Correctional Training Facility

Correctional Training Facility (CTF), commonly referenced as Soledad State Prison, is a state prison located on U.S. Route 101, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Soledad, California, adjacent to Salinas Valley State Prison.

Correctional Training Facility (CTF)
LocationSoledad, Monterey County, California, U.S.
Coordinates36°28′09″N 121°23′00″W
StatusOperational
Security classMinimum–medium
Capacity3,312
Population4,801 (145.0% capacity) (as of April 30, 2020[1])
Opened1946
Managed byCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
WardenCraig Koenig[2]

Facilities
Location of Soledad in Monterey County, and Monterey County in California

The institution is divided into three (3) facilities: North Facility, Central Facility, and South Facility. All offer their own programs to the inmate/prisoner population. In March 2012, the facility's total population was 5,684, or more than 171.6 percent of its design capacity of 3,312.[3]

As of April 30, 2020, Soledad was incarcerating people at 145.0% of its design capacity, with 4,801 occupants.[1]

The South Facility dates back to 1946, when it was used as "Camp Center" and administered by San Quentin State Prison. In 1951, the Central Facility opened, and in 1958 the Northern Facility opened. By 1984, an additional dormitory was added to the Central Facility. Three more dormitories were added in 1996, two more to the Northern Facility and one to the Southern Facility. The Correctional Training Facility covers 680 acres (280 ha). As of 2006–2007, there was total number of 1,643 staff and an annual budget of US$150 million.

Fallen officers

Four Correctional Officers (CO) from the Correctional Training Facility have been killed while on duty. Most prominently, John Vincent Mills, a CO on a maximum security unit, was beaten to death on January 16, 1970, in retaliation for the killing of three inmates by another CO.[4] A group of three prisoners, known as the Soledad Brothers, were later indicted for Mills's death. Six months later, on July 23, 1970, guard William C. Shull was stabbed to death at Soledad with a shank fashioned from a sharpened steel file.[5]

Notable inmates

References
  1. "California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Monthly Report of Population As of Midnight April 30, 2020" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Internal Oversight and Research. April 30, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 2, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. CDCR. "CDCR - Correctional Training Facility (CTF)". www.cdcr.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  3. Offender Information Services Branch (January 3, 2013). "Monthly Report of Population" (PDF). California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Officer John V. Mills", "Officer Down Memorial Page"
  5. file "William C. Shull", "Officer Down Memorial Page"
  6. "State of California Inmate Locator". Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
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