Has Anyone Heard Anything About The Opening Of Delano Ii? (when Is It Opening, What Inmates Will Be Transferring Ect.)

i do believe its opening on June 1st. Oh, Goodie, Goodie California's 33rd prison.
whatever !!!!

I was told when I called Sacramento that the prison is not opening until August for the transferring of inmates, but the staff may start arriving there in June of July. The prison went on line as of June 1st or so I was told.

I was told they are going to start transferring inmates to the prison on june 15th. Supposedly they are going to send 500 inmates.

I was under the impression that it is going active over the next couple of months. Delano II is a level IV/SHU/PHU facility with a level I MSF yard.

I would assume they would fill the MSF Yard first, so they have an active work crew ready as they transfer other inmates.

To quote a reliable source: They will do it yard by yard over the course of several months.

Anyway it will go active with a big press release and notice being posted on the CDC website.

With the opening of Delano II the CDC will increase their capacity to 170,000 inmates or the Population of Guam and then some.

Update: Found a news article that say's it's opening June 15.

They should have inmates arriving on Wednesday..Here is a little memo that is out. :thumbsup:

For Immediate Release
June 7, 2005


CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO HOLD

KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON MEDIA DAY



WHAT: An overview briefing of Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) and tour of the facility. Media is invited to visit the institution ahead of the arrival of Level I (Minimum Security) inmates. Kern Valley State Prison will use the new rehabilitation model that will allow for full programming by Level IV (Maximum Security) inmates. Inmates moved into the institution are already fully participating in programs where they currently reside. The institution will house approximately 5,000 inmates. It will become California’s 33rd prison.

WHERE: Kern Valley State Prison, 3000 West Cecil Avenue, Delano 93215

WHEN: Tuesday, June 14, 2005, 9 a.m. Media is also invited to be on-site on Wednesday, June 15, to photograph the arrival of the first Level I inmates.

CREDENTIALS: For media credentials, send a written request signed by the news department manager on company letterhead with the name(s) of the proposed representatives, their dates of birth, driver’s license number and expiration date, and social security number. Faxed requests will be accepted (916) 327-1988. Written requests should be sent to:

CDC Communications Office

1515 S Street, Room 113 South

P.O. Box 942883

Sacramento, CA 94283-0001

Clearance requests must be received by Friday, June 10, 2005, to allow for processing for media access on June 14, 2005.
tes arriving on

We pray everyday that my husband's councelor will transfer over there!! LOL :D


KellyA.

Some of Gods Greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. :o Hope your love ones don't get sent there too. It's not going to be pretty. :help:

ADDITONAL INFO FROM CDC WEBSITE:

For Immediate Release
June 10, 2005
#05-08
Contact:
Lt. Bobette Espinosa (661) 721-6301
Margot Bach (916) 445-4950 </SPAN>

<A class=content>California Activates Kern Valley State Prison, Receives First Inmates on June 15 </SPAN>

n construction began in June 2002. Design and construction costs were $379 million, with an annual operating budget of approximately $136 million. The prison is located on 480 acres, with an additional 200 acres on an adjacent site for wastewater disposal. When fully activated, the prison will have about 780 custody and 365 support staff..</p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px"> </p><p style="margin:0px">" target=_blank>DELANO –- The California Department of Corrections (CDC) will formally activate California’s 33rd prison, Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP), on Wednesday, June 15, with the arrival of the first Level I (Minimum Security) inmates. Designed as a Level IV (Maximum-Security) institution, it will house about 5,000 inmates when it is fully activated in January 2006. The institution is also designed to be the first fully programmed Level IV institution in California with a variety of academic and vocational education programs, thereby increasing an offender’s chances of reentering society successfully.

“While California’s prison population has remained relatively stable over the last two years, there has been a significant increase in the number of maximum security inmates and in the average time served,” said Roderick Q. Hickman, Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency (YACA). “This led to an increase in inmate violence and threats to staff and public safety.

“Prisons are designed to serve the public safety by keeping inmates in custody and preparing them for their eventual release. This new facility will ease the pressure and lower the risk to staff at the state’s other 10 maximum-security prisons,” Hickman added.

The number of maximum-security male inmates in California prisons has increased—in numbers and in percentage of total population—from about 28,230 inmates (18.8 percent of total population) in 2000 to about 31,730 (21 percent of total). In addition, the number of second- and third-strike inmates has increased from approximately 38,400 in 2001 to more than 40,200 in 2004. Coupled with these numbers is a gradual increase in average time served, from a relatively low 16 months in 1994 to 19 months in 2004.

The prison is composed of four facilities, including about 500 Substance Abuse Treatment beds and two Administrative Segregation Units (ASU). These four facilities are located inside the secure perimeter, which is composed of a combination of double fences topped with barbed wire, perimeter towers, a sophisticated communications system, and a lethal electrified fence. Located outside the secure perimeter are the Minimum Support Facility (MSF) and a number of prison-wide support services, including administration, warehousing and maintenance.

Inmates will participate in a number of academic and vocational education programs. There will be special programs that include general and a law libraries, religious programs, Arts-in-Corrections, recreation, and substance abuse treatment.

The prison construction began in June 2002. Design and construction costs were $379 million, with an annual operating budget of approximately $136 million. The prison is located on 480 acres, with an additional 200 acres on an adjacent site for wastewater disposal. When fully activated, the prison will have about 780 custody and 365 support staff..