Did the San Francisco police ever look for Thero Wheeler after he left Vacaville Medical Facility?
Donald DeFreeze walked out of Soledad in March, 1973. Thero Wheeler, the second prisoner who knew members of the SLA, walked out of Vacaville in August, 1973. Didn’t law enforcement think these men might meet again on the outside? Wheeler and DeFreeze both stayed with former friends and visitors from their prison days, and also met each other frequently. (21) Why does the repressive California Department of Corrections encourage the study of Maoist books, revolutionary handfist salutes and radical revolutionary dialogue? Colston Westbrook bragged that he brought “chicks” into the BCA classes to bait the men, their appeal being greater than that of “communism.” Since when is communism a subject to be taught in prison — and by a career CIA man, at that? At the present time, the Department of Corrections is encouraging the study of Maoist literature in prison. If violence is committed after these men “escape” or are paroled, the “foreign influence” will be blamed. (22) Donald DeFreeze ha
