June 26, 2009
By Blogonaut
Music producer Phil Spector was transferred this week to the largest and newest state prison in California where he will serve his sentence of 19 years to life for his conviction for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, unless fate intervenes in the form of bail pending his appeal or a reversal of his conviction by a higher court.
Until then, “home” will be California State Prison, Corcoran (“CSP”) as it is officially known—located at 4001 King Avenue, Corcoran, CA 93212.
Spector is being housed in an area of CSP that Department of Corrections officials have dubbed the "sensitive-needs facility" of this newly constructed prison and he has been assigned a single room.
Spector's notoriety probably got him into that housing area, Lt. Stephen Smith told Linda Deutsch, writing for the AP. The typical inmate in the section is a former gang member who has dropped out of a gang and needs protection, Smith said.
Most State Prison inmates in California are allowed to purchase and possess personal items such as a color television, personal music players, paper, pens, and writing materials. However, internet access and cell phones are generally not allowed for security reasons, and both in going and outgoing mail is reviewed by prison staff—with the exception of letters to and from an inmate’s legal counsel of record. (In fact, California inmates are not even allowed to receive emails that have been downloaded and printed by third parties off prison grounds and mailed to the prisoner in question--which ban the California Court of Appeal upheld in 2001.)
We have previously discussed Spector’s most likely prison security classification as a “level III”. CSP is home to Level I, Level III, and more violent inmates—it has no level II.
We infer from what Lt. Stephen Smith told Linda Deutsch as well as our knowledge of the prison classification system that Spector is currently housed in CSP “Facility III-C”—which is described by the CSP level III web page as having “five buildings with a total combined bed capacity of 1,180. III-C is designated as a Sensitive Needs Yard. Current programs in this facility include an Orientation Unit, DPP, DDP, and CCCMS. On June 4, 2007, 200 non-traditional dayroom beds were activated (40 per housing unit).”
The entire III-C Facility (after the gym was converted to a housing unit) currently houses 1,330 inmates.
For updates regarding the status and progress of Spector’s pending appeal, visit Blogonaut often and look for the PHILLIP SPECTOR APPEAL WATCH.
By Blogonaut
Music producer Phil Spector was transferred this week to the largest and newest state prison in California where he will serve his sentence of 19 years to life for his conviction for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, unless fate intervenes in the form of bail pending his appeal or a reversal of his conviction by a higher court.
Until then, “home” will be California State Prison, Corcoran (“CSP”) as it is officially known—located at 4001 King Avenue, Corcoran, CA 93212.
Spector is being housed in an area of CSP that Department of Corrections officials have dubbed the "sensitive-needs facility" of this newly constructed prison and he has been assigned a single room.
Spector's notoriety probably got him into that housing area, Lt. Stephen Smith told Linda Deutsch, writing for the AP. The typical inmate in the section is a former gang member who has dropped out of a gang and needs protection, Smith said.
Most State Prison inmates in California are allowed to purchase and possess personal items such as a color television, personal music players, paper, pens, and writing materials. However, internet access and cell phones are generally not allowed for security reasons, and both in going and outgoing mail is reviewed by prison staff—with the exception of letters to and from an inmate’s legal counsel of record. (In fact, California inmates are not even allowed to receive emails that have been downloaded and printed by third parties off prison grounds and mailed to the prisoner in question--which ban the California Court of Appeal upheld in 2001.)
We have previously discussed Spector’s most likely prison security classification as a “level III”. CSP is home to Level I, Level III, and more violent inmates—it has no level II.
We infer from what Lt. Stephen Smith told Linda Deutsch as well as our knowledge of the prison classification system that Spector is currently housed in CSP “Facility III-C”—which is described by the CSP level III web page as having “five buildings with a total combined bed capacity of 1,180. III-C is designated as a Sensitive Needs Yard. Current programs in this facility include an Orientation Unit, DPP, DDP, and CCCMS. On June 4, 2007, 200 non-traditional dayroom beds were activated (40 per housing unit).”
The entire III-C Facility (after the gym was converted to a housing unit) currently houses 1,330 inmates.
For updates regarding the status and progress of Spector’s pending appeal, visit Blogonaut often and look for the PHILLIP SPECTOR APPEAL WATCH.
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