Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) is a 300-acre (120 ha) California state prison located 5 miles (8 km) north of Soledad, in Monterey County, California, adjacent to the Correctional Training Facility (aka Soledad State Prison).
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| Location | Monterey County, near Soledad, California |
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| Coordinates | 36°28′45″N 121°22′26″W / 36.4792°N 121.3739°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Capacity | 2,452 |
| Population | 2,934 (119.7% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
| Opened | May 1996 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Trent Allen |
Facilities
editThe prison consists of five facilities: A, B, C, D, and M. Of the five, Facility A, D, and M house Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY)[clarification needed] inmates. The surrounding housing units hold level-4 and level-3 inmates, the two highest security rankings. M yard is a level-1 yard which houses approximately 200 inmates.
The prison had a gymnasium which, due to the prison's over-crowding, at one time had been converted into a dormitory but due to inmate population reductions was shut down around 2008.
The prison also houses an inpatient mental health program, formerly operated under the auspices of the California Department of State Hospitals (Salinas Valley Psychiatric Inpatient Program) to accommodate the psychological needs of inmates.
As of July 31, 2022, SVSP was incarcerating people at 102.5% of its design capacity, with 2,941 occupants.[2]
Notable prisoners
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- Terry Childs, serial killer
- Aariel Maynor, killer of Clarence Avant's wife
- Timothy McGhee, serial killer and gang member
- Robert Peernock, engineer who killed his wife
- Hans Reiser, Linux Kernel programmer
- Efren Saldivar, health practitioner and serial killer
- Antron Singleton, American rap artist
- Roy Charles Waller, serial rapist[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight January 31, 2023" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. January 31, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
- ^ "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight July 31, 2022" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. July 31, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ Inmate Locator, inmate BN7087