60II Classic: A Brutal Prison - CBS News
Apr 6, 1999 · Since 1988, Corcoran Prison's guards have killed eight inmates and wounded scores of others, more than any other prison in the country. Critics who questioned the fatality rate found their...
Tales of Brutality Behind Bars - Los Angeles Times
Aug 21, 1996 · In Corcoran’s first six years, six SHU inmates and one elsewhere in the prison were killed by carbine fire. More than 50 inmates were wounded by the carbine and the gas gun, most in the SHU...
Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals | Prison Legal News
Nov 15, 2000 · The saga of Corcoran's infamous SHU shootings ended June 8, 2000 when a jury acquitted eight California prison guards of federal charges that they entertained themselves by staging gladiator-style fights among prisoners from rival gangs.
Corcoran Prison Cover-up - Prison Legal News
Feb 15, 1997 · The frequent shooting of prisoners forced into fights staged, then covered up, by guards at Corcoran prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) weighed on his conscience. So, Caruso gathered evidence of the abuse and arranged to pass it to the FBI.
Grand Jury Indicts Eight for Abuses Inside State Prison
Feb 27, 1998 · FRESNO — After a four-year FBI probe into civil rights violations at the Corcoran State Prison, a federal grand jury has indicted eight guards and supervisors for betraying their badges and...
Guards lied about California prison inmate beheading: report - Los ...
May 27, 2021 · One convicted killer has been accused of beheading another in what authorities call an exceptionally sadistic torture slaying at a California prison. Why the officers did not discover the grisly...
Corcoran Prison Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Prison Legal News
Oct 15, 1998 · Located on a flat stretch of burned out farm land laden with toxic chemicals in California's Central Valley, Corcoran was the first prison in the state to open a modern "super max" Security Housing Unit (SHU). Between 1989 and 1995, 50 Corcoran SHU prisoners were shot by guards, seven fatally.
Staged fights, betting guards, gunfire and death for the …
Aug 21, 1996 · But at Corcoran's Security Housing Unit (SHU), reserved for 1,800 problem inmates sent from other prisons, it was allegedly perverted into a system of staged brawls. Dimas de Leon, an SHU...
California State Prison, Corcoran: A Look into One of the Most ...
Apr 3, 2023 · The California State Prison, Corcoran has housed some of the most notorious criminals in the United States. Notable inmates include: Charles Manson: Manson was a cult leader and mastermind behind the murders of Sharon Tate and six others in 1969.
The Making of Bonecrusher - Esquire
Jan 29, 2007 · Forty-three more Corcoran prisoners were shot and seriously wounded, some paralyzed. After each killing, an internal-review board would deter-mine that the use of force had been necessary, that...