Salinas Valley State Prison
Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) is a 300-acre (120 ha) California state prison located 5 miles (8 km) north of Soledad, in Monterey County, California, adjacent to the Correctional Training Facility (aka Soledad State Prison).
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Location | Monterey County, near Soledad, California |
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Coordinates | 36.4792°N 121.3739°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 2,452 |
Population | 2,877 (117.3% capacity) (as of April 30, 2020[1]) |
Opened | May 1996 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Warden | William Muniz |
Facilities
The prison consists of five facilities: A, B, C, D, and M. Of the five, Facility A, D, and M house Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY) inmates. The surrounding housing units hold level-4 and level-3 inmates, the two highest security rankings. M yard is a level-1 yard which houses approximately 200 inmates.
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 inmate population reductions was shut down around 2008.
The prison also houses an inpatient mental health program, formerly operated under the auspices of the California Department of State Hospitals (Salinas Valley Psychiatric Inpatient Program) to accommodate the psychological needs of inmates.
As of April 30, 2020, SVSP was incarcerating people at 117.3% of its design capacity, with 2,877 occupants.[1]
Notable prisoners
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- Big Lurch - American Rapper.
- Efren Saldivar
- Robert Peernock
- Joe Son
- Hans Reiser, Linux Kernel programmer
See also
California portal
References
- "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight April 30, 2020" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. April 30, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.