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The Final Years of Charles Manson
his life in prison, after his convictions for murder
Excerpted from The Manson Family: More to the Story — you can learn more by visiting MansonFamily.net
When Charlie was found guilty of the Tate/LaBianca killings, he was headed back to the only place he had ever really known. He often said that jail was his father.
In fact, one could argue that going back to prison was the greatest thing that ever happened to Charlie, since it fulfilled his dreams of fame. A cult of personality grew around Manson, even in his closely-guarded jail cell, and nobody was more pleased than him. It served Manson for the world to believe ‘Helter Skelter’. It was a lot more exciting than the truth and awarded him, decade after decade, with the attention he craved.
As Bugliosi wrote,
In October 1972, Charles Manson was transferred to the maximum security adjustment center at Folsom Prison in Northern California. Described as ‘a prison within a prison,’ it provides special housing for ‘problem inmates’ who cannot be safely controlled in the general prison population. With the transfer Manson lost not only all of the special privileges afforded those awaiting execution, he also lost his regular inmate privileges…
