Salinas Valley State Prison
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| Aerial View | |
| Location | Soledad, California |
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| Coordinates | 36°28′45″N 121°22′26″W / 36.4792°N 121.3739°WCoordinates: 36°28′45″N 121°22′26″W / 36.4792°N 121.3739°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Capacity | 3,727 |
| Population | 3,888 (104%) (as of fy 2009/10[1]) |
| Opened | May 1996 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Director | Anthony Hedgpeth, Warden (acting) |
Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) is a 300-acre (120 ha) Californian state prison located 5 miles north of Soledad, in Monterey County, California.
The prison consists of four yards: A, B, C, and D. Of the four, C is the most violent. The surrounding housing units hold level-4 and level-3 inmates, the two highest security rankings.
The inmates are segregated into five ethnic groups: southern Mexican, northern Mexican, white, black, and other (the last, including Asians and Native Americans). The whites and southern Mexicans have been waging war.
The prison had a gymnasium which, due to the prison's over-crowding, at one time had been converted into a dormitory but due to violence was shut down.
[edit] Notable prisoners
- Manuel Rosales, perpetrator of the Murder of Stephanie Kuhen[2]
- G Daniel Walker
[edit] References
- ^ Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP)) (2011). "Institution Statistics". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/SVSP-Institution_Stats.html. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ Greg Krikorian (August 30, 1997). "Last Defendant Sentenced in 'Wrong-Way' Shooting". Los Angeles Times: p. B3. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/13724321.html?dids=13724321:13724321&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+30%2C+1997&author=GREG+KRIKORIAN&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Last+Defendant+Sentenced+in+%27Wrong-Way%27+Shooting. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
[edit] External links
- Salinas Valley State Prison Official webpage
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Official website
