Raúl R. Salinas (raúlrsalinas) - Raúl / Roy / Tapón Salinas was born in San Antonio, Texas on March 17, 1934. He was raised in Austin, Texas from 1936 to 1956, when he moved to Los Angeles. In 1957 he was sentenced to prison in Soledad State Prison in California. Over the span of the next 15 years, Salinas spent eleven years behind the walls of state and federal penitentiaries. It was during his incarceration in some of the nations most brutal prison systems that Salinas social and political consciousness was shaped. His prison years were prolific ones, including creative, political, and legal writings, as well as an abundance of correspondence. In 1963, while in Huntsville, he began writing a jazz column called The Quarter Note which ran for eighteen months. In Leav Raúl / Roy / "Tapón" Salinas was born in San Antoni...
