Lets use this thread to post issues that are going on at our Soledad prisons...


Jaimee you heard that they are going to be letting 35 and over out pretty soon?

Shawnie you received a memo from you boyfriend saying that they were on lockdown because of threats to assault staff? Do you know if that is only for A yard or is that both A and B?

My boyfriend doesn’t say a whole lot but he did say that maybe they will be getting visits back in about two weeks :rolleyes: Sound nice...lol

Megan

Yep, he said that he heard that they'll be letting 35+ out first and then the rest of them. They are hoping by the end of the month. He said he'd call the very second he hits the yard when they get off lockdown. My husband is 39, so, if your guys are still youngsters, whatever I hear from him, I'll post! LOL! You know, my husband's birthday was the 7th...sucks that he spent it that way.

The last time I was there was Christmas and I have been really having a tough time with this particular lockdown, I don't know why! My gut is telling me to get a weekend off SOON and go up there! EVERYDAY since the 7th I wait to hear SOMETHING!

Yes, in the memo that is for both the A yard and B yard. I would post the memo if I knew how. If anyone know how and can tell me how I will do it, its about a full page memo, to the staff and inmates at CTf.

My son is in north dorm on A yard, and he called tonight and said there will be visiting this weekend for all races in north and fremont dorms only. All others on north will not get visits. Hope this help some of you make your plans:D

Saturday night 2/25/06, One hispanic short timer with a POTENTIAL INS hold from Kings County took a stroll over the fence. He has yet to be found.
megan

Was this from CTF or Salinas Valley? Great, another lockdown? Good lord, is something in the air?! Still haven't gotten a call from my husband.

Saturday night 2/25/06 at SVSP, One Hispanic short timer with a POTENTIAL INS hold from Kings County took a stroll over the fence. During the 2115 count officer noticed he was gone. Officers spent all of first watch looking for the walker, but have yet to find him. Visiting was delayed for CTF and I believe I heard E yard was canceled for SVSP.
Megan

AAARRRGGHH! Thanks, Megan! It truly IS a Monday morning!

OK, I have a feeling that Southerners are still on lockdown because everyone else is getting phone calls and I am not! Dangit!

Well B-yard no one is programming so no phone calls for me either. They just let Northerners and others get visits. On A-yard I guess Fremont and North Dorm are having yard and visits all races but lasen and Rainer (not sure on spelling) are locked down for southerners and Mexican nationals and whites. So things are crazy right now. If it were me as soon as they come off lockdown I would come and visit because I think it will be quick before they are back down.
Megan

SVSP hasn't said anything about a lockdown so it should be good. And there was nothign on the 1-800 recording either. I mean they were letting all yards get visits on Sunday, which is new, because last time there was a prison pole vault competition, they went on lockdown. All I want to know is when can they start to program again?

Does anyone know if there is anything going on in A yard in Fremont Dorm at CTF? I havent received any calls in days, I'm worried, and I really miss him.

Well I called the visiting line today and didn't it say Fremont dorm has visiting?
Megan

my brother is on lockdown in a yard and he just wrote me a letter saying they were told they would be on lockdown for a YEAR I guess they were not close to the riot but it doesn't matter!
I finally got approved so that really makes me sad I haven't seen him since July 2005. :(

Hi Lil Lee! I just wanted to say that I am so happy to hear you got approved:thumbsup: . On the other hand about the lockdown…. truthfully the guys never know how long the lockdown will last, it is all just rumors. I hope it is over soon for you maybe a couple months like last time. Good thing is once they are off lockdown you can go and see your brother:D .
Megan

my husband is in ctf north.has anyone heard if they are still on lockdown or not?if they are still slammed does anyone know about how long they will stay that way.iv only seen my husband one time in over 2 years and i wanted to go see him but now that i can they are locked down.this really sucks

The visiting hot line (1-800-374-8474) for CTF-Soledad has been updated.

Central and South normal visiting

North
A Yard normal visiting
B Yard NO VISITS for blacks, southerns, or whites.

If you are traveling from the South be sure to check the road conditions. The 58 is closed from Mojave to Bakersfield. The Grapevine is open, however the CHP has been escorting at times and it is predicted to be closed should any more snow fall which is expected. That leaves the 101.

Megan

F and G wing at Central are locked down. They might be up by Saturday but make sure you call the visiting line tomorrow. 1-800-374-8474 number 1 then 2 then 2.

Megan

ok, that sucks!!!! so if Keivn is in the Gym building D is he on lockdown>???????

I just called the visiting line and it has already been updated today (the 17th):
Normal visiting for Central and South.
North A yard has normal visiting. No visits on B yard for whites, blacks, southern mexicans, with the exception of Toro dorm (regular visiting).

You ladies have fun this weekend....hopefully SOMEDAY the rest of us will be allowed to come visit again!!!!

As of Saturday about 11:00am there is no visits for Northerners on A-yard.
megan

I had called the prison on Friday because I didnt get a phone call like I should have and my boyfriend is in Fremont dorm on A yard, and at that time I was told that lockdown wasnt in effect, but they were to be on their bunks because searches were being conducted. Perhaps items that werent allowed were found and that put them on lockdown. I still dont get to visit but I do get phone calls and I hope this lockdown is over really quick for their sakes and ours.

Shawnie if the officers are conducting searches the whole yard will be put on “first watch status” aka lockdown. Sometimes if they are searching A yard they will but B yard on first watch status also so A yard can barrow B yard officers to help conduct the searches. That also would happen if they were searching B yard they would put A yard on first watch status. When they conduct searches they remove the inmates from the dorm, strip search them on the yard then they wait in the chow hall until the officers are done. They do searches for lots of different reasons…threats on staff, weapons found on the yard, or when they notice that the inmates are stalking up on canteen because when that happens usually the inmates are preparing for long lockdown, which in the officers eyes means riot, incident on the yard, ect.

Megan

Well,thank you that was quite a good answer, how do you know all this stuff as well as you do?

No problem Shawnie! As for your question about how I know all of this……well I guess you could say I had a first hand experience.
Megan

You look really young from your picture. How long did you do? So if I am to presume that you were in prison at one time, did you have to go through the appeal process to be approved for visiting? If so how long was the total time it took do get approved for visiting from the day you sent in your application? I am going to have a difficult time also when I end up re-applying again. I currently have come to the end of the line as far as my court problem goes. I have to make a choice now. I either go and self surrender myself to Elmwood the county jail in San Jose, and with good time do 90 days straight, or try to get in the PSP program where you stay out of jail, and go work for the jail 8 hrs a day 5 days a week, and take the hourly pay of $7.50 and pay it to them, and since with PSP no good time is allowed and weekends dont count i wouldnt be done till the beginning of November, and then I can apply for visiting, and I probably wouldnt get approved until Jan 2007. I wouldnt by that time have seen my boyfriend for a little over a year. I havent seen him since Nov last year. I cant handle doing 1 hour, even 10 minutes jail time, I literally come emotionally unglued.

I was never in Prison or locked up I actually used to work at CTF Soledad. I will post something in the “chat” thread.
Megan

Does anyone have any idea how long the lockdown might last for the Northern Hispanics on A yard at CTF? I have decided to "man up" and do straight time instead of a program so I will be done faster. I will be locked up for about 90 days. I am going to try to save my apt, by trying to come up with the money to pay my rent for 3 months in advance, my daughter is going to move in and I will have paid off the utilities to a zero balance owed. She agreed to pay the utilities since she will be staying here. I am also going to try to come up with money to have so when my boyfriend sends his form for his quarterly pkg my daughter will have my money to order it for him. There isnt a warrent for me to turn my self in yet, I think I can stretch it out for 2-3 weeks. I need to hear from him on the phone, because I cant visit yet, thats why I hope to god this lockdown gets over real quick. I could really use everyone prayers to help me with my decision to walk into jail and tell them I'm here to stay for awhile, thats going to be really hard for me to do. Also,please pray that I can stay focused to come up with that amount of money, I need in order to have my daughter be able to hold the fort down while I'm gone. I'm so glad that I feel comfortable enough with all of you that I can ask for your prayers, thank you for being here for me when I need it the most.

It seemed to me that the incident that happened on A-yard with the Northerners was within that group. Usually if the incident is not racially motivated then they should be up I would say in less than a month. The lockdown is so that staff can conduct inmate interviews to see what happened and what is going to happen.
Megan

Hey Ladies! I hear at Soledad - CTF that the entire prison is on Lockdown due to a riot between the Blacks Aand Whites. My cousin was informed yesterday of this and as of yesterday @ 7pm there was to be no visits this weekend. Please call and verify! Thanks!

Has anyone else heard anything. I haven't heard form Kevin all week. Keep your fingers crossed. I just hope everyone is safe.

visiting line says for Central C-wing is lockdown no visits.

Does anyone know if the Northern Hispanics in Fremont Dorm on A yard are still on lockdown? I just want a phone call, I dont get visits.

Yes I was there today and Southerners and Northerners are on lockdown on the A-yard.
Megan

does anyone know if a lockdown for Central effect East Dorm?

Tina today at visit I saw East dorm out on there own little yard. Looks like they are programming. I didn’t look to see if anyone was using the phones.
Megan

2 minutes after posting this HE CALLED:) I was so relieved and happy! LOVE PCO!! Thanks Megan!

Hello...

My son was moved from Wasco to Soledad around a month or so ago...
I guess Soledad was on lockdown when he arrived. I've gotten letters and he states he doesn't know when visitation will be allowed.
I live in Texas and I"m wondering how on earth a person visits when lockdowns are prevalent and at the drop of a hat. I'm not familiar with the prison system at all.
He told me since they were on lockdown when he arrived he wasn't allowed to go to the canteen to get anything, such as soap, etc. A guy in the cell next to him has given him soap, toothpaste, etc.

I don't quite understand how this works....

Can someone please help me out?

Well you can never tell when the prison will be going on lockdown and in the same case when they will be coming off of lockdown. If the inmate is on lockdown he is not allowed to go to canteen or receive packages. Most of the time like you said a cellie or neighbor will help them out with the necessities. The lockdown will continue as long as there is a “green light” to attack the opposite race or group. Until they confirm that the races have reached and agreement then it will continue. I can tell you how the last lockdown went on B-yard very similar situation…

Lockdown continued as long as the “green light” was in effect
When the effected groups were ready to talk “Peacekeepers” from each group met with staff present in the middle of the yard and they reached and agreement.
With the agreement to take the “green light” off, escorting of inmates was done in groups with equal numbers…example two southerners, two whites and two blacks. Still in full restraints
Since that went good escorting was done without restraints
Since that went good packages were released
Then the yard was released for 35 years and older still no visits (the warden will not have the testing grounds for all of this be in visiting)
Then with in a short amount of time the yard was full program and visits were back.
Full privileges phones, visits, packages and canteen
And then within two months another riot.


Megan


Hello...

My son was moved from Wasco to Soledad around a month or so ago...
I guess Soledad was on lockdown when he arrived. I've gotten letters and he states he doesn't know when visitation will be allowed.
I live in Texas and I"m wondering how on earth a person visits when lockdowns are prevalent and at the drop of a hat. I'm not familiar with the prison system at all.
He told me since they were on lockdown when he arrived he wasn't allowed to go to the canteen to get anything, such as soap, etc. A guy in the cell next to him has given him soap, toothpaste, etc.

I don't quite understand how this works....

Can someone please help me out?

any word on A yard with the Northern Hispanics getting off lockdown? I cant stand it anymore!!! I need my phone calls.

If the incident was between the northerners themselves then I would say with in the month, but with the Southerners being lockdown it looks like the incident might have been between those two groups. If that was the case then it is a different situation then the Northerners handling some internal business.
When any group does “house cleaning” the prison knows that they can lockdown the group and release them the next day and the group will program, no problems. Then only thing is if the warden were to let them off the next day it would be “a slap on the wrist”, and make it look like a group can commit and assault with in their own and be off the next day with no consequences.
So I am not sure what to tell you all I can go off of is past incidents that have happen at CTF North. I hope you get a phone call soon.
Megan

so they can't get packages either. My honey said that's all he can get is pacakges:confused: ...How are they supposed to eat, clean, do basic hygene stuff?

Do any one know how to find out Privilege Group for the packages? (I'm trying to send a package from californiainamatepackages.com and they are asking for a privilege group)

My mom got a letter from my brother today saying that while still locked down, he has started going to work again. Plus, the best part, they FINALLY gave him his package which has been sitting there since right when the lockdown started. He's so happy!

His letter said that on B-yard they just started letting whites and southerners outside on monday/wednesday/friday and blacks and northerners on tues/thursday. so hopefully that means people will be getting phone calls soon, too. I don't know if this impacts everyone on b-yard or just critical workers, but it's definitely a sign in the right direction. We'll take what we can get!

I received a letter from my fiance yesterday and he said that while on lockdown they only receive half portions. Has anyone else heard of this?

The address on my sons letter says 705(North) SA-116...does that mean he's in what they call the north yard?

Thanks Nancie for the PM..tried to reply, but it wouldn't go through...

The address on my sons letter says 705(North) SA-116...does that mean he's in what they call the north yard?

Thanks Nancie for the PM..tried to reply, but it wouldn't go through...

Yes, the 705 PO box is for North. The number part is his building--Shasta building, A side (each building has an A and a B side, I believe), and the number is his actual cell. The name of the building is what tells you whether it's A or B yard on North, which is important to know when people are locked down--Shasta building is on B-yard. So that means he's North B-yard.

As you can probably tell from this thread, most of B-yard is currently locked down.

A yard is not on lockdown anymore YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got a phone call, YIPEEE! They came off at 12:30 today. I AM ONE HAPPY CAMPER!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

No call yet. But now I know to put my phone on call forwarding!

How do I know what section my son is in or what yard? I hear everybody talking about different yards and that seems to be how you tell if they are on lockdown. My son was in X wing for orientation but now he is mainlined and he still has that address..... XW207...they said it is a dorm and it is in the central section. What yard it that? I am pretty sure he is on lockdown.

Are the Southerners off lockdown too....on A yard, that is :confused:

XW207 = X-wing cell 207 (second tier) that is not a dorm that is a wing off of the central corridor and that is in Central Facility. I would call visiting at the prison and say that you need to know what facility your son is at for when you visit. Remember in X-wing they have no phone calls. In fact there are no dorms at central besides East dorm.
Megan



How do I know what section my son is in or what yard? I hear everybody talking about different yards and that seems to be how you tell if they are on lockdown. My son was in X wing for orientation but now he is mainlined and he still has that address..... XW207...they said it is a dorm and it is in the central section. What yard it that? I am pretty sure he is on lockdown.

Has anyone heard of anything going on, on the South Yard? My husband hasnt called since Wednesday morning, and when we hung up he said he would call back later on that night. I havent heard from him since, maybe I am over reacting but I am used to my phone calls and when he says he is gonna do something he does it. This isnt like him?????? If anyone has heard anything please let me know! I guess I am just a little worried, thanks!

On girl who I met while at visit her man is on South yard. She had said that South was on L/D a couple weeks ago because the inmates were “grouping” up on the yard. I haven’t heard anything lately…I hope you get a call.
Megan

I have a question. I know my brother is in North because it has P.O. Box 705 on his letters but whats the WA/210 part I'm guessing that the 210 is his cell but whats the WA? and is it A or B???

"W" stands for Whitney Hall. “A” or “B” stands for A-side or B-side of the hall. Then you have the cell, cells in the 100's are on the first tier or ground level, cells in the 200's are on the second tier, and cells in the 300's are on the third tier. Shasta Hall, Whitney Hall, and Toro Dorm are on B-yard. Lassen Hall, Rainier (sp?) Hall and Fremont Dorm are on A-yard.
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If my son is in XW207 does he have a "yard"? He was supposed to be out of orientation and that was supposed to be his new address but he has not called. Nancy

Ladies South Yard was lockdown, my husband finally called yesterday. He didnt give me any details but he said all is ok!

Ladies on Sunday 4/2/06 CTF North A-yard had an incident. I don’t know any details on what groups were involved but both A and B yard are locked down and visiting staff said this could effect this weekends visiting status. Make sure you call the 1-800 number before traveling.
1-800-374-8474 option 1 then 2 then 2 again for CTF.

Megan

Mrs. Badillo, My husband is also in CTF North. Where do you come from when you visit him? I am in Fresno California, and I had planned on visiting this Sunday, but I hear they are still on lockdown. But, if something changes by Tomarrow, I will definately go see him. Maybe we can carpool toghether. Thanks

Anita

I just checked the visiting hotline and it has been updated. The visiting status as of 12:45 pm is as follows:

Central - Normal visiting schedule

North - A yard - No visits for Northerners or Mexican Nationals
North - B yard - No visits for Northerners, Southerners, Whites or Blacks

South - No visits for Mexican Nationals

Remember it is always good to call before you leave to visit to check if anything has changed.

my man is s.v.sp. & he wrote & said they were on lockdown again? if they are on lockdown does that mean no visits or calls? i'm tryin to learn this place but i'm not getting to many answers!
belle also his mail is 2 weeks behind alll the time.

Mail is always late but they do have visits.

I just checked the visiting hotline and it has been updated. The visiting status as of 12:45 pm is as follows:

Central - Normal visiting schedule

North - A yard - No visits for Northerners or Mexican Nationals
North - B yard - No visits for Northerners, Southerners, Whites or Blacks

South - No visits for Mexican Nationals

Remember it is always good to call before you leave to visit to check if anything has changed.
What prison are you talking about?

She was posting for CTF but it was for a couple weeks ago.......
Megan

Hi girls! So I understood that right that SVSP (A yard) is on lockdown again? Does anyone know why? I mean to ask for how long is a joke because no one knows :cool:
Thanks!

Is Ad Seg able to have visitors this weekend, CTF Central ad seg I mean?

If anyone visits SVSP C yard this weekend can you find out why the Bulldogs lost visits please. I have not heard from my baby and am wondering. Thanks!

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A California state prison is locked down after an inmate took a female staff member hostage Saturday morning. Officials at California State Prison, Sacramento are negotiating with the inmate, who took the woman hostage around 7 a.m. A prison spokeswoman said the hostage has not been harmed. The incident occurred in the C Facility #1 dining room. Initial reports indicate that the inmate took the officer hostage utilizing an inmate-manufactured stabbing instrument. Officials said it appeared to be made of metal and was about six inches long. The area has been secured and contact with the inmate has been made. The institution is on full lockdown and a State of Emergency has been initiated. All inmates have been recalled to their cells and have been accounted for. The Emergency Operations Plan has been activated, and the acting warden, James Walker, has reported to the institution as the emergency commander. The Crisis Response Team has been activated and is currently involved with the situation.
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They got their contact visits back but now since that hostage situation they have no visits. UUUUGGGGHHHHH :angry::angry::angry::angry::angry:I am so angry at the guy, I really needed my visit today!!!!If anyone visits SVSP C yard this weekend can you find out why the Bulldogs lost visits please. I have not heard from my baby and am wondering. Thanks!

Yea me too G.W. but i am really glade she is all right!

As of 5/9/06 the visiting line has been updated.....
South Facility Normal Visiting
Central Facility Normal Visiting
North Facility A yard No visiting for Southerners
North Facility B yard No visiting for Blacks, Whites, and Southerners
1-800-374-8474 1,2,2

On Monday night, at approximately 2030 hours a Code 3 was called on the "A" yard at North Facility! An officer was puched in the face after pulling over a southerner, after the code was called, I heard a Lt. was possibly slashed, a Sergeant and one more Officer were hurt when this inmate provoked other southerners into aiding in on his attack on staff!
Megan