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• State Issues Scathing Report on Folsom's City-run Prison.
• Life behind bars is not supposed to be pleasant, but a new state report says conditions at the Folsom Community Correctional Facility are actually dangerous.
• The prison, which is run by the city of Folsom, houses 380 inmates, mostly non-violent offenders. It is separate from the two state prisons in Folsom.
• The state inspector conducted the audit and found widespread mismanagement, deteriorating buildings, and dangerous conditions for both inmates and Folsom residents.
• State officials say conditions are so bad that they are considering closing the prison.
• Folsom city officials, however, deny the state's findings, claming the review is incomplete and biased.

• I work at Pleasant Valley State Prison, which is a Level III medium security institution. ...
• I Am currenly trying to collect corrections patches from every state the ones im working on at this moment are: Nebraska DOC, Oregon DOC, Virginia DOC, Louisiana DOC, Alaska DOC, and New Mexico DOC .

• Come and experience the heart of the San Joaquin Valley at the remodeled Best Western Big Country Inn, located just off Interstate 5 and State Route 198 in Coalinga. ... The Pleasant Valley State Prison and Avenal State Prison are located 15 miles from our facility. ... Come and enjoy the heart of the San Joaquin Valley and let us have the pleasure of serving you.

• Here in Hawaii, there's this commonplace demographic characterization: the poorest people in the state are native Hawaiians. ... Sure, the state has social programs that address this inequity, but one has to wonder how that has helped Hawaiians overall. A quick scan of state census data shows that inmates of Hawaiian ancestry make up a disproportionately high percentage of the prison population, relative to their numbers in the populace at large.
• The same pockets account for 31 percent of Hawai'i's welfare recipients, 35 percent of its adult prison population and 50 percent of its incarcerated juveniles, according to state economic, safety department and youth services office figures.
• To cite just one example from my experience of California: its adult and juvenile prison system has grown into an entity monstrous in all regards. In the early 90s, when I was mentoring kids from the Central Valley in the towns of Huron and Coalinga, one of the big events there was the building of a state prison.
• The opening of the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga--only one of many built in the state during the 90s--was a hugely important development as it meant hundreds of new jobs and a huge boost to the local economy. ...
• A recent article in the New York Times about California's juvenile prison system is telling (see below). It says a lot about the state of California when it sets aside $80,000 a year to 'house' thousands of young criminal offenders, and at the same time takes a colossal axe to the state's educational budget. ...
• an interview with David Grann, who wrote in the New Yorker about "one of America’s deadliest prison gangs, the Aryan Brotherhood, also known as the Brand. ...

• Coalinga State Hospital Home Page.
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• The premises are east of Pleasant Valley State Prison.
• © 2003 State of California. ...

• FRESNO STATE STARTS NEW 'RED BIKE' PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS .
• 23 - Students at California State University, Fresno will be able to zip around campus on borrowed wheels starting in the spring semester, thanks to a new "Red Bike" program.
•       Harvey said the Red Bike program provides an alternative transportation option for Fresno State students.
•       The bikes were refurbished by inmates at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga and provided to Fresno State at no charge. ...

• If you count the population of the women's prisons of Central California Women's Facility and Valley State Prison, that number doubles. ...
• Population: 15,207, including 4,730 inmates at Pleasant Valley State Prison. ...
• Pleasant Valley State Prison. ...
• Baker Memorial Museum, the Coalinga Area Chamber of Commerce and "Fresno, Valley of Abundance" by Linda M. ...

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• Avenal State Prison (ASP).
• II Calipatria State Prison (CAL).
• I, II, III, IV RC, Condemned California State Prison, Centinela State Prison .
• I, II, III California State Prison, Corcoran (COR).
• RC Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP).
• RC Folsom State Prison (FSP).
• 300 Prison Road.
• I, II High Desert State Prison (HDSP).
• RC, Ad Seg Ironwood State Prison (ISP).
• I, III California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC).
• I, IV Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP).
• RC (Females) North Kern State Prison (NKSP).
• RC Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP).
• SHU Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP).
• Infirmary California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC).

• Exit State Route 198 at the Hanford - Lemoore off ramp. USD American Dollars 1 48 0 Come and experience the heart of the San Joaquin Valley at the remodeled Best Western Big Country Inn, located just off Interstate 5 and State Route 198 in Coalinga. ... The Pleasant Valley State Prison and Avenal State Prison are located 15 miles from our facility. ... Come and enjoy the heart of the San Joaquin Valley and let us have the pleasure of serving you. ...
• Restaurants: * 10 miles from Huron * 15 miles from Availa * 30 miles from Lemoore * 30 miles from Kettlemen City * 30 miles from Firebaugh * 45 miles from Hanford * 60 miles from Visalia * 72 miles from Santa Nella * 75 miles from King City Nearby Cities: * Nearby, Lemoore NAS Base * 14 miles from Coalinga Museum * 14 miles from Coalinga Hospital * 15 miles from Pleasant Valley State Prison * 15 miles from Avenal State Prison * 30 miles from Lemoore Bingo Palace * 30 miles from Polevardo Golf Course * 45 miles from shopping center * 70 miles from Wild Water Adventures * 121 miles from Morro Bay, Pismo and Avial Beaches Local Attractions: .
• Restaurants: * 10 miles from Huron * 15 miles from Availa * 30 miles from Lemoore * 30 miles from Kettlemen City * 30 miles from Firebaugh * 45 miles from Hanford * 60 miles from Visalia * 72 miles from Santa Nella * 75 miles from King City Nearby Cities: * 14 miles from Coalinga Municipal Airport * 14 miles from Coalinga Transit bus terminal * 60 miles from Fresno Yosemite International Airport Transportation: * Nearby, Lemoore NAS Base * 14 miles from Coalinga Museum * 14 miles from Coalinga Hospital * 15 miles from Pleasant Valley State Prison * 15 miles from Avenal State Prison * 30 miles from Lemoore Bingo Palace * 30 miles from Polevardo Golf Course * 45 miles from shopping center * 70 miles from Wild Water Adventures * 121 miles from Morro Bay, Pismo and Avial Beaches Local Attractions: * 14 miles from Coalinga Municipal Airport * 14 miles from Coalinga Transit bus terminal * 60 miles from Fresno Yosemite International Airport Transportation: Area Map .
• Come and experience the heart of the San Joaquin Valley at the remodeled Best Western Big Country Inn, located just off Interstate 5 and State Route 198 in Coalinga. ... The Pleasant Valley State Prison and Avenal State Prison are located 15 miles from our facility. ... Come and enjoy the heart of the San Joaquin Valley and let us have the pleasure of serving you. ...
• Exit State Route 198 at the Hanford - Lemoore off ramp. ...
• Local Attractions:: * Nearby, Lemoore NAS Base * 14 miles from Coalinga Museum * 14 miles from Coalinga Hospital * 15 miles from Pleasant Valley State Prison * 15 miles from Avenal State Prison * 30 miles from Lemoore Bingo Palace * 30 miles from Polevardo Golf Course * 45 miles from shopping center * 70 miles from Wild Water Adventures * 121 miles from Morro Bay, Pismo and Avial Beaches.
• Local Attractions:: * Nearby, Lemoore NAS Base * 14 miles from Coalinga Museum * 14 miles from Coalinga Hospital * 15 miles from Pleasant Valley State Prison * 15 miles from Avenal State Prison * 30 miles from Lemoore Bingo Palace * 30 miles from Polevardo Golf Course * 45 miles from shopping center * 70 miles from Wild Water Adventures * 121 miles from Morro Bay, Pismo and Avial Beaches.

• Come and experience the heart of the San Joaquin Valley at the remodeled Best Western Big Country Inn, located just off Interstate 5 and State Route 198 in Coalinga. ... The Pleasant Valley State Prison and Avenal State Prison are located 15 miles from our facility. ... Come and enjoy the heart of the San Joaquin Valley and let us have the pleasure of serving you.
• Exit State Route 198 at the Hanford - Lemoore off ramp. ...
• Local Attractions:: * Nearby, Lemoore NAS Base * 14 miles from Coalinga Museum * 14 miles from Coalinga Hospital * 15 miles from Pleasant Valley State Prison * 15 miles from Avenal State Prison * 30 miles from Lemoore Bingo Palace * 30 miles from Polevardo Golf Course * 45 miles from shopping center * 70 miles from Wild Water Adventures * 121 miles from Morro Bay, Pismo and Avial Beaches.
• Local Attractions:: * Nearby, Lemoore NAS Base * 14 miles from Coalinga Museum * 14 miles from Coalinga Hospital * 15 miles from Pleasant Valley State Prison * 15 miles from Avenal State Prison * 30 miles from Lemoore Bingo Palace * 30 miles from Polevardo Golf Course * 45 miles from shopping center * 70 miles from Wild Water Adventures * 121 miles from Morro Bay, Pismo and Avial Beaches.

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• District Labor Council 743 representing rank and file state workers in San Francisco, California.
• District Labor Council 744 representing rank and file state workers in Oakland California.
• District Labor Council 771 representing rank and file state workers from the CA Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (CSATF), Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP), Corcoran State Prison, Avenal State Prison, North Kern County State Prison and all state offices in Visalia, Corcoran, Avenal, Delano, Huron and Pleasant Valley.
• District Labor Council 782 representing rank-and-file state workers from the State Board of Equalization (BOE), Dept. ...

• Thursday, April 15, 2004 Pleasant Valley, TX Newschange city Search .
• Local ResourcesMap of Pleasant ValleyAerial PhotoMovie Times TV Listings Find a Restaurant Census Info .
• 3 miles) - A multi-state investigation into the slayings of seven prostitutes continues and two of the victims have connections to the Tri-County area. ...
• 3 miles) - Texas state lawmakers are considering a proposal to increase the class size limit for elementary schools. ...
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• Pleasant Valley, TX 76305 - Population: 395 .
• Texas State NewsStudy: Rich school districts gain through campaign money.
• Midland Reporter-Telegram - 2 hours ago - Residents of wealthy school districts account for a disproportionately high percentage of campaign donations to legislators and state leaders, according to a study released Wednesday by. ...
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• STATE SECRETS: A REPORT TO THE TAXPAYER      It had been suggested numerous times, by co-workers, that the administration's obvious agenda against me was being waged due to my husband's long standing involvement in the union. ...
• Having done features on several of them, CCPOA expressed intolerance, indignation and appeared to be proactive in both thought and deed (such as erecting pickets around Pleasant Valley State Prison protesting corrupt departmental investigators). ...
•      "This is just one of hundreds of investigations that are being conducted throughout the state on Unit Six employees. Each one of them reeks of the cancer that is created by individuals who have no remorse and no consideration for their fellow human being, let alone the people who have to work the toughest beat in the state 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. ...

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•      Located in the heart of California, Coalinga is found in Pleasant Valley, adjacent to the San Joaquin Valley and within minutes of the lnterstate-5 freeway. ...
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• Larger Text Smaller Text State prisons slash hepatitis treatment.
• The state is cutting hepatitis C treatment for state prison inmates by as much as 80 percent, partly to save money, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections announced Monday. ...
• The new policy is expected to save the state $5 million to $8 million a year -- a savings of 65 percent to 91 percent from what the corrections department spent on hepatitis C treatment in 2002. ...
• As of April, about 23 percent of the state's then-39,818 inmates who had been tested had hepatitis C, according to the department. ...
• The state has changed its treatment policy to follow the recommendations of the U. ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health for correctional facilities, as well as those of other state corrections departments, McNaughton said. ...
• The state spent $8. ...
• Based on figures provided by the corrections department, the state would spend between $758,000 and $3. ... Currently, 40,648 people are locked up in the state prison system. ...
• Thomas Shaw-Stiffel, a specialist with the Center for Liver Diseases at UPMC Health System, said the new policy raises inmates' treatment to the standard of care practiced outside prison walls. The prison's new drug therapy has a 55 percent to 60 percent cure rate -- and as high as 80 percent to 90 percent for some of the six types of hepatitis C. That compares with a 40 percent cure rate for the prison system's current therapy. ...
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• Larger Text Smaller Text State prison population swells.
• Having the notoriety as the most crowded prison in the state isn't really as negative as it appears, according to an official at the State Correctional Institution at Greensburg. ...
• It's been like this for a couple of months, but it's a temporary situation due to the closing of one prison and the downsizing of another," said Angie Marhefka, SCI-Greensburg superintendent assistant. ...
• The prison's current population is 925. ...
• According to Department of Corrections statistics, 20 out of the 26 state prisons currently are exceeding 100 percent capacity. ... The 89-year-old prison has a rated capacity of 1,206 but houses 2,025. ...
• As the new SCI-Fayette facility continues to accept more inmates during the next few months, the Hempfield Township prison is expected to gain a little more elbow room. ...

• Where: Avenal State Prison - IST Classroom.
• Where: Chuckawala Valley State Prison (IST Classroom-PK).
• Where: California Institution for Men State Prison  – Main Administration Building.
• Where: Pleasant Valley State Prison (IST Classroom B)).
• Where: California State Prison - Sacramento.
• Where: Mule Creek State Prison .
• Where: CA State Prison LA County - Snack Bar.
• Where: California Men's Colony State Prison.
• Where: Salinas Valley State Prison.

• This program was designed in cooperation with the California State Prison system, in an effort to lessen internal security problems and costs associated with inmate feeding. ...
• Currently, the correctional facilities that are participating in the Boxed Meal Program are Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, California State Prison - Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, and Wasco State Prison in Wasco. ...

• California prison guards investigated for opening fire during riot.
• Inmates fight at Pelican Bay State Prison in video shot weeks before Wednesday's riot .
• CRESCENT CITY, California (CNN) -- Three guards at a California maximum security prison are under investigation for opening fire on inmates during a racially charged riot earlier in the week, officials say. ...
• The guards at Pelican Bay State Prison were placed on paid administrative leave, pending the investigations. ...
• Ben Grundy, a prison spokesman. ...
• Lance Corcoran of the Correctional Peace Officers' Union says the Pelican Bay prison has approximately 400 incidents of violence per year .
• The Wednesday morning riot at Pelican Bay involved some 200 black and Hispanic inmates in a 30-minute melee in a rain-soaked prison yard. ...
• The prison remains on total lockdown. ...
• The last time an inmate was killed by a California prison guard was in May 1998 at Pleasant Valley State Prison. ...
• Fifteen others were wounded by prison guards during the disorder. ...
• Bach said at least 88 "manufactured inmate slashing weapons" have been recovered from the prison yard. ...
• Prison records of hostage-takers released.
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• Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP).
• Pelican Bay State Prison.

• It has gone from seven day a week visit in the 80`s down to two at this PLEASANT Valley state prison. Prison officials say in July some time they will reinstate Friday visits, but there will be no Friday visits at all in June. ... Visits really does have a positive effect on prison populations. Just like art programs now gone out of all of California State prison. The government of California increased the prison budget, but where is that money going? Certainly not towards the food or medical or any activeties having to do with prisoners. ... Although most prisoners don´t get family visits prison stores are funded by the prisoners and their families and do not come from a state budget. ...
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• Well same thing today, we are on lockdown for virtually something that happened in another prison and the warders know its wrong to confine us to the cells, but it knows the public doesn´t care allows the warders to do whatever they want. ...
• A Mexican guy I know who has been in prison for twenty years or something created him a spot near the backstop for base ball near his bench to feed the birds and a golfer that barrows up from a different hole each day. ...
• I used to feed a golfer at CMC prison, until this one prisoner who worked on the yard crew chopped the golfers head off with a shovel and blessings from a guard. ...
• But I think the pair has built themselves a nest off prison grounds now. ...
• The trees that I can see on the outside of this prison is so small and underwater and under appre-ciated, I don´t think nothing other than ants could nest in them or perhaps bees. ...

• In the past 30 years, the violent crime rate has increased from 300,000 to over 1,300,000 incidents per year - a tribute to national and state criminal justice systems mocking God. ...
• The California prison system is in crisis. ...
•   There is no mention for prison - you can't carry out the sentence quickly. ...
• Do you know why God would condemn the California prison system?  Do you know why God would also condemn probation and parole programs?  If not, take a moment to find out about God's Criminal Justice System.
• State Prison, Warden, Address, Phone number.
• Avenal State Prison (ASP).
• Calipatria State Prison (CAL).
• California State Prison, Centinela State Prison .
• California State Prison, Corcoran (COR).
• Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP).
• Folsom State Prison (FSP).
• 300 Prison Road.
• High Desert State Prison (HDSP).
• Ironwood State Prison (ISP).
• California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC).
• Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP).

• The SATF provides treatment to 1,056 inmates using the therapeutic community model for prison treatment. ... The evaluation will address the following questions: (1) How well were the in-prison and community-based components planned, developed, and implemented? (2) What problems were encountered and how were they addressed? (3) To what extent do activities and services achieved the program's goals and objectives? (4) What was the impact of the program on prison functioning (e. ... , 115s) and on the behavior of participants during in-prison treatment and after leaving the institution (up to 12 months following parole)? (5) What are the costs and cost-benefits of the program?.
• The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of five in-prison therapeutic community (TC) substance abuse programs in five California state prisons. ... Those who complete the in-prison programs will be encouraged to continue treatment in community-based programs following their release. The overall effectiveness of the programs will be reflected in decreased recidivism rates and drug use, as well as successful reintegration back into society following release from prison. ...
• •Valley State Prison for Women, .
• This evaluation will address a number of questions regarding the above programs and their effects on the participants, including (1) How were the in-prison and community-based treatment components planned, developed, and implemented? (2) What problems were encountered and how were they addressed? (3) To what extent do activities and services achieve the goals and objectives of each of the providers and CDC? (4) How were inmates selected and assessed for assignment to the programs? (5) What are the characteristics and needs of inmates who participate in the programs? (6) What is the impact of the programs on inmate performance (e. ... , disciplinary actions, drug use)? (7) How many clients enter community-based treatment, what types of programs do they enter, and how many complete treatment? (8) What effects do the programs have on clients at 12 months after leaving the prison in terms of recidivism, drug use, and psychosocial behaviors? (9) What are the costs of the programs? The evaluation is devided into two phases, a Process Evaluation and an Outcome Evaluation. ...
• The California State legislature passed legislation in 1998 authorizing the Department of Corrections Office of Substance Abuse Programs (CDC/OSAP) to establish the Female Offender Treatment and Employment Program (FOTEP). The project addresses the multiple needs of substance-abusing women offenders in their reintegration following release from prison. The project has established pilot programs in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Bernardino counties to provide residential substance abuse treatment, intensive case management, vocational training, and other ancillary services for female parolees with a history of substance abuse who have completed an in-prison drug treatment program. The goal of the project is to enable the successful reintegration of these women parolees into the community upon their release from prison, including transition to the labor force, reunification with children, and long-term recovery from alcohol and drug abuse. ...
• As part of NIJ's Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Evaluation Program, the UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center (DARC) is conducting a two-year outcome study of the Forever Free Substance Abuse Treatment Program at the California Institution for Women (CIW).
• To compare the 12-month outcomes of Forever Free participants with a comparison sample from the general prison population with regard to parole performance, drug use, employment, and psychological functioning. ...
• In 1991 a Residential community aftercare program, Amity-Vista, was implemented as an extension to the in-prison treatment program to continue the curriculum of the in-prison program. Participant inmates at the in-prison program may voluntarily enroll in the Amity-Vista program after paroling for up to 12 months.

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