Calibertia 1851 Research Paper

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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA JAIL AND PRISONS ELMONT PLACE 03/20/2013 IN 1851, CALIFORNIA ACTIVATED ITS FIRST STATE RUN INSTITUTION. THIS INSTITUTION WAS A 268 TON WOODEN SHIP NAMED "THE WABAN", IT WAS ANCHORED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY. THE PRISON SHIP HOUSED INMATES WHO SUBSEQUENTLY CONSTRUCTED SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON THAT OPENED IN JULY 1852 WITH APPROXIMATELY 68 INMATES. THE SECOND PRISON TO OPEN IN CALIFORNIA WAS FOLSOM AND OPENED IN 1880. THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 1878. FOLOSOM PRISON WAS THE FIRST MAXIMUM SERCURITY PRISON BUILT. FOLSOM WAS ALSO THE FIRST PRISON TO HAVE ELECTRICAL POWER WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE FIRST HYDROELECTRIC POWERHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA. IN 1850 A PRESIDENTIAL ORDER SET ASIDE…show more content…
DISCIPLINARY BARRACKS FOR THE U.S. ARMY. THE history of Tehachapi Prison in California dates back to the year 1932. This correctional facility was originally designated as the California Institute for Women, and was the first prison for women in California at the time. In the earliest history the prison was not controlled by the California Department Of Corrections, but was instead independently run. From 1932 to 1952 the original Tehachapi Prison was the source of a lot of controversy. Many critics compared the prison to a laboratory, with the inmates being the lab rats. In the year 1944, the Tehachapi Prison was put under the oversight of the California Department of Corrections, which was considered a correctional system for men. During this part of history the institute was still used for female inmates. From 1952 until 1954 the institution was being rebuilt, and when it opened again it was used for male prisoners. The new name of the prison was the California Correctional Institute. At first this location was only used for minimum security prisoners, but in the years 1985 and 1986 the state added both a medium…show more content…
IT WAS FORMED IN 2005. IN 2011 THE ANNUAL BUDGET WAS $10.1 BILLION. THE CDCR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON AND PAROLE SYSTEMS. ITS HEADQUARTERS ARE IN SACRAMENTO, CA. AS OF 2009, CDCR EMPLOYED APPROXIMATELY 29,000 PEACE OFFICERS (STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS) , 1,800 STATE PAROLE AGENTS AND 692 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS/ SPECIAL AGENTS. cDC&R IS THE SECOND LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POLICE AGENCY IN THE UNITED STATES, RIGHT BEHIND THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 34,000 POLICE OFFICERS. UNLIKE MOST CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS, cDC&R CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS ARE CONCIDERED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (THEY HAVE PEACE OFFICER POWERS WHILE ON
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