Salinas Valley State Prison
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Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) is a 300 acres (121.4 ha) Californian state prison located 5 miles north of Soledad
, in Monterey County, California
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The prison consists of four yards: A, B, C, and D. Of the four, C is the most violent. The surrounding housing units hold level-4 and level-3 inmates, the two highest security rankings.
The inmates are segregated into five ethnic groups: southern Mexican, northern Mexican, white, black, and other (the last, including Asians and Native Americans). The whites and southern Mexicans have been waging war.
The prison had a gymnasium which, due to the prison's over-crowding, has been converted into a dormitory
.
Soledad, California
Soledad, meaning "solitude" and "loneliness" in Spanish, is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. Soledad is located southeast of Salinas, at an elevation of 190 feet...
, in Monterey County, California
Monterey County, California
Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas...
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The prison consists of four yards: A, B, C, and D. Of the four, C is the most violent. The surrounding housing units hold level-4 and level-3 inmates, the two highest security rankings.
The inmates are segregated into five ethnic groups: southern Mexican, northern Mexican, white, black, and other (the last, including Asians and Native Americans). The whites and southern Mexicans have been waging war.
The prison had a gymnasium which, due to the prison's over-crowding, has been converted into a dormitory
Dormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
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