Editing Charles Manson (section)

=== Second imprisonment ===
In September 1958, Manson received five years' parole, the same year in which Rosalie received a decree of divorce. By November, he was [[pimp]]ing a 16-year-old girl and receiving additional support from a girl with wealthy parents. In September 1959, he pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to cash a forged [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury]] check, which he claimed to have stolen from a mailbox; the latter charge was later dropped. He received a ten-year [[suspended sentence]] and probation after a young woman named Leona Rae "Candy" Stevens, who had an arrest record for prostitution, made a "tearful plea" before the court that she and Manson were "deeply in love&nbsp;... and would marry if Charlie were freed".{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=136–146}} Before the year's end, Stevens married Manson. [[Vincent Bugliosi]], the prosecutor who later secured Manson's murder conviction, believed the marriage may have been so she [[Spousal privilege|could not be required]] to testify against Manson.{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=136–146}}

Manson took Leona and another woman to [[New Mexico]] for purposes of prostitution, resulting in him being held and questioned for violating the [[Mann Act]]. Though he was released, Manson correctly suspected that the investigation had not ended. When he disappeared in violation of his probation, a [[Arrest warrant#Bench warrant|bench warrant]] was issued. In April 1960, an indictment for violation of the Mann Act followed.{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=136–146}} Following the arrest of one of the women for prostitution, Manson was arrested in June in [[Laredo, Texas]], and was returned to Los Angeles. For violating his probation on the check-cashing charge, he was ordered to serve his ten-year sentence.{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=136–146}}

Manson spent a year trying unsuccessfully to appeal the revocation of his probation. In July 1961, he was transferred from the [[Los Angeles County Jail]] to [[McNeil Island Corrections Center|the United States Penitentiary]] at [[McNeil Island]], Washington. There, he took guitar lessons from [[Barker–Karpis gang]] leader [[Alvin Karpis#Imprisonment|Alvin "Creepy" Karpis]], and obtained from another inmate the contact information of [[Phil Kaufman (producer)|Phil Kaufman]], a record producer and tour manager.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=July 2, 2012 |url=http://www.lostinthegrooves.com/short-bits-2-charles-manson-and-the-beach-boys |work=Lost in the Grooves |title=Short Bits 2 – Charles Manson and the Beach Boys |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718010206/http://www.lostinthegrooves.com/short-bits-2-charles-manson-and-the-beach-boys |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |date=April 13, 2006 }}{{Self-published source|date=February 2026}}</ref> Among Manson's fellow prisoners during this time was future actor [[Danny Trejo]]; the two participated in several [[hypnosis]] sessions together.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 7, 2021|title=Danny Trejo Says Charles Manson Once Hypnotized Him in Jail|url=https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/danny-trejo-says-charles-manson-once-hypnotized-him-in-jail/|access-date=July 7, 2021|website=Mediaite|language=en|archive-date=July 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707202624/https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/danny-trejo-says-charles-manson-once-hypnotized-him-in-jail/|url-status=live|last=Shuster|first=Andrew}}</ref> Manson's mother moved to Washington State to be closer to him during his McNeil Island incarceration, working nearby as a waitress.<ref name="Rule/Guinn">{{cite magazine |last=Rule |first=Ann |title=There Will Be Blood |journal=The New York Times Book Review |date=August 18, 2013 |page=14 }}</ref>

Although the Mann Act charge had been dropped, the attempt to cash the Treasury check was still a federal offense. Manson's September 1961 annual review noted he had a "tremendous drive to call attention to himself", an observation echoed in September 1964.{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=136–146}} In 1963, Leona was granted a divorce. During the process, she alleged that she and Manson had a son, Charles Luther Manson.{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=136–146}} According to a popular [[urban legend]], Manson auditioned unsuccessfully for [[the Monkees]] in late 1965. This is refuted by the fact that Manson was still incarcerated at McNeil Island at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/monkees.asp |title=Did Charles Manson Audition for The Monkees? |website=[[Snopes]] |date=September 25, 1995 |access-date=July 5, 2018|last=Mikkelson|first=David}}</ref>

In June 1966, Manson was sent for the second time to Terminal Island in preparation for early release. By the time of his release day on March 21, 1967, he had spent more than half of his thirty-two years in prisons and other institutions. This was mainly because he had broken [[federal law]]s. Federal sentences were, and remain, much more severe than state sentences for many of the same offenses. Telling the authorities that prison had become his home, he requested permission to stay.{{sfn|Bugliosi|Gentry|1974|pp=136–146}}