Joey is being sent to Corcoran State Prison or Mule Creek State Prison... Does anyone know about these Prison's??? Patty

Warden: Mike Knowles
Street Address: 4001 Highway 104
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 409099, Ione, CA 95640
Phone Number: (209) 274-4911


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Institution Profile
Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP)

Date Opened: June, 1987 Designed Bedspace & Count
Number of Acres: 866 Facility
Level:
Design
Capacity:

Count:


Number of Custody Staff: 578
I

200

349


Number of Support Services Staff: 328
III

1,000

2,194


Total Number of Staff: 906
IV

500

958


Annual Operating Budget: $72.5 million

Fiscal Year: 2000-2001 Total:
1,700
3,501




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INMATE PROGRAMS
PIA: Coffee roasting, laundry, meat processing, textiles, silk screening, support, digital mapping.



VOCATIONAL: Air conditioning & refrigeration, auto mechanics, building maintenance, computer technology, dry cleaning, electrical maintenance, electronics, graphic arts, landscaping & gardening, meat cutting, mechanical drawing, mill & cabinet, pre-vocational training, small engine repair, welding.



ACADEMIC: OTHER:
Adult Basic Education Community Service Crews
High School/GED Youth Diversion
Pre-Release Religious
English as a Second Language Arts in Corrections
Literacy Program Victim Awareness
Computers for Schools
Other:
Relapse Prevention Program


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INSTITUTION MISSION SUMMARY
Mule Creek State Prison is primarily a high-medium custody institution with a minimum custody support unit. To accommodate overcrowding, Mule Creek converted its gymnasiums into dormitories which now house low-medium custody inmates. Mule Creek is a training and work oriented prison with academic, vocational and industrial programs.


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Warden: Derral Adams
Street Address: 900 Quebec Ave.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7100, Corcoran, CA
93212
Phone Number: (559) 992-7100


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Institution Profile
California Substance Abuse Facility and State Prison, Corcoran (SATF)

Date Opened: August, 1997 Designed Bedspace & Count
Number of Acres: 280 Facility
Level:
Design
Capacity:

Count:


Number of Custody Staff: 899
II

756

1,934


Number of Support Services Staff: 651
III

1,000

1,833


Total Number of Staff: 1,550
IV

512

996


Annual Operating Budget: $101 million
SATF

1,056

1,457


Fiscal Year: 1999-2000
CTC


19


Total:
3,324
6,239




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INMATE PROGRAMS
PIA: None.



VOCATIONAL: Air conditioning & refrigeration, auto body, auto mechanics (auto transmission, auto engine, auto tune-up), auto paint, building maintenance, carpentry, dry cleaning, electrical works, electronics (office machine repair and entertainment repair), graphic arts, technical illustration, janitorial services, landscape & gardening, masonry, mill & cabinet, office services, painting, plumbing, silk screening, small engine repair, upholstery, welding.



ACADEMIC: OTHER:
Adult Basic Education Religious
High School/GED Arts in Corrections
Pre-Release Drug Treatment/Diversion
English as a Second Language
Literacy Program


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INSTITUTION MISSION SUMMARY
The primary mission of the California Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison at Corcoran is to provide for the control, care and treatment of those inmates committed to the California Department of Corrections by the courts. In conjunction with this mission, the prison will provide viable work and training programs for 100 percent of the general inmate population as well as provide a "therapeutic community" substance abuse treatment complex for 1,056 Level II inmates. The administrative segregation portion of this prison will provide safe and secure facilities to house the inmate population who through their prior actions have proven to be a threat to the security of the institution and/or the safety of staff or other inmates.

Sheesh Phil, your getting pretty darn good at this, :)

Thanks Phil... you are so good :) Patty

Yeap, that Phil is good. :D

Joeys mom, my heart goes out to you. I know how stressful transfers can be. I am going thru one with my man right now. Can you imagine how stressful it must be for joey?

Here is the link for this prison...

Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) http://www.cdc.state.ca.us/facility/instmcsp.htm

There is another Corcoran prison(CSP) and heres a little info on them.

CORCORAN – CSP

(Old Corcoran)

PH# 559-992-8800 | Visiting Ext: 5700 | Visiting Sgt: 5704 | Appointments: 5720

Visit Problems: Immediate Help - ask for Watch Commander



VISITING DAYS/HOURS

Level IV:

Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

8:00 – 2:30

Level III:

Th, Fr 2:00 – 7:30

Sa, Su 8:00 – 2:30

Ad-Seg/ SHU/ PHU

by appointment

On TH, FR, SA, SU



DIRECTIONS

From North – going HWY 99 south - Exit Hanford/Corcoran -Hwy 43 south

Follow Corcoran Signs. Exit first Corcoran exit (Santa Fe Road)

and follow curve around over the railroad tracks.

Stay in left lane, past train station and traffic light until you see the prison.

(Note: See Car Line info below)

Directions from South: 405N to 5N to 99N to 46W (Wasco/Paso Robles exit)
about 7 miles to 43N go right about 36 miles to sign (NOT SATF sign), go left
across railroad tracks, veer left, then quick right.
If before 8am, go right & follow road to car line on Plymouth.
If after 8am, go left & follow road to first stop sign, turn left into prison.
Car Line: Forms on Plymouth (1st cross street north of prison) as early as the
night before visiting; once another car parks behind you, you may leave & return
to your spot by 7:50am. A good time to get in line is usually between 6am and 7 am

Transportation: Center Force 559/992-8628 (Th. & F. 12:30-8; S&S 8-3),

Dial-A-Ride 559/992-2177 (M-F 6:30am-7:30 pm; wknds. & holidays 10:30-7:30);

Amtrak tickets to Hanford; 1-way=$4.00, round trip=$5.00, 10-way=$16.00)
LOCAL RULES
No clothing in the following colors:

BLUE, GREEN, BEIGE, BROWN, ORANGE, WHITE. Beige, orange & white okay below waist;
quarters only; 1 unopened purse-size tissue okay; baby wipes in a Ziploc bag okay;
comb or brush okay. No blue or black Jeans.
Only jewelry allowed is 1 ring, 1 necklace, 1 bracelet, 1 pair earrings, 1 anklet.
No paper money – Change only, $30 per adult. No smoking is allowed! Do not bring cigarettes.
Photo Ducats can only be purchased through Visiting Staff with Dollar Bills.
$2.00 per photo ducat. Limit 5.
UPDATE!
The NEW visiting staff is very pleasant and courteous.
If you’re visiting a Close Custody Inmate you need to be processed prior to 10:30 or you
might not see your visitor before 1pm.
That means you need to be among the first 40 to be processed…get in line early!

iI really don't much about it although i got to visit a friend sometimes. The only thing i know is that they are still on lock down. :(

I did time at the Corcoron SHU, I know that the mainline isn't all that good. Out of the two, mule creek is probably the better. The information posted by CDC on the programs in each prison is very misleading. ---------Ken

Joeys mom,

I only live 15 miles from Mule Creek. I have never been there but when I pass by it doesn't look all that bad, not like some of the otherones I have seen.
I am not shure how much I can help you because I am still new to all this but if you need anything please feel free to contact me at cowgirlup68now@aol.com and I will do what I can.
And when you go see him and need to take a breather afterwords just let me know maybee we could go have lunch or a cup of coffee.

kim

I'm going to give you a little heads up...

The info you get from CDC websites regarding the prisons HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED in god knows how long....don't count on that to be accurate information...if you want accurate, download the weekly intake reports from the CDC website. OR call the prison directly and ask them for:
the mailroom - info on what you can/cannot mail
the visiting LT - visiting hours/clothing/information
the recieving & release - info on packages or vendor mailings (books, subscriptions, tv's)

Have fun :)

:idea: i need some info.on mule creek prison, does anyone out there have a relative there? my brother was transferred there, and i need to know how he is doing, havent seen him but one time in 15 yrs. will give more info. later. this is my first time on board. thanks carolinagurl

Joey is being sent to Corcoran State Prison or Mule Creek State Prison... Does anyone know about these Prison's??? Patty
:rolleyes: joeys mom, if you find any info. on mule creek, please share it w/ me, my brother has just been transferred from san quentin to mule creek, and i need to know why. i havent seen my brother but one time in 15 yrs. no he hasnt been in prison all that time, he just has been living in calif. and i live in n.c. thanks for all info. you can get for me. thanks, carolinagurl :yuck:

Corcoran State is listed as #2 of the 5 worse prisons in CA for Inmate abuse at the hands of some of the C/O's and "other" Personnel. There has been an on-going Investigation for the past 3+ years. From what my son has told me and experienced and my searches, investigations, and conversations with quite a few people in charge, I would advise you to tell your loved ones to just follow the rules (as they should), not make friends with or trust other Inmates, treat the Guards with respect no matter what they do or say, share any special goodies they get from home, and just basically mind their own business. Never put yourself in a position where you would owe another Inmate anything. Just keep a very low profile. And, Pray!

I too need information on Corcoran State Prison. A close male friend of mines is there in SHU Unit ( what is the SHU unit?),please help if anyone has info.

Hi Caligirl. SHU stands for Security Housing Unit. It s where the most violent and high risk Inmates are kept. Here is a link I found that has more information: http://www.prisonactivist.org/cpf/CPFtps.html .

Corcoran State is listed as #2 of the 5 worse prisons in CA for Inmate abuse at the hands of some of the C/O's and "other" Personnel. There has been an on-going Investigation for the past 3+ years. From what my son has told me and experienced and my searches, investigations, and conversations with quite a few people in charge, I would advise you to tell your loved ones to just follow the rules (as they should), not make friends with or trust other Inmates, treat the Guards with respect no matter what they do or say, share any special goodies they get from home, and just basically mind their own business. Never put yourself in a position where you would owe another Inmate anything. Just keep a very low profile. And, Pray!

I don't agree with the advise to treat the guards with respect no matter what they do. Corcoran is going through an adjustment period of having level 4 inmates housed there, before it just went up to level 3. The guards are having one hell of a time adjusting to this, and are treating the inmates like crap. Prison is like high school when it comes to news traveling, and it reaches other prisons. Other inmates loose respect for inmates who let the guards take advantage of their position. Follow the rules yes, but stand up to those in charge who do not follow them. This has been a constant struggle at corcoran.

Hi Amy. My son, just in an off-handed way, made remarks to guards when they would pick on other Inmates. He was a Level 3, just working and trying to make use of his 11 year sentence to educate himself and prepare for when he was released. After 4 years of doing ok, he got back to his cell one night and found 4 Inmates waiting for him in his cell. He was attacked and raped while a Guard watched. He was not going to report it, knowing things would only get worse. But, three days later, he lost it and told all. He was taken to Protective Custody, (PC) and coerced into naming everyone envovlved. He spent 6 months in PC where he was so physically and mentally abused that he is now in the Mental/Medical section of the SHU. Oh, his case was dropped because the Investigating Unit could find no proof to sustain his allegations. No one saw a thing and the sex was hinted at as being consenual. In 8 months, he has gone from a good natured man with a positive attitude to a very angry, incoherant man who is full of hate. Maybe "respect" was the wrong word to use. But, if your loved one chooses to stand up to the Guards, you can be assured he will suffer the consequences. I just spoke with a 17 year Convict, as he chooses to be called, who fought the Guards every step of the way. Yes, he had the respect of the Inmates but, he spent 2-2 year stints in the hole and has had many bones broken throughout the years. He had been abused as a child and would not let it go in Prison. Now, that he looks back on it, he says he wishes he would have just held back, stayed out of their way and dealt with the Inmates. He feels he would have had at least a fair chance to protect himself. For those of you that don't know, the "Hole" is a 4x4 concrete room with a hole in the floor to do your duty, you are given your food on a tray through a slot in the door, you see nor talk to anyone, and you and your cell is hosed down once a week. At least that was what is was like for him. So, I don't know. I wish my son would have just minded his own business and concentated on taking care of himself and dealing with the Guards by just staying out of their way and follow the rules. It worked just fine for 4 years.

My penpal is in csatf and there was some kind of trouble recently there (what's new!) but I don't know what exactly. He wrote to me 2 weeks ago that if I did not hear from him, he would be in the hole. He was not to blame for anything, he said, but the guards mix up his name with someone else's. Hm!
Does anyone know about some trouble in there? bad news coming out? Thank you,
A worried Abelle

My Son is at CSATF and so far it's OK he is not thrilled with the way they do things compared to his last term at Susanville and firecamp he says this is definetly Prison. When I went to my first visit a few weeks ago the visiting did not seem to be to bad the process of signing in and the wait and parking were all rather fine not to bad at all The Visiting Staff seemed OK

Joey is being sent to Corcoran State Prison or Mule Creek State Prison... Does anyone know about these Prison's??? PattyWhat is it that you want to know? I was in corcoran, however, i've never been to mule creek. most prisons are the same when it come to the persons security level. Tell me what I acn help you with, and I'll do my best to assist you.
Sincerely, CHUCK.

Hi, everybody! My son is at Mule Creek...so what would you like to know??

For starters: visiting is waaaay overcrowded, as is the prison itself. They cut out the Thurs and Fri night visits last spring, and now the Sat. hours are noon to 7 - Sunday is 9 to 3. I went up last weekend on Saturday, picked up my daughter-in-law in Lodi -(if anybody could give her a ride on any Sat. we'd be much obliged!! - since I only get up about once a month and the van isn't running and she doesn't drive) arrived at about 12:30 hoping that most of the early birds would have been processed, but the CO's were still dealing with the first 100 inside the processing room, and the rest of us were in a long line in the mid-day sun. (There's a small covered entry patio outside the processing room, but other than that you're out in the elements while you wait.) I grant you that it was a holiday weekend (sort of, it being Columbus Day), so it may have been worse than usual because of that.

So the routine is to walk the approx. two blocks from the parking lot to the processing room - stand in line for up to an hour or more - get inside - stand in line again for clearance and then for getting through the metal detector (maybe another 30-45 minutes) - get let through a double barbed wire fence, walk the approx. two blocks to the visiting building - get checked through by the CO - he calls for your guy to be sent down - you go inside the actual visiting room and (most people) hit the vending machines while they wait the 10-15 minutes before your guy shows up. There's a concrete block walled patio with (I think) four tables, and some people walk laps around out there if the weather is bearable. It was so hot in the summer you could hardly breath, and then rainy season is due...so you're outside in the weather a lot on your way in.

The visiting room is always very crowded. Every time I have been there they've started to "terminate" visits by about 11:00 on Sundays, and by 3:00 on Sunday. There's no way to get a full length visit unless you're coming from more than 250 miles away. If you are coming that long distance, your visit won't be terminated.

Every Saturday they stop processing at 2:30 and pick up again at 4:00 (for "count"). We were three people behind the last ones they let in at 2:30, so came back at 4 and finally actually got to see David at about 4:45. And got tossed at 7, of course. (We used to go on Sunday, but my son's work schedule has been changed so that his "days off" (ha!) are Friday and Saturday.)

A little aside here: we actually got spoiled by David's time at Pelican Bay. It's so isolated up there that the CO's were actually friendly (they were bored, too) - not many people could make the trip regularly, so it was never crowded, and the non-SHU population was less "stepped on" than at Mule Creek. At Mule Creek it's really by the book...inch by inch.

As far as rumors go, it seems to ME (speaking for myself here) that there is more than the usual race problem inside (and I'm comparing to Folsom, Pleasant Valley, San Quentin and Pelican Bay). The warden seems determined to force togetherness, and we all know how well that's going to work inside. My son is an "older" prisoner, so he isn't much involved (you know, the older they get the more they just want to be left alone to do their time and go home) - but from things he's said, or things I've observed, I think that's true.

I'm just rambling on here...let me know if you have specific questions that I can try to answer, and I'll do my best!
- Jane

P.S. - sorry...in that third paragraph, it's supposed to say "terminated by about 3:00 on Saturday and by about 11 on Sunday"! (Also, if anyone is willing to swing by Lodi for Rebecca, we'll happily share expenses!)
- Jane (again)

The person before me answered everything i know of Mule Creek also. The on good thing i can say is the guards there are nice compared to toher prisons.