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| Racial Division Ramped In CA Prisons |
| By baycitizen.org |
| Published: 08/17/2010 |
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California’s sprawling prison system, the nation’s largest, retains deep racial divisions five years after a court-mediated settlement set in motion a plan to limit race-based cell assigning practices. In 2005, the United States Supreme Court decreed that racial classification alone may not dictate cell assignments for new or newly transferred inmates in California’s prisons, but today inmates are still housed mostly along racial lines. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) implemented an integrated housing program at Folsom State Prison in Sacramento County five months ago, but a snapshot of the historic outdoor yard yields no clue of any change in the racial climate. “It looks like a normal situation, calm and peaceful,” said Steve Novikoff, a 22-year veteran corrections officer, while fixing a squinted gaze on the yard in June. “But at a moment’s notice we can have violence.” Read More. |
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