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ORIGINAL: Nosathro

Having worked inside the California Prisons system I would be hard pressed to say this would work.  Most Southern Prisons White and Latin Gangs have teamed up against Black Gangs and in the in the North White and Black Gangs are against Latin Gangs.  Oh last I heard the Men's Prison at Chino has been on lock down..in fact most California Prisons are on lock down.
 

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ORIGINAL: Thadius

Here's some quick background info... http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114290971697503763-c_Bc66XQDv_Y3oGhmny49FBuPHc_20070321.html?mod=blogs

Are the plans to desegregate the prisons in California going to lead to more deaths and violence in the already violent system?  The Californian prisons are roughly split into thirds amongst hispanics, blacks, and whites, with a slightly higher number of hispanics.  This is also how the many gangs are broken down, at least in the prisons, based on race.  California was supposed to start desegregating the inmate populations yesterday, starting at a couple of lower security facilities, and slowly ramping it up to every prison and jail in the system.  This was put on hold to allow the guards union to better understand what the new policy actually entails. 

I was just wondering what the first week of this policy in the "crazier" places are going to be like... imagine a new black inmate being introduced to his AB cellmate, or the new white inmate being moved into the cell of a member of the Black Guerilla Family.  How many deaths or injuries are going to come about because of these changes in policy?  Only time will tell.

The inmates are uneasy, the guards are uneasy, and well I am simply hoping that there will be some hidden cameras placed throughout facilities like Chino.  I would love to hear what others think about this subject.

I wish you well,
Thadius

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ORIGINAL: Bethnai

But it isn't that hard to be on lock down, lock down can occur because of lack of staff. 

Let me ask you this, is lack of staff due to budgeting, or lack of applicants? Is there a high turn over rate and did you find that people were being hired even if they shouldn't have been?

AND, in your opinion did you see a noticable difference in age groups?

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ORIGINAL: Vendaval

Hello Nosathro, good to see you posting again.
 
A main reason I think this approach will be problematic is becasue California already is in a budget crises and we have a serious over-crowding problem.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/us/27prisons.html?ex=1335326400&en=2445810c9c45309e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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ORIGINAL: Nosathro

Having worked inside the California Prisons system I would be hard pressed to say this would work.  Most Southern Prisons White and Latin Gangs have teamed up against Black Gangs and in the in the North White and Black Gangs are against Latin Gangs.  Oh last I heard the Men's Prison at Chino has been on lock down..in fact most California Prisons are on lock down.