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| Acting warden removed from SoCal prison after deadly riot |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/26/2005 |
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LOS ANGELES - The acting warden of a maximum security prison in Southern California was moved to another prison after a riot left one inmate dead and dozens wounded, authorities said Thursday. The decision to relocate Stuart Ryan had been made hours before the Aug. 18 uprising began at Calipatria State Prison and was unrelated, according to JP Tremblay, assistant secretary for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "He was not moved as a result of this riot," Tremblay said. Ryan was reassigned to Ironwood State Prison in Riverside County as chief deputy warden. Repeated messages left at Ironwood were not returned Thursday. Tremblay said prison officials reassigned Ryan after a "management assessment" of the prison that they began at least a week before the riot. "The decision was made to bring someone in who could manage that institution, and (Ryan) was moved over into another institution," said Tremblay. He added that prison officials were conducting similar assessments at other facilities. Tremblay said he could not explain why authorities decided to remove Ryan, who had served as a deputy chief warden at Calipatria before becoming its acting warden. His replacement, George Giurbino, had prior experience as a warden at Centinela State Prison. Violence erupted at Calipatria, east of San Diego, when a guard was slashed in the head while searching an inmate he suspected of concealing a weapon, officials said. Prisoners rioted in the exercise yard for about 45 minutes before guards brought them under control. Another group of inmates then jumped into the yard and attacked the staff about 20 minutes later, authorities said. The slain inmate, Richard Albert Zamora, 33, was shot in the abdomen. About 25 inmates and guards also were injured. Ryan's last day at Calipatria was last Friday, according to Lt. Ray Madden, a prison spokesman. |
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