Mule Creek State Prison
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.[4]
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| Location | Ione, California |
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| Coordinates | 38.3703°N 120.9532°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Capacity | 3,284 |
| Population | 3,948 (120.2% capacity) (as of April 30, 2020[1]) |
| Opened | June 1987 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Patrick Covello (Acting) [2] |
As of April 30, 2020, MCSP was incarcerating people at 120.2% of its design capacity, with 3,948 occupants.[1]
SNY Facility
Location of Ione in Amador County and Amador County in California
In 2005, MCSP became the only California state prison exclusively for Sensitive Needs Yards (SNY) inmates. SNY inmates are segregated from the general prison population for their own safety. Many are gang dropouts, informants, sex offenders, and former law enforcement officers.[5]
Notable former and current inmates
- Robert John Bardo – Stalker and killer of Rebecca Schaeffer
- Michael Carson – Serial killer
- Charley Charles[6] née Charles Rothenberg – attempted murder of his son David by burning
- John Linley Frazier – Mass murderer; committed suicide by hanging in 2009
- John Albert Gardner – Rapist and killer
- Luis Reynaldo "Tree Frog" Johnson - Pedophile, rapist, and kidnapper[7]
- Patrick Kearney – Prolific serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- Roger Kibbe – Serial killer and rapist
- Suge Knight – Record producer, music executive, former American football player charged with manslaughter
- Bruce Lisker – Wrongfully convicted of murder; released in 2009
- Big Lurch – Former rapper convicted of killing and cannibalizing his roommate
- Andrew Luster – Rapist
- Charles Manson – Leader of the Manson family cult that murdered nine people; died from cardiac arrest in 2017[8]
- Lyle Menendez – Killed his parents alongside his brother
- Herbert Mullin – Serial killer and mass murderer
- James Michael Munro and Gregory Matthews Miley – Accomplices of serial killer William Bonin; Miley was murdered in 2016
- Gregory Powell – Kidnapped two police officers and killed one of them; died of prostate cancer in 2012
- Geronimo Pratt – Military veteran wrongfully convicted of murder; released in 1997 and died of a heart attack in 2011
- Hans Reiser – Former computer programmer and entrepreneur convicted of killing his wife
- Robert Rozier – Former football player and convicted serial killer
- Rollen Stewart – Convicted kidnapper
- David Turpin – Convicted of kidnapping and torturing his own children
- Charles 'Tex' Watson – Manson family cult member; later transferred to Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
- Anthony Wimberly - serial killer
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.
- "CDCR - Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP)". Cdcr.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- "Inmate who won order for sex reassignment surgery recommended for parole". Articles.latimes.com. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) (2011). "Institution Statistics". California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
- "Easing the Hard Time - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 2005-09-16. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- "CDCR Inmate Locator: Charley Charles". Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- https://www.inmateaid.com/inmate-profiles/luis-reynaldo-johnson
- Steve Almasy; Brandon Griggs. "Charles Manson, leader of murderous cult, dead at 83". CNN. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
External links
- Mule Creek State Prison – Official website
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