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New Folsom Year Long Lockdown
Loaded on March 15, 2000
by Willie Wisely
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2000, page 20
by W. Wisely
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Prison Rebellion,
Hunger Strikes,
Conditions of Confinement,
Lockdowns.
Location:
California.
Northern California Mexican prisoners have been locked down since November 21, 1998, at New Folsom Prison's C Facility. The lockdown began when Northern and Southern California Mexican prisoners, long time enemies, fought on the yard. Ken Hurdle, an ombudsman appointed by California Department of Corrections Director Cal …
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