Clinton Truman Duffy

His father was a guard at San Quentin, he was raised on the prison grounds, and his wife's father was also a San Quentin guard. His accomplishments during his tenure as warden include: • Elimination of corporal punishment • Improvement of food services • Establishment of vocational training • Founding of an Alcoholics Anonymous program • Desegregation of the dining hall • Creation of the first prisoner-developed radio programs inside a prison • Inauguration of a prison newspaper He was known to walk unarmed among the prisoners and to chat with them. After he left San Quentin, he worked for the state's parole board; in addition, he wrote books and gave lectures about capital punishment. He died in Walnut Creek, California, at the age of 84. ==Works==

• Duffy, Clinton T., and Dean Southern Jennings. The San Quentin Story. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950. • Duffy, Clinton T. 88 Men and 2 Women. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1962. • Duffy, Clinton T., and Al Hirshberg. Sex and Crime. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. • Duffy, Clinton T., and Eva Irene Linkletter. From Heroin to San Quentin. Morro Bay, CA: Java Books, 1977. ==References==