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| Report: Dangerous Calif. inmates Placed with General Populations |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/20/2006 |
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At least 66 violent California inmates were mistakenly housed with the general population at five of the state's 11 prison reception centers, according to a report released by the state Office of the Inspector General. In most cases 57 of the 66 inmates the errors were made by staffers who had the correct information in their computer system but failed to properly segregate the inmates, the report said. So-called reception centers serve as entry points into California's prison system for new inmates and former inmates who return to prison after violating parole or committing new crimes. Most inmates at reception centers are returning parolees, according to the report. Reception centers also serve as transfer facilities for inmates who are being moved from one prison to another. Inmates designated “maximum custody” who have a history of in-prison violence and last served time in a secure housing unit should be segregated from the general population until a determination can be made about the safest place for them, according to Department of Correction and Rehabilitation policy. The Inspector General's office carried out surprise inspections statewide in October, less than a year after the fatal stabbing of an officer by a miscategorized inmate at the California Institution for Men in Chino. It was the first inmate killing of a prison officer since 1985. Inmate Jon Christopher Blaylock was charged with murder in the Jan. 10 death of Manuel Gonzalez. Blaylock, who was serving 75 years for trying to kill a police officer, had been wrongfully placed in the reception center's general population. Gonzalez had allowed him onto the tier outside his cell at the time of the stabbing, hoping Blaylock, an influential Crips gang member, could calm tensions among black inmates after a riot between black and Hispanic prisoners. The Oct. 14 review covered six of the state's reception centers which in 2004 received 125,422 male inmates, or 79 percent of the state's incoming male inmate population, according to the report. Three women's prisons were not inspected because their reception centers handle a relatively small number of inmates, the report said. The review found that Wasco State Prison in Kern County had the most improperly placed inmates at 39. Next was North Kern State Prison in Delano with 13 and Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy with 10. California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi had three misplaced inmates and San Quentin State Prison in Marin County had one, the report said. One reception center reviewed, at R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, had no misplaced inmates. |
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