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词条 Valley State Prison
释义

  1. SNY Facility

  2. History

  3. Inmate programs

  4. Conversion to male institution

  5. Notable former inmates

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox prison
| prison_name = Valley State Prison
| image =
| location = Chowchilla, California
| coordinates = {{coord|37.1050|-120.1550|region:US-CA_type:landmark_source:wikimapia| display=inline,title}}
| status = Operational
| classification = Medium
| capacity = 1980
| population = 3,517 (177.6%)
| populationdate = 1 March 2018[1]
| opened = April 1995
| managed_by = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
| warden = Raythel Fisher, Jr.[2]
}}

Valley State Prison (VSP), previously the Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW), is a state prison in Chowchilla, California.[3] It is across the road from Central California Women's Facility. It used to be a prison for women.

It is {{convert|250|mi|km}} north of Downtown Los Angeles.[4]

SNY Facility

VSP is a Level II (medium security) facility which houses Sensitive Needs Yard (SNY) inmates. The housing consists of open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage.[5]

History

The prison opened in April 1995.[6] In 1996, the City of Chowchilla was given permission to perform a non-contiguous annexation of VSPW.[7]

Ted Koppel interviewed many staff, including Dr. Anthony DiDomenico, the chief medical officer of VSPW, in October 1999 for series of episodes of Nightline.[8] In the expose, the physician was quoted as saying "I've heard [from a particular female parolee, at CDCR-approved conference] inmates tell me that they would deliberately like to be examined [i.e., receive a pelvic examination ]. It's the only male contact they get."[8] After the airing of the Nightline episode, only DiDomenico was reassigned "to a desk job in Sacramento" for his description.[8][9]

An October 2000 California state legislative committee hearing on female inmates' medical issues was held at VSPW.[10] At the hearing, approximately 15 inmates "described grave medical problems" at VSPW and Central California Women's Facility; however, the physician representing the California Department of Corrections stated that she felt the female inmates "were getting the best care possible."[10]

Starting in April 2007, VSPW received some inmates from California Rehabilitation Center after closure of the women's wing at that prison.[11] The population at VSPW "swelled by 8 percent"; furthermore, "the court-appointed overseer of prison medical care" stated that VSPW's medical system might "collapse entirely" due to the extra prisoners.[11]

Inmate programs

Budget cuts in 2009 "drastically reduced the number of academic, vocational, and SAP assignments" (p. 3).[12] The rate of recidivism at VSPW is approximately 72%.[13] There are numerous Self-Help programs for inmates ranging from 12-step inmate facilitated groups such as Alcoholic Anonymous, Battered Women, Domestic Violence, and Narcotics Anonymous.[14]

In addition to inmate-facilitated self-help programs, outside volunteer groups also conduct classes and workshops, some of which have been featured in national and international media. Crossroads allow at-risk youth to visit VSPW facilities and hear from volunteer inmates about life in prison. This program was featured in an episode on Arts and Entertainment Television Network called "Beyond Scared Straight".[15] Freedom to Choose is an all volunteer service project of the University of Santa Monica[16] that has been teaching decriminogenic[17] life skills and forgiveness workshops at VSPW twice a year since March 2004,[18] and was featured in a documentary that was awarded Best Documentary at the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase, American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Conversion to male institution

The CDCR began converting the prison into a facility for low-risk male inmates in 2012.[19] The conversion was completed in January 2013, with the last female inmates in the facility transferred to the nearby Central California Women's Facility and California Institution for Women (CIW) in Chino, San Bernardino County, California.[20][21] Some inmates nearing the end of their sentence have been transferred to various county jails.

Notable former inmates

  • Larissa Schuster (sentenced to life in prison without parole for submerging her husband's body in hydrochloric acid.)
  • Julia Rodriquez Diaz inmate (first female inmate to receive 15 years parole denial under Proposition 9 (Marsy's Law) Convicted in July 1979 of the murder of 7-year-old boy, Javier Angel. Story told in 2013 on Deadly Women "Heartless Souls" (has been moved to California Institution for Women (CIW) in 2014)[22][23]
  • Diane Downs (convicted in the State of Oregon)[24]
  • Laura Ann Doyle (perpetrator of the murder of Missy Avila)[4]
  • Marjorie Knoller (involved in the death of Diane Whipple)[25]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/Offender_Information_Services_Branch/Monthly/TPOP1A/TPOP1Ad1802.pdf|title=California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population as of Midnight February 28, 2018|last=|first=|date=March 1, 2018|website=California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research|access-date=May 5, 2018}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/VSP.html|title=CDCR - Valley State Prison (VSP)|website=Cdcr.ca.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-05-05}}
3. ^"Chowchilla city, California {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111927/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US0613294&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-06-06 }}." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 10, 2010.
4. ^1 Bartholomew, Dana. "Last woman convicted in Missy Avila murder released from prison on Monday." Los Angeles Daily News. December 10, 2012. Retrieved on June 20, 2013.
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/VSP.html |title=CDCR - Valley State Prison (VSP) |website=Cdcr.ca.gov |date= |accessdate=2018-04-15}}
6. ^California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. California's Correctional Facilities. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214123130/http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/docs/20071015-WEBmapbooklet.pdf |date=2007-12-14 }} Accessed 22 Dec 2007.
7. ^City of Chowchilla. General Plan Update, Introduction and Preface.{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Discussion draft, July 20, 2005.
8. ^1 2 Delsohn, Gary. Prison Doctor Loses Post Over TV Comment. He Told Newsman Women Inmates Like Pelvic Exams. Sacramento Bee, October 15, 1999.
9. ^Bentley, Rick. Series Exposes the Untold Women's Prison Experience. Fresno Bee, October 29, 1999.
10. ^1 Davis, Jim. Chowchilla Inmates Criticize Health Care. One Legislator Says the Women's Testimony 'Curdled My Stomach.' Fresno Bee, October 12, 2000.
11. ^1 Schultz, E.J. Female inmates: Jammed behind bars? Chowchilla lockups are at more than double their capacity, provoking health concerns. {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20070528102029/http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/262850.html |date=2007-05-28 }} Sacramento Bee, July 9, 2007.
12. ^{{cite web | author=Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) | title=Institution Statistics | url=http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/VSPW-Institution_Stats.html | publisher=CDCR, State of California | year=2011 | accessdate=16 April 2012}}
13. ^  {{dead link|date=August 2018}}
14. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/VSPW-Inmate_Programs.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307062944/http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/VSPW-Inmate_Programs.html |archive-date=2011-03-07 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
15. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.aetv.com/beyond-scared-straight/video/?bcpid=712622001001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEK2ejU~,Ai-tVL3JZg3cmQssKh7zIRS8x7AigKgd&bclid=713919091001&bctid=714612029001 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109101415/http://www.aetv.com/beyond-scared-straight/video/?bcpid=712622001001&bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAEK2ejU~,Ai-tVL3JZg3cmQssKh7zIRS8x7AigKgd&bclid=713919091001&bctid=714612029001 |archive-date=2011-01-09 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofsantamonica.edu |title=University Of Santa Monica | Programs in Spiritual Psychology |website=Universityofsantamonica.edu |date= |accessdate=2018-04-15}}
17. ^Gendreau P., French S.A., and A. Taylor (2002). What works (What doesn’t work) Revised 2002. Invited Submission to the International Community Corrections Association Monograph Series Project.
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomtochoosefoundation.org|title=The Freedom to Choose Project|website=Freedomtochoosefoundation.org|accessdate=25 August 2018}}
19. ^{{Cite web |url=http://cdcrtoday.blogspot.com/2011/12/cdcr-announces-plan-to-convert-female.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111104018/http://cdcrtoday.blogspot.com/2011/12/cdcr-announces-plan-to-convert-female.html |archive-date=2012-01-11 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
20. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/11/26/2670392/valley-state-prison-continues.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201141431/http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/11/26/2670392/valley-state-prison-continues.html |archive-date=2012-12-01 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
21. ^{{cite web|author=Updated: Thu Sep 14, 2017 01:35 am |url=http://www.topix.com/prisons/valley-state-prison-for-women/2013/01/last-female-inmate-moved-out-of-valley-state-prison |title=Valley State Prison for Women News |website=Topix.com |date=2017-09-14 |accessdate=2018-04-15}}
22. ^{{cite news|title=KEY Assignment: Javier Angel Murder|url=http://www.keyt.com/news/local/KEY-Assignment-Angel-Murder-125395783.html|accessdate=9 September 2011|newspaper=KEYT|date=Jul 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930145354/http://www.keyt.com/news/local/KEY-Assignment-Angel-Murder-125395783.html|archive-date=30 September 2011|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
23. ^{{cite news|title=KEY Assignment: Parole Denied for Julia Diaz|url=http://www.keyt.com/news/local/KEY-Assignment-UPDATE-on-Julian-Angel-Murder-125617723.html|accessdate=9 September 2011|newspaper=KEYT|date=Jul 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930145359/http://www.keyt.com/news/local/KEY-Assignment-UPDATE-on-Julian-Angel-Murder-125617723.html|archive-date=30 September 2011|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
24. ^Geringer, Joseph. "Guilty as Sin." Diane Downs: Her Children Got in the Way of Her Love. Crime Library. Retrieved on November 14, 2010.
25. ^{{cite web|last=Egelko |first=Bob |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/15-years-to-life-in-S-F-dog-maul-death-3268437.php |title=15 years to life in S.F. dog maul death |publisher=SFGate |date=2008-09-23 |accessdate=2018-04-15}}

External links

{{Portal|California|Prisons}}
  • {{official website|http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/VSP.html}}
  • [https://web.archive.org//http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/VSPW.html Valley State Prison for Women official webpage] (Archive)
  • [https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/053/1999/en/ Amnesty International's findings and recommendations relating to Valley State Prison (California).] 1 April 1999.
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