September 2, 2009
CIM officers say riot could have been avoided
A riot that injured more than 200 inmates at the California Institution for Men in Chino and gutted one of the prison's reception centers might have been avoided had administrators responded properly to concerns raised by state auditors and complaints from the facility's staff, according to some corrections officers at the prison.
Auditors in recent years uncovered major deficiencies in the upkeep and maintenance of the prison's facilities and warned that failure to follow proper procedures for segregating high-risk inmates from those with less serious offenses might pose a danger to the facility, its staff and inmates housed there.
Current and former staffers made similar complaints in union grievances filed over the past year and said in interviews that the improper placement of high-risk inmates in the minimum security Reception Center-West was likely a factor in the riot, which began about 8 p.m. Aug. 8 and wasn't quelled until the following morning…
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