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CA Issues Report on 2009 Jail Riot
By google.com
Published: 03/17/2010

LOS ANGELES — A state report issued Tuesday on a gang and racially motivated riot at a California prison last year recommends changes in managing inmate gang members as well as improvements in communication and use of technology to identify inmates during disturbances.

The report by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation analyzed a two-hour rampage that erupted at the California Institution for Men in Chino on Aug. 8 as a result of Hispanic and white inmates attacking black inmates at a portion of the facility where inmates are received into the prison.

Nearly 1,200 inmates were involved, including 249 who required medical treatment for injuries. Six dormitories at CIM's Reception Center West were heavily damaged.

Nine staff members reported injuries in the riot, which was quelled with help from local police agencies and San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies.

Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate said in a statement the report showed prison staff "acted heroically and bravely to stop the violence amidst a chaotic scene of fire and destruction."

No prisoners escaped, and no one was killed during the riot, Cate noted.

The report contained many redactions but identified a wide range of recommended improvements.

The review urged expansion of a pilot program the prison developed to identify, classify and transfer parole violators from Los Angeles County to permanent prison housing, bypassing the Reception Center.

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