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California WatchBlog Probe examines whether Chino inmates were locked in cages for days

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

California WatchBlog Probe examines whether Chino inmates were locked in cages for days January 12, 2010 | Michael Montgomery The Office of the Inspector General is probing allegations that inmates at the California Institution for Men in Chino have been locked in outdoor, cage-like enclosures for extended periods, possibly days. OIG investigators are assessing recent claims that inmates at the prison?s reception center were held in steel-and-wire pens and exposed to extreme conditions. ?It?s not an investigation, but we are conducting a preliminary review,? said Laura Hill, special adviser to Inspector General David Shaw. Last week we reported on testimony from Chino inmates who claimed they spent days locked in outdoor holding pens following a riot that destroyed two wings of the prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 01, 2010 (boomark / email).