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In 1851, California activated its first state-run institution. This institution was a 268-ton wooden ship named The Waban, and was anchored in the San Francisco Bay. [4] The prison ship housed 30 inmates who subsequently constructed San Quentin State Prison, which opened in 1852 with approximately 68 inmates. [5]
San Quentin State Prison: SQ Marin: 1852 Yes Not formally designated, but has substantial reentry programming 3,082 3,776 122.5% California's only death row for men is at San Quentin. The prison was constructed by incarcerated men on the Waban, a ship anchored in San Francisco Bay and California's first prison. Sierra Conservation Center: SCC ...
San Diego: 483 335 This facility is operated by CoreCivic, and is under the jurisdiction of the San Diego County Probation Department, rather than the Sheriff. San Francisco County Jail#2 [83] San Francisco: 392 286 San Francisco County Jail#4 [84] San Francisco: 402 288 San Francisco County Jail#5 [85] San Francisco: 768 608 John J. Zunino ...
San Quentin State Prison (4 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Law enforcement in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
The office was featured in the 2002 PBS documentary Presumed Guilty, a film about the San Francisco Public Defender's office, its difficult cases and complex defense strategies. Another film, the 2017 independent documentary Defender , was named the 2017 Best Documentary at ITVFest (Independent Television Festival) .
Two former prisoners at a California private immigration prison have filed a class-action lawsuit against the operator of the facility, claiming they were forced under the threat of additional ...
A report by California's Office of the Inspector General states "the effects of this eight-week isolation and service deprivation may have contributed to the Ward’s suicide." [8] Don Specter, director of the Prison Law Office, was quoted as saying "This is the first report that directly links their [i.e., the guards'] practices with a death." [7]
On June 6, 2019, The United States Attorney's Office in Sacramento, California, indicted sixteen members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang; the indictments stemmed from a five-year investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Special Service Unit. The government alleged that top officials within the Aryan ...