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After Pelican Bay State Prison opened in 1989, guards eager to assert their dominance over the inmates established a culture of violence. Inmates in the Security Housing Unit were beaten, tied and left naked, or subjected to staged "gladiator fights" by guards who would intentionally release two prisoners from enemy gangs and then shoot at the prisoners after they began fighting. [7]
FSP is the only California State Prison currently housing men and women. High Desert State Prison: HDSP Lassen: 1995 Yes 2,324 3,286 141.4% Ironwood State Prison: ISP Riverside: 1994 Yes 2,200 3,203 145.6% Kern Valley State Prison: KVSP Kern: 2005 2,448 3,534 144.4% Mule Creek State Prison: MCSP Amador: 1987 3,284 3,948 120.2% North Kern State ...
Inmate Name Register Number Details Alejandro Avila V88742 Perpetrator of the 2002 Murder of Samantha Runnion in which Avila kidnapped and raped the 5-year-old before killing her. [3] [4] [5] Richard Delmer Boyer: C98101 Convicted of the 1982 murder of elderly couple Eileen and Francis Harbitz. [6] [7] Vincent Brothers: F90651
The doc tells the story of America’s supermax prison Pelican Bay, which opened in 1989 and was designed specifically for mass-scale solitary confinement. For decades, the California prison held ...
Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member who oversaw gangs in the San Fernando Valley and controlled drug and extortion rackets in the Los Angeles County jail system, was stabbed to death in prison.
A prison inmate convicted of a deadly shooting in Turlock eight years ago is suspected of attempting to kill a correctional officer at Pelican Bay State Prison on Saturday.
[1] [2] The hunger strike was organized by inmates in long term solitary in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in protest of inmates housed there that were in solitary confinement indefinitely for having supposed gang ties. [2] Another hunger strike that added to the movement started the week before in High Desert State ...
Leader of the Nuestra Familia prison gang, arrested as part of Operation Black Widow in 2001 due to leading the gang from Pelican Bay State Prison. [54] John McCullah: 03040-063: Currently at USP Tucson; serving a life sentence.