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The State - News from June 10, 1985

San Quentin prison was locked down after a guard was stabbed to death by an inmate, officials said. Sgt. Howell Dean Burchfield, an 11-year Corrections Department veteran, was stabbed while conducting an inmate count bon the second tier of a maximum custody unit, prison spokesman Lt. Frederic Everly said.

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