When Clinton Truman Duffy became warden in 1940, no one expected San Quentin to change. Because of the public’s revulsion at the prison’s sadism and … [Read more...]
1940: Clinton T. Duffy Orders San Quentin Reforms (Part 2 of a 3-part series)
On Monday morning, July 15th, at 6:30 a.m., Clinton Duffy entered the office for his first day as warden. By 9 a.m. he had fired six guards and banned … [Read more...]
A Portrait From the Past Clinton Duffy: Mr. San Quentin 1940-51
No one would have believed that as late as the summer of 1940, San Quentin, a “modern” prison where Warden Jimmy Johnston had ended officer barbarism … [Read more...]