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California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) is a male-only state prison located in the city of
The Prison-Industrial Complex.
''Atlantic Monthly'', December 1998. The facility houses maximum security prisoners who were difficult to manage at other prisons and who have long sentences.
As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, SAC had a total of 1,585 staff and an annual operating budget of $187 million. As of September 2007, it had a design capacity of 1,788 but a total institution population of 3,260, for an occupancy rate of 182.3 percent.California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Monthly Report of Population as of Midnight September 30, 2007
, cdcr.ca.gov; accessed August 22, 2015. As of July 31, 2022, SAC was incarcerating people at 111.1% of its design capacity, with 2,031 occupants. SAC's facilities include:California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California's Correctional Facilities
, cdcr.ca.gov, October 15, 2007. * Level IV housing – Cells, fenced or walled perimeters, electronic security, more staff and armed officers both inside and outside the installation * Psychiatric Services Unit. The prison has "three similar but separate self-contained facilities... each eight housing blocks and a recreation yard."Sacramento County Grand Jury
California State Prison, Sacramento ("New Folsom").
In ''Final Report for 1998-1999'', June 30, 1999. The housing blocks "are partitioned into three separate, self-contained sections forming a 180 degree half circle." The "180" design is considered the "most secure prison design" because it "gives control-booth officers a straight-on look at prisoners." In contrast, the "270" design "with portions of the house reaching back behind the blind side of the booth" is considered less secure.Furillo, Andy. Folsom Prison Leads in Violence. Five Inmates Slain in Past 9 Months. ''The Sacramento Bee'', September 11, 1998.
Folsom Folsom may refer to:
People
* Folsom (surname)
Places in the United States
* Folsom, Perry County, Alabama
* Folsom, Randolph County, Alabama
* Folsom, California
* Folsom, Georgia
* Folsom, Louisiana
* Folsom, Missouri
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, in Sacramento County, California
Sacramento County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, California, Sacramento, which has been the List ...
. The facility is also referenced as Sacramento State Prison, CSP-Sacramento, CSP-SAC, and occasionally, New Folsom or New Folsom Prison which was its official name prior to October 1992.
Because the facility is adjacent to Folsom State Prison (FSP), both SAC and FSP share the mailing address: Represa, CA 95671. ''Represa'' (translated as "dam
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" from the Spanish language
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) is the name given to the State Prison post office because its adjacency to Folsom Dam.Schlosser, EricThe Prison-Industrial Complex.
''Atlantic Monthly'', December 1998. The facility houses maximum security prisoners who were difficult to manage at other prisons and who have long sentences.
Facilities
As of Fiscal Year 2006/2007, SAC had a total of 1,585 staff and an annual operating budget of $187 million. As of September 2007, it had a design capacity of 1,788 but a total institution population of 3,260, for an occupancy rate of 182.3 percent.California Department of Corrections and RehabilitationMonthly Report of Population as of Midnight September 30, 2007
, cdcr.ca.gov; accessed August 22, 2015. As of July 31, 2022, SAC was incarcerating people at 111.1% of its design capacity, with 2,031 occupants. SAC's facilities include:California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California's Correctional Facilities
, cdcr.ca.gov, October 15, 2007. * Level IV housing – Cells, fenced or walled perimeters, electronic security, more staff and armed officers both inside and outside the installation * Psychiatric Services Unit. The prison has "three similar but separate self-contained facilities... each eight housing blocks and a recreation yard."Sacramento County Grand Jury
California State Prison, Sacramento ("New Folsom").
In ''Final Report for 1998-1999'', June 30, 1999. The housing blocks "are partitioned into three separate, self-contained sections forming a 180 degree half circle." The "180" design is considered the "most secure prison design" because it "gives control-booth officers a straight-on look at prisoners." In contrast, the "270" design "with portions of the house reaching back behind the blind side of the booth" is considered less secure.Furillo, Andy. Folsom Prison Leads in Violence. Five Inmates Slain in Past 9 Months. ''The Sacramento Bee'', September 11, 1998.
History
When they were built, the maximum-security buildings of what is now SAC were considered an "addition" to FSP. The first FSP inmates were transferred to the addition on October 1, 1986.Grieve, Tim. 20 Folsom Inmates Will Move Into Prison Addition. ''The Sacramento Bee'', October 1, 1986. In 1986, the prison was administered by the Folsom warden and was called New Folsom. In October 1992, its name was changed to CSP-Sacramento, and was administered as a separate prison with its own warden." Erik Menendez was sent to SAC with a sentence of "life in prison without parole" in September 1996. He was married there in June 1999. A major fight involving about 150 inmates occurred at the prison in September 1996, with 13 inmates injured and 17 shots fired by officers (one of which struck and killed an inmate). Local officials opposed a 2001 law and two 2005 bills that might eventually have led to a transfer ofdeath row
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting executio ...
operations from San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ), formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated area, unincorporated place ...
to SAC.
On May 20, 2011, a large-scale riot broke out at the prison. Prison spokesman Sgt. Tony Quinn said the incident started just after 10 a.m. when two inmates began fighting with each other. The fight then took over the yard with approximately 150 inmates getting involved. At least two inmates were stabbed multiple times and were taken to an outside hospital for treatment.
On August 12, 2015, a riot occurred at SAC in which Hugo Pinell (of the San Quentin Six) was killed.
On March 5, 2025, an unknown-related incident injured several people at SAC.
Notable inmates
* Wesley Shermantine- One half of the Speed Freak Killers sentenced to death in 2001 for four counts of murder. Transferred fromSan Quentin State Prison
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ), formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated area, unincorporated place ...
to CSP-SAC due to the abolishment of death row.
*John Lee Cowell, perpetrator of the 2018 Murder of Nia Wilson.
*One L. Goh (1968-2019), perpetrator of the 2012 Oikos University shooting
* Spoon Jackson (born 1957), murderer and poet; served over 12 years at SAC
* Joe Hunt (born Joseph Henry Gamsky) Founder of the Billionaire Boys Club and serving a life sentence for the murder of Ron Levin
* Ramon Escobar, serial killer
* Roy Charles Waller, serial rapist
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.
References
External links
* {{State prisons in California 1986 establishments in California Prisons in California Buildings and structures in Sacramento County, California Prisons completed in the 1980s