Prison sign with California state seal
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| Location | Vacaville, California |
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| Coordinates | 38°19′19″N 121°58′30″W / 38.322°N 121.975°W / 38.322; -121.975 |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Medium |
| Capacity | 2,594 |
| Population | 3,326 (128.2% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
| Opened | August 1984 |
| Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
| Warden | Robert Neuschmid[2] |
California State Prison, Solano (SOL) is a male-only state prison located in the city of Vacaville, Solano County, California, adjacent to the California Medical Facility. The facility is also referenced as Solano State Prison, CSP-Solano, and CSP-SOL.[3][4][5]
Solano State Prison
SOL's 146 acres (59 ha) include the following facilities, among others:[3]
As of fiscal year 2006/2007, SOL had a total of 1,308 staff and an annual operating budget of $158.4 million.[6] As of February 2011, it had a design capacity of 2,610 but a total institution population of 5,050, for an occupancy rate of 193.5 percent.[7]
As of July 31, 2022, SOL was incarcerating people at 124.7% of its design capacity, with 3,255 occupants.[8]
The California State Prison at Solano opened in August 1984.[9] SOL was overseen by the warden of the California Medical Facility until January 1992, when a separate warden was assigned.[10] By 1998, SOL was so crowded that "emergency triple bunks" were added.[11] In 2008/2009 triple bunking was removed and the gyms by August 2009 were not holding inmates.[citation needed]
A 2001 U.S. District Court ruling and a 2002 U.S. Court of Appeals decision supported the "right of Muslim inmates" at SOL "to attend regular weekly religious services and wear beards in accordance with their faith".[12]
| Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Craig Green | B72252 | Serving a life sentence; denied parole mulitiple times.[13][14] | One of the members of the Death Angels who committed the Zebra murders.[15][16] |
| Loi Khac Nguyen | J69791 | Serving 41 life sentences without parole.[17] | One of 4 perpetrators of the 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis in which dozens of people were taken hostage (3 of which would be murdered) and Loi was the only one of the culprits who survived a police rescue operation.[18][19][20][21] |
