Use-Of-Force Incidents At California High-Security Prisons

Among California's high-security state prisons, California State Prison, Sacramento — also known as New Folsom — has the highest rate of use-of-force incidents per 1,000 inmates.

A line chart tracks the rate of use-of-force incidents per 1,000 inmates in California high-security prisons annually 2009-2023. California State Prison, Sacramento's line shows many more incidents than the other facilities.
Rates per 1,000 inmates were calculated using the average annual population for each facility.

Prison acronyms: SAC (California State Prison, Sacramento, aka New Folsom), LAC (California State Prison, Los Angeles County), SVSP (Salinas Valley State Prison), COR (California State Prison, Corcoran), CCI (California Correctional Institution), KVSP (Kern Valley State Prison), PBSP (Pelican Bay State Prison) & HDSP (High Desert State Prison)

This graph does not include California City Correctional Facility (CAC), which recently closed.
Chart: Jeremy Sanchez Rue | UC Berkeley & Emily Zentner | The California NewsroomSource: California Department of Corrections and RehabilitationCreated with Datawrapper