Editing Charles Manson (section)

=== 1980s–1990s ===
[[File:FolsomStatePrison.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|[[Folsom State Prison]], where Manson spent time imprisoned.]]
In the 1980s, Manson gave four interviews to the mainstream media. The first, recorded at [[California Medical Facility]] and aired on June 13, 1981, was by [[Tom Snyder]] for [[NBC]]'s ''[[Tomorrow Coast to Coast|The Tomorrow Show]]''. The second, recorded at [[San Quentin State Prison]] and aired on March 7, 1986, was by [[Charlie Rose]] for ''CBS News Nightwatch'', and it won the national news [[Emmy Award]] for Best Interview in 1987.<ref name="Diary of a Mad Saloon Owner">{{Cite web |title=Nathans Restaurant in Georgetown, Washington DC |url=http://www.nathanslunch.com/diary_aprilmay_2005.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625104129/http://www.nathanslunch.com/diary_aprilmay_2005.htm |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.nathanslunch.com |url-status=live }}</ref> The third, with [[Geraldo Rivera]] in 1988, was part of the journalist's prime-time special on [[Satanism]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rivera's 'Devil Worship' was TV at its Worst|author-link=Tom Shales|first=Tom|last=Shales|newspaper=[[The Mercury News|San Jose Mercury News]]|date=October 31, 1988}}</ref> At least as early as the Snyder interview, Manson's forehead bore a [[swastika]] in the spot where the X carved during his trial had been.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hearts and Souls Dissected, in 12 Minutes or Less |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/arts/television/31tomo.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 31, 2007 |access-date=October 31, 2009 |quote=Appraisal of Tom Snyder, upon his death. Includes photograph of Manson with swastika on forehead during 1981 interview. |first=Dave |last=Itzkoff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111234610/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/arts/television/31tomo.html |archive-date=January 11, 2012 }}</ref> [[Nikolas Schreck]] conducted an interview with Manson for his documentary ''[[Charles Manson Superstar]]''. Schreck concluded that Manson was not insane but merely acting that way out of frustration.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Charles Manson Superstar|date=1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|work=Interano Radio|title=Interview with Nikolas Schreck|date=August 1988}}</ref>

On September 25, 1984, Manson was imprisoned in the [[California Medical Facility]] at [[Vacaville, California|Vacaville]] when inmate Jan Holmstrom poured [[paint thinner]] on him and set him on fire, causing second and third degree burns on over 20&nbsp;percent of his body. Holmstrom explained that Manson had objected to his [[Hare Krishna (mantra)|Hare Krishna]] chants and verbally threatened him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1984-09-26 |title=AROUND THE NATION; Manson Is Set Ablaze By Inmate in California |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/26/us/around-the-nation-manson-is-set-ablaze-by-inmate-in-california.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After 1989, Manson was housed in the Protective Housing Unit at California State Prison, Corcoran, in Kings County.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-19 |title=How Charles Manson Became One Of The Most Notorious Cult Leaders - CBS Sacramento |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/how-charles-manson-became-one-of-the-most-notorious-cult-leaders/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>The unit housed inmates whose safety would be endangered by general-population housing. He had also been housed at San Quentin State Prison,<ref name="Diary of a Mad Saloon Owner" /> California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Folsom State Prison and Pelican Bay State Prison.<ref name="Sun Journal" />
In June 1997, a prison disciplinary committee found that Manson had been trafficking drugs.<ref name="Sun Journal">{{cite news |title=Manson moved to a tougher prison after drug charge |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z1IpAAAAIBAJ&pg=5539%2C3207462 |access-date=January 16, 2013 |newspaper=Sun Journal |date=August 22, 1997 |agency=AP |location=Lewiston, Maine |page=7A |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507124620/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z1IpAAAAIBAJ&pg=5539%2C3207462 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was moved from Corcoran State Prison to [[Pelican Bay State Prison]] a month later.<ref name="Sun Journal" />