The episode is also known as "The Big House".
The opening scene establishes the location of the head of a powerful west coast syndicate family, which seems to be the Federal Building in Los Angeles.
It seems like San Quentin State Prison is the stand-in for San Roberto State Prison.
The syringe Jim uses on Edison to keep him knocked out is actually labeled "Live Virus Vaccine".
Bradford Dillman and Peter Graves co-starred in ABC's 1966 series "Court Martial."