California's Prisons - Violence at Folsom Prison - Causes, Possible Solutions - Hearing Held by the Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and Operations in Cooperation with the Assembly Committee on Public Safety and Senate Judiciary Committee, June, 19, 1985

• NCJ Number: 105469
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 143 pages
• Corporate Author: Sylvania Electronic Systems
• Sale Source: Simon Fraser University
• Publication Type: Legislative Hearing/Committee Report
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This hearing examined the high rate of violence in California's Folsom Prison, it causes, and its remedies.

Abstract

Inmates, scholars, and correctional personnel discussed factors contributing to institutional violence. These included ethnic/racial tensions, gang activities, prison overcrowding, the inmate classification system, lack of communication between administration and inmates, and inadequate education and rehabilitation programming. Remedies recommended included more humane treatment of inmates, provision of meaningful work, revision or abolishment of the inmate classification system, and improved inmate-administration communication (e.g., inmate self-government, improved grievance procedures). Other recommendations included improved educational and vocational training opportunities, better staff training, segregation of gangs, intensified use of searches and disciplinary measures, inmate transfer, and early release programs. Appendixes include additional proposals and memoranda.