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3 Ria OT « . during a prison movie Fri- _ of either the “Mexican Ma- Ne or Nuestra Familia . ish surname prisoner groups : ons were beginning. a “classification” procedu' ‘ yesterday to determine ss 7 (Mount Clipping In Space Below) Prisoner Transfers moved ftom Soledad — on} cunt last week was 20,054 “bug therapy” as it | — more than 1200 higher termed in prison — was rep- than the prison system itself resentative of at least one had anticipated for this time taajor new trend in Califor- this year. nia prisons, a trend that in _ Prison authorities, reluc- the last year has seen the tant to be quoted, bana prison system shift from a nizing the trend themselves. steadily declining population to one that is rapidly in- lation is nat attributabld to creasing. , an increase in court commit- It is particularly apparent | ments. at San Quentin, where last} Rather. there seem to be year. a modern low of 1426) two major reasons — first. prisoners were housed. To- 2" increase in parole viola- day, that number is up to ons and, secondly. a newer 2108, and many of them are “get tough’ atlitude by the seen as “troublemakers” Adult Authority. sent to San Quentin for secu: If the prison population three of the rity reasons. keeps rising and is part of a 40 t Just a year ago, the stale New more rigid philosophy were sent orison system was being in state corrections, it could to San Quen- fet for its apparently lib- have some implications for By Tim Findley Authorities at San Quentin and Folsom pris- the gang war roles of 40 say the rising inmate pdpu- inmates nioved out of So- \ddad prison over the reckend. jiThe 40 were all sent out of oledad after an incident day In which three imnates were stabbed, none fatally. Twenty- tin and 17 |, ; A . eral trend in putting more some of the state’s most We te etd tere jinmates out on the street @laborate plans. sg suspected of being members F°One? and in leaning away | . fram old bastions of correc- is still technically. due to be tions sich asSan Quentin. closed in June of 1975 and \e But that has changed, and Teplaced by one of two rather dramatically, Six 60-man maximum-security years ago. at the start of a Prisons to be built in the int nave been mvoived im; af . : a blood fend for more than | liberal” trend in California state. (New Family)—rival Span- a year. corrections, the state prison Only modest planning has KILLINGS population stood at an all. 80 far been done on those . "as Aime high of some 29,000, two new institutions, howev- Prison autherities say 19 | men fer, So, given the rise of the killings in 1972 alone were " é { € altri ; Largely because of a morej inmate population, the feasi- attributable to the prison y bility of actually closing San relaxed attitude by the Adult Quentin in 1975 is in-donbt-> Prisonee support groups, Authority in giving men pa- ® " . however, have suggested roles and a general, if that’ authorities are over- vague, policy toward giving reacting and rounding up inmates an earlier break, inmates considered undesir- the inmate population began able for a variety of reasons ¢ to decline. from writing to actual gang} By last year, it was down idadership. to fewer than 19,000 ~ a iThe “war” between they modern low — and the talk Mafia and the Family, crit- |, : : ds contend, is being usedas ‘2S Of closing many priso in the state. Some, partic an excuse for a tougher at- larly minimum camp fact ; fi Pp facili- titude in general of prison ties, were closed. mithorities. REVERSAL *-APPARENT The cause of the 40 men > Yel within months, the 163 . trend reversed itself.’ The San Quentin, for exampl?, — {indicste page, name of newspaper, cily and state.) L $.F.Chronicle on Home Nathan Lit Findle and Pub. :Chas. .|Eeeordeyoung Thieriot Titles Character: or Classification: Subsutting Office: F (CC) Being Investigated