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Marin County Jail, Marin Civic Center
With San Quentin only four miles away and Alcatraz less than twelve, there are worse place in the Bay Area to be locked up than the Marin County Jail. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the jail is nestled into the side of hill in front to the quarter-mile long Civic Center, one of Wright's masterworks.
It was here at the jail that revolutionary Angela Davis penned some of her best known writings. Davis, only the third women ever on the FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted' list, was held at this jail, implicated in the attempted escape of the two "Soledad Brothers" by the the Black Panther Party in 1970. The botched escape, which took place only a few yards away at the Marin Civic Center, resulted in three dead and one paralyzed. In 1972 Davis was tried and acquitted of all charges.
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3 Comments:
Yes, ominous isn't it... About 30 years ago I ended up in the "old" jail for about two hours because of an unpaid traffic ticket (they treated me like a common criminal). Looks like ending up in the "new" jail would be like a trip to the bowells of hell... I'll watch my step.
Can't wait to see the shots you must have gotten of the Civic Center.
aphotoaday,
The rumor at the time was that Angela Davis had secreted a handgun inside afro. Perhaps your hairstyle could have helped you get sprung earlier from your 'hard time' in Marin.
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