Deuel Vocational Institution Explained

Prison Name:Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI)
Location:San Joaquin County, California
Coordinates:37.7479°N -121.3302°W
Status:Closed
Capacity:1,681
Population:2,047 (121.8% capacity)
Populationdate:April 30, 2020[1]
Opened:1953
Closed:2021
Managed By:California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) was a state prison located in unincorporated San Joaquin County, California, near Tracy.[2] [3] The prison closed on September 30, 2021.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Facilities

DVI opened in 1953 and named for California state senator Charles H. Deuel, who sponsored legislation establishing the institution. The facility has been expanded and reorganized several times, in 1959, 1981 and 1993.

As of April 30, 2020, DVI was incarcerating people at 121.8% of its design capacity, with 2,047 occupants.[1]

In 1956 the Mexican Mafia was established at Deuel.[12]

One purpose of DVI was to serve as a reception center for newly committed prisoners to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from northern California county jails. The facility also housed "mainline" inmates classified by CDCR as levels II and III. There was also a minimum security "ranch" that supports a dairy. As of January 2006, the total count of prisoners at DVI was 3,748, with 3,162 of that number assigned to the reception center.

As a result of DVI's primary function as a reception center, in which a large number of felons of different propensities for violence, disciplinary and security issues pass through before being classified and transferred to other facilities, DVI has a long-standing reputation for being violent and dangerous. The facility used to be referred to as "gladiator school" by inmates and staff, because the DVI was widely known for the fights and homicides that took place within the prison walls.

As recently as June 2010, an inmate murder in the facility has been recorded.[13]

DVI also had a 110-inmate farm and operate a 1200-cow dairy. They grew cattle grain and supply milk to other state prisons and tax-supported public agencies.

Notable inmates

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight April 30, 2020. April 30, 2020. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. May 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503014424/https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/174/2020/05/Tpop1d2004.pdf. May 3, 2020.
  2. "Deuel Vocational Institution." California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Retrieved on June 6, 2011. "23500 Kasson Road Tracy, CA 95376"
  3. "Tracy city, California ." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 6, 2011.
  4. Web site: Tracy's Deuel Vocational Institution closes following state's 2020 multi-year budget plan .
  5. Web site: CDCR Closing Two Prisons and Experiencing Staffing Shortages . 6 December 2021 .
  6. Web site: Prison Closure Information .
  7. Web site: Deuel Vocational Institution is now closed . 2 September 2021 .
  8. Web site: Legislative Analyst's Office Skeptical after 'Warm Shutdown' of Deuel Vocational Institution . 9 February 2021 .
  9. Web site: California Closing Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy; 1st of 2 State Prisons to be Shuttered . . 25 September 2020 .
  10. Web site: CDCR plans to close DVI in 2021 .
  11. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article246013385.html
  12. [Graeme Wood (journalist)|Wood, Graeme]
  13. Web site: Cellmate to be charged with murder – for a second time. 2010. RecordNet. 2010-09-09.
  14. Web site: Gerbasi . Thomas . ESPN.com - BOXING - Diego Corrales: No More Drama . A.espncdn.com . 2001-01-20 . 2022-08-19.
  15. Davis Jordan. Fania. The San Quentin Six: A Case of Vengeance. March 1974. The Black Scholar. 5. 6. 44–50. Paradigm Publishers. 10.1080/00064246.1974.11431392. 41065690.
  16. Inmate Information: ENRIQUEZ, RENE OLMOS. Admission Date: 03/25/1993. Current Location: Ironwood State Prison. Information current as of: 07/22/2018
  17. Web site: Joe Fong: From gang leader to grad school. 2 July 2012.
  18. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
  19. Krist v. Smith . 309 . F. Supp. . 497 . 89 . S.D. Ga. . 1970 . https://casetext.com/case/krist-v-smith . August 5, 2022.
  20. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.napaba.org/resource/resmgr/2018_napaba_con/call_for_programs/cle_course_materials/302_cle_materials.pdf
  21. Web site: Venus and Serena Williams' Sister's Killer Released from Prison. 31 July 2018.
  22. Web site: Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive Search.
  23. Web site: Archives. Los Angeles Times.

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