California State Prison, Solano Explained

Prison Name:California State Prison, Solano (SOL)
Location:Vacaville, California
Status:Operational
Classification:Medium
Capacity:2,594
Population:3,326 (128.2% capacity)
Populationdate:January 31, 2023[1]
Opened:August 1984
Managed By:California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Warden:Robert Neuschmid[2]

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.[3] [4] [5]

Facilities

SOL's include the following facilities, among others:[3]

Population and staff

As of fiscal year 2006/2007, SOL had a total of 1,308 staff and an annual operating budget of $158.4 million.[6] As of February 2011, it had a design capacity of 2,610 but a total institution population of 5,050, for an occupancy rate of 193.5 percent.[7]

As of July 31, 2022, SOL was incarcerating people at 124.7% of its design capacity, with 3,255 occupants.[8]

History

The California State Prison at Solano opened in August 1984.[9] SOL was overseen by the warden of the California Medical Facility until January 1992, when a separate warden was assigned.[10] By 1998, SOL was so crowded that "emergency triple bunks" were added.[11] In 2008/2009 triple bunking was removed and the gyms by August 2009 were not holding inmates.

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".[12]

Notable inmates (current or former)

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Larry Craig GreenB72252Serving a life sentence; denied parole mulitiple times.[13] One of the members of the Death Angels who committed the Zebra murders.[14] [15]
Loi Khac NguyenJ69791Serving 41 life sentences without parole.[16] One of 4 perpetrators of the 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis in which dozens of people were taken hostage (3 of which would be murdered) and Loi was the only one of the culprits who survived a police rescue operation.[17] [18] [19] [20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight January 31, 2023. January 31, 2023. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. September 21, 2023.
  2. Web site: CDCR - California State Prison Solano (SOL). CDCR. www.cdcr.ca.gov. en. 2018-03-18.
  3. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. California's Correctional Facilities. 6 March 2011.
  4. http://prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-201915.html California State Prison, Solano (SOL) Guide.
  5. http://gov.ca.gov/press-release/4977/ Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments.
  6. Web site: California State Prison, Solano (SOL) . Institution Statistics . California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation . 2009 . 2011-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033047/http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/SOL-Institution_Stats.html . 2011-07-21 . dead .
  7. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Monthly Report of Population as of Midnight February 23, 2011.
  8. Web site: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight July 31, 2022. July 31, 2022. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. September 5, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220905173616/https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/174/2022/08/Tpop4_d2207.pdf. September 5, 2022.
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: California State Prison, Solano (SOL) . Historical Notes . California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation . 2011 . 2011-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033050/http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/SOL-Special_Notes.html . 2011-07-21 . dead .
  11. 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.
  12. "Hamlin, Brian. Inmates can worship on their terms". The Reporter (Vacaville, CA), December 31, 2002.
  13. Web site: 2020-01-28 . Last two living ‘Zebra’ killers denied parole; tied to massive California murder spree targeting whites at random . 2024-02-15 . The Mercury News . en-US.
  14. News: 1975-03-04 . 4 Go on Trial for the ‘Zebra’ . 2024-02-15 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  15. News: 1976-03-14 . 4 ARE CONVICTED IN ‘ZEBRA’ . 2024-02-15 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  16. Web site: Good Guys defendant gets life terms - UPI Archives . 2024-02-15 . UPI . en.
  17. Web site: Paddock . Richard C. . Dizon . Lily . 1991-04-15 . 3 Vietnamese Brothers in Shoot-Out Led Troubled Lives : Crime: They had problems in school and apparently felt like failures. Some teachers express surprise at violence of siege at Sacramento store. . 2024-02-15 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  18. Web site: 1991-04-06 . HOSTAGE-TAKERS WERE FED UP WITH AMERICA . 2024-02-15 . Chicago Tribune . en-US.
  19. Web site: Guilty verdict in Good Guys case - UPI Archives . 2024-02-15 . UPI . en.
  20. Web site: ‘I’ll never forget’: Good Guys hostage crisis in south Sacramento 30 years later . The Sacramento Bee . April 4, 2021 . October 2, 2023 . Rosalio Ahumada.
  21. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HDFcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mVUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6054,2839887 Google newspapers
  22. Web site: CDCR Public Inmate Locator Disclaimer.
  23. Web site: Spoon Jackson. 28 April 2021.
  24. Web site: 'Monster Kody' — Monster No More?. 10 September 2019.
  25. Web site: Last vestiges of radical movement will go on trial in Bingham case. Larry D. Hatfield . January 7, 1985. The Day. news.google.com.
  26. Web site: Dispatch: Inmate ordained to priesthood in Solano State Prison . www.gracecathedral.org . 19 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914142040/http://www.gracecathedral.org/enrichment/dispatches/dis_20050705.shtml . 14 September 2008 . dead.
  27. Web site: Inmate Who Became a Priest is Paroled by Gov. Los Angeles Times. 10 March 2006.

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