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California State Prison, Solano (SOL) is a
male-only state prison located
in the city of Vacaville, Solano County, California,
adjacent to the California Medical
Facility. The facility is also referenced as Solano
State Prison, CSP-Solano, and
CSP-SOL.[2][3][4][5]
Facilities
As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, SOL had a total of 1,308 staff and
an annual operating budget of $158.4 million.[2]
As of September 2007, it had a design capacity of 2,610 but a total
institution population of 6,025, for an occupancy rate of 230.8
percent.[6]
SOL's 146 acres (59 ha) include the following
facilities, among others[3][2]:
- Level II housing – Open dormitories with secure perimeter
fences and armed coverage
- Level III housing – Individual cells, fenced perimeters and
armed coverage
History
The California prison construction boom between 1984 and 2005
was driven by years of increasingly tough anti-crime legislation,
and began with the construction of California State Prison, Solano,
which opened in August 1984."[7]
By 1998, SOL was so crowded that "emergency triple bunks" were
added.[8] A 2001
U.S. District Court ruling
and a 2002 U.S.
Court of Appeals decision supported the "right of Muslim inmates" at SOL "to attend
regular weekly religious services and wear beards in accordance
with their faith."[9] In the
last year 2008/2009 triple bunking has been removed and the gyms at
this time are not holding inmates (Aug 2009). The inmate population
was approximately 5500 in August 2009.
References
- ^ California State Prison, Solano (SOL) (2009).
"Institution Statistics".
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/SOL-Institution_Stats.html. Retrieved
2009-08-20.
- ^ a
b
c
California State Prison, Solano (SOL)
(2009). "Mission Statement".
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Visitors/Facilities/SOL.html. Retrieved
2009-08-20.
- ^ a
b
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. California's Correctional
Facilities. 15 Oct 2007.
- ^
California State Prison,
Solano (SOL) Guide. Prison Talk Online thread, 14 May 2006,
accessed 16 Dec 2007.
- ^
Governor Schwarzenegger
Announces Appointments. 21 Dec 2006.
- ^ California Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Monthly Report of Population
as of Midnight September 30, 2007.
- ^ Furillo, Andy. Prison
boom fades. As the building grinds to a stop, officials grapple
less with housing criminals and more with figuring out how to
return them to society. Sacramento Bee, July 12,
2004.
- ^
Stites, Roxanne. Squeezing in surplus prisoners - Already
overcrowded, California State Prison, Solano ready for "triple
bunking" to hold even more. The Reporter (Vacaville, CA),
April 13, 1998.
- ^
Hamlin, Brian. Inmates can worship on their terms. The
Reporter (Vacaville, CA), December 31, 2002.
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