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A 1988 lawsuit charged that CMF was "a filthy, vermin-infested, overcrowded prison," and that medical care there was "grossly inadequate." [14] Although at the time "all inmates in California prisons" with HIV/AIDS were sent to CMF, the suit claimed that "overcrowded housing and medical conditions in the AIDS wing are worse than in the main ...
Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) is a California State Prison for men. [3] It was opened in June 1987, and covers 866 acres (350 ha) located in Ione, California.The prison has a staff of 1,242 and an annual operating budget of $157 million.
That facility was closed in 1952 after the 1952 Kern County earthquake, and the women incarcerated in that facility were moved to the current CIW location, which had just opened. California Medical Facility: CMF Solano: 1955 2,361 2,396 101.5% California Men's Colony: CMC San Luis Obispo: 1954 Yes Yes 3,838 3,727 97.1% California Rehabilitation ...
The California State Prison at Solano opened in August 1984. [9] SOL was overseen by the warden of California Medical Facility until January 1992, when a separate warden was assigned. [10] By 1998, SOL was so crowded that "emergency triple bunks" were added. [11] In 2008/2009 triple bunking was removed and the gyms by August 2009 were not ...
The 61-building medical complex was built in response to two federal class action civil rights lawsuits (Plata v.Schwarzenegger and Coleman v. Schwarzenegger), after which a federal court in Sacramento ruled that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's medical and mental health services violated the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution's prohibition on cruel ...
Of the 605 condemned inmates in California as of December 12, 2024, only 10 remained at San Quentin, with the last 10 inmates expected to also be transferred after completing needed medical or psychiatric care. Despite the transfers, the condemned inmates remain under sentence of death at their new institutions. [7]
On March 30, 2008, 44-year-old inmate Earl McKee strangled a fellow inmate, 37-year-old Lawrence Rael, to death with a knotted towel. McKee was originally institutionalized as a "Mentally Disordered Offender". In 2007, after making abusive threats to other inmates, he was reclassified as a "Sexually Violent Predator".
California Medical Facility (CMF) [1 California State Prison, Solano [ 2 ] ( 38°19′19″N 121°58′30″W / 38.322°N 121.975°W / 38.322; -121 These two prisons are located together at the base of several hills on the outskirts of Vacaville.