Biography
Robert Charles Jordan Jr. was a Soledad prisoner who brought a successful civil-rights challenge to degrading strip-cell conditions. In September 1966, the federal court found his account of confinement from July 9 through July 20, 1965 clear and convincing and ordered constitutional minimums for sanitation and care. A later Black Panther history, spelling his surname Jordon, identified him as a Black Muslim prisoner and reported his transfer to San Quentin after the case. The original conviction and the dates he entered or finally left prison remain unverified.
Robert Charles Jordan Jr. was a Soledad prisoner who brought a successful civil-rights challenge to degrading strip-cell conditions. In September 1966, the federal court found his account of confinement from July 9 through July 20, 1965 clear and convincing and ordered constitutional minimums for sanitation and care. A later Black Panther history, spelling his surname Jordon, identified him as a Black Muslim prisoner and reported his transfer to San Quentin after the case. The original conviction and the dates he entered or finally left prison remain unverified.
The Black Panther, October 6, 1975, volume14 number3, PDF page 12; Jordan v. Fitzharris, 257 F.Supp.674 (N.D.Cal.1966), original memorandum opinion and order.
Source-reported institution: Correctional Training Facility (Soledad State Prison).
