January 30, 2011
CIW sends female inmates to CA private prisons
With a fresh coat of white paint and "The Good Morning America" show blasting from a TV mounted on the wall, local prison's day rooms hardly resembles a dormitory it used to be.
"It was very dark and very depressing," said Gina Trevino, an inmate at California Institution for Women, who spent her last birthday there, bunked with 40 other inmates. "Now it's really nice to come out, sit and talk, share a cup of coffee, watch a show. It relieves a lot of tension."
After seeing its population drop by almost 400 inmates in just one year, California Institution for Women got rid of the bunk beds and converted its day rooms back to their original purpose...
LINK - ContraCostaTimes.com
