California State Prison Corcoran

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The California State Prison, Corcoran (COR) is an American prison in Corcoran , Kings County , California . It is also called Corcoran State Prison , CSP-C , CSP-COR , CSP Corcoran and Corcoran I called. Corcoran I is only inhabited by male inmates.

Corcoran is also home to the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran ( Corcoran II ), with which it is sometimes confused.

California State Prison, Corcoran

Data

In 2002/2003 COR I had 1,703 employees and a budget of 115 million. In September 2007 it had a capacity for 3,116 inmates, but actually 5,685 inmates, thus an overcrowding rate of 82.4 percent.

history

The prison was built on the site of Tulare Lake , an ancient Yokut Indian settlement. In 1988 the facility was put into operation. In October 1993 the prison hospital was put into operation.

In August 1996, journalist Mark Arax claimed in the Los Angeles Times that Corcoran was the "most problematic" of all 32 federal prisons. At that time, no other federal prison had so many inmates shot dead by security forces. Arax provided evidence that many killings were unjustified and that innocent prisoners were often hit. In addition, the security forces arranged illegal fights between inmates (so-called Gladiatordays ). In November 1996, the CBS Evening News aired a program about the shooting of a prisoner by security forces.

In March 1997, CBS News 60 Minutes reported the "alarming number of firearms used in the prison." An investigation report found that the killings were "isolated cases". A film called Maximum Security University showed surveillance cameras where inmates were shot at or shot by guards. This film was released in February 1998. In the same month, eight law enforcement officers were charged for arranging fights between inmates in 1994. In June 2000, the eight had to quit their duties after being found guilty.

In 2003, MSNBC aired a documentary called Lockup .

Current known inmates

Previous known inmates

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Office of the Governor, State of California. Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments 08/24/07. ( Memento from September 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ City of Corcoran, California. About Corcoran. ( Memento of December 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Accessed December 11, 2007.
  3. ^ California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Monthly Report of Population as of Midnight September 30, 2007. ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 22 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdcr.ca.gov
  4. ^ Broder, John M. Spun and Unspun Tales of a California Cotton King. The New York Times , January 8, 2004.
  5. ↑ Good, Bob. First Inmates Arrive at Corcoran Prison. Fresno Bee , February 23, 1988.
  6. ↑ Diaz, Sam. Corcoran Prison Opens Hospital Doors. It's Like Most Facilities, Except for the Armed Guards, Security Cameras and Grill Gates. The Fresno Bee , October 28, 1993.
  7. ↑ a b c Arax, Mark. Tales of Brutality Behind Bars; Five officers claim staging of "gladiator days," other abuses at Corcoran State Prison. FBI is investigating facility, which has most killings of inmates in US Los Angeles Times , August 21, 1996.
  8. ^ Podger, Pamela J. Video of Fatal Prison Shooting at Corcoran Stirs Controversy. The Fresno Bee , November 20, 1996.
  9. ^ "60 Minutes" Spotlights Corcoran. "Deadliest Prison" segment Will Lead Off Sunday's Broadcast. Fresno Bee , March 29, 1997.
  10. ^ Holding, Reynolds. State Corrections Dept. Clears Itself in Probe of Corcoran Prison. The San Francisco Chronicle , November 27, 1997.
  11. ↑ A Film Aims to Expose Prison Deaths. Private Investigator Hopes Corcoran Footage Stirs Debate, Reform. Fresno Bee , February 16, 1998.
  12. ↑ United States Department of Justice. Eight Officers Indicted for Civil Rights Violations at Corcoran State Prison in California. February 26, 1998.
  13. ↑ Bier, Jerry, et al. All 8 Corcoran Guards Acquitted. Applause Rocks the Courtroom After the Verdicts. Fresno Bee , June 10, 2000.
  14. ↑ Primetime mailing list. New Year's Day Programming on America's Newschannel MSNBC. The Mail Archive, January 1, 2003.
  15. ↑ Swinton, Nate. Appealing to God. The Santa Clara , May 23, 2002.
  16. ↑ Siemaszko, Corky. Scott's Fate Still in Limbo. ( January 22, 2009 memento on the Internet Archive ) New York Daily News , December 11, 2004.
  17. ↑ Berry, Steve. Cosby's Killer Gets Life in Prison. The Los Angeles Times , Aug 12, 1998.
  18. ^ Juan Corona denied parole for 2nd time. San Diego Union , June 24, 1987.
  19. ↑ a b Grossi, Mark. Corcoran Prison Home to Who's-Who of Killers. The List of Infamous Murderers at the State Facility has Grown This Week to Include Sirhan Sirhan and Juan Corona. The Fresno Bee , June 5, 1992.
  20. ↑ Greg Gittrich, Tina Gerson (both Daily News Staff Writers): County attacks welfare fraud; grand jury wants to `close floodgates'. In: thefreelibrary.com. 1999, accessed April 21, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Katz, Jesse. Reputed Mexican Mafia Leader Dies in Prison at 64th Los Angeles Times , Nov. 10, 1993.
  22. ↑ Wilstein, Steve. Sirhan denied parole for 10th time in RFK killing. Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA) on May 24, 1989.
  23. ↑ German, Linda. Robert F. Kennedy's killer is moved to new site . Associated Press , Nov. 2, 2009.
  24. ↑ Lopez, Pablo. Charles Manson Transferred to Corcoran Prison. Fresno Bee , March 16, 1989.

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Coordinates: 36 ° 3 ′ 36.7 ″  N , 119 ° 33 ′ 10.6 ″  W.