32 "nerve to write to you