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Plata v. Newsom, Docket No. 4:01-cv-01351-JST (), is a federal class action civil rights lawsuit alleging that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's (CDCR) medical services are inadequate and violate the Eighth Amendment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
This page is a list of notable inmates currently serving time at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (formerly San Quentin State Prison). As of July 2023, there are nearly 4000 convicts located at the institution. [1]
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 Tuolumne: 1965 Yes 3,836 4,012 104.6% Valley State Prison: VSP Madera: 1995 Yes 1,980 2,971 150.1% Wasco State Prison: WSP Kern ...
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, citing abuse of California prisonsers with disabilities, upheld a slate of ordered reforms including officer body cameras.
She was imaged by X-ray; the images showed no contraband. The search warrant explicitly stated that without Cardenas' consent, a body cavity search could be conducted only after X-ray confirmation ...
California's free prison phone calls are among a series of recent changes to overhaul Folsom State Prison, pictured, and the rest of the state's corrections system. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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]
A former California prison guard being retried in a “Code of Silence” cover up in an attack on an inmate who later died was found guilty Wednesday.