Thats rape in my mind. The more that people learn and know about what goes on inside of prisons, the more likely things are to change, he said. I sliced him. In the 1980s, long before Snoop Dogg and the rest of his crew had found success, they were Westside gang members living a street lifestyle that often included run-ins with the law. 481). I was in solitary confinement so long, I decided that this was not the life that I wanted anymore. CA. He spent 22 monthsat YTS before returning as an adult, working as aVocational Instructor, and later as an Institutional Gang Investigator. They shot me with this rubber bullet that knocked me to the floor then took me to the hole. He would leave me money. CDS Code. When I was in the hole, it was dark. They called him Lazy, but he is anything but that embarking on a spree of strongarm carjackings and robberies that land him in YTS, where he sparks a religious revival during the prisons darkest hours. Tons of memories some good and bad. The anger I felt, the violence, the heartlessness, the cages, the smell, the water, the blood, the impact of being shot by beanbag guns, the riots, 1 one 1s, broken hands, the tension in the air just before it kicks off, staff assaults, drugs, alcohol, death. This is called initiation! 327). He wants to provide former wards, guards, teachers, and administrative staffat YTS the space to tell stories, some of whom have never had that chance, he said. In 2016, he was released from United States Penitentiary ADX, in Florence, Colorado the most isolated and secure prison in the country. My mouth was hanging open. I did not want to hurt this guy. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. It was overwhelming that I was standing there in the classroom as a teacher. It didnt look like a rehabilitative place, he said. Wards and staff were in physical danger due to the environment, abundance of contraband and a broken health care system, the report said. The rooms, the regulations; we were using the same bathroom stall as a Black guy. Report (Technical Assistance) It helped me to see what life was like, even though everything had changed. We was back on lock down. I went into my classroom and was looking at all these guys in white t-shirts and jeans. Im looking around, but nobody knows nothing. I fought like a man. Yolo I am a rehabilitated productive ex gangmember in society. I thought I was going to freeze to death. On December 1, 1979, I was in a Christmas parade riding my lowrider bike; I came home and nobody was there. According to . Because I ran a pretty straight program. Youth Camps where you put in work and fight daily.. Crouch is a beast he went to the YA and came back a sav..They called that dude the Russian concussion I think . I punctured his heart. Riot during shower time in CYA. Ridley Scott's upcoming Apple TV+ series Sinking Spring after getting into an on set clash with an unnamed co-star. Cutting Sam was a felony the only way out of there was to get to adult prison. My deceased husband was at the CYA in Chino in the early 1970s. Youth Training School (known formally as Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility) had a reputation for mayhem, violence and murder that earned it the name Gladiator School. North Hollywood Boy reflects on years in gang, juvenile hall and California Youth Authority (pt1) Sexual assaults in CYA. So many disgusting horrific stories my boyfriend would tell me. I see this guy who is 24 years old doing sexual activity to this 14-year-old girl. by Fat Back. Criminal penalty. Uncover why California Youth Authority is the best company for you. See the Department of Youth Authority Records finding aid at the California State Archives for additional detail. We can see the glow of the fire down below. I barely made it, but Im here taking care of my 5 kids. Shipped to OH on the green dick. He gave me the paperwork a basic state application that included a physical exam, a background investigation, and a medical exam. I started reading and educating myself on the Bible. In this cup was a little juice and some Thorazine. Contact: davidwilliamreeve (at) gmail. 92 93 94 95 Karl Holton Dewitt Nelson. I was a juvenile lifer. It brought me to realize a whole lot. A county or juvenile facility. They identified themselves as that, and we accepted them. California Education Authority Kim Rigg, Superintendent of Education P.O. Because I wanted to be macho and do what the gang says? I sign up for continuation school and as we drive up, I see a bunch of Cholos standing in front of the school. Today, the former juvenile prison sits empty. Instead of him helping me out, the psych made it worse. In a historic and sweeping move, Gov. Jason Velebit #71230 They took the teardrop off of my face with a laser. Today, that total is approximately 159,000 and growing. It made me survive so many years in Federal Prison. This series will relay and respect their stories: Juvie told by the ones who were there. He died of colon cancer at 53. There were marks on my legs. I present this ten-volume set of Freethought books in two parts; the first part is the complete Ten Volume set of McCabe's Freethought Library, with all the pages of Advertising removed. After doing time in YTS CYA I went right to prison with a LIFE sentence for a gang related shooting and gang enhancements. You never wash your hair because youre vulnerable when your eyes are closed. It felt permanent., During the tour, Reeve snapped photos for what would become the first installment of Gladiator School.. I was in my room and the whole prison went on lockdown, searching for this lady. I didnt move. The California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), previously known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), . These were juveniles. An inmate named Sam was a real problem. My body is still burning from the pepper spray. I made an announcement. In this image, a young woman expresses her view with a sign during a reproductive rights protest in 2021 in Fresno. Now the officers turn against me and told another inmate that I was a snitch for what I told the psych. In this episode, John (aka Cool Breeze) returns to YTS years after his incarceration to find employment there as a schoolteacher. Upon his release, he was deported to South America where he earns $6 a day working in the fields. An eventful time of my life for sure.got after it the whole time and came thru good as one can be I would love for you to contact me at mrs.mimi.loya@gmail.com I truly need help with certain things that are happening under the site of Correctional officers. To my brothers, She called Youth Authority and said, if something happens to my son, Im going to sue you guys. They called from Sacramento and they transferred me. Learned how get up go to work at the trade I learned(plumbing). I was sent to YTS after I committed armed robbery in the summer of 1977 as a ward of the Los Angeles County foster care system. California Youth Authority. Some like Bruce Lisker were falsely accused. Lisker told Reeve there were five to 10 assaults a day. I didnt see my Mom for six months. Membership Inquiries membership@calyouth.org. I sliced him. I did what the California Youth Authority said I needed to do. A Volkswagen passes by slowly, then takes off. YTS was what you made it. Memories of blood and even my neighbor that died. My whole mind was thinking about escape. Im 40 and still remember even the damn address. By MARK GLADSTONE and JAMES RAINEY. Was placed with an extremely abusive foster mother who beat me and my foster brother black and blue on a daily basis, to get away from her we committed the above crime. I learned So much but got Negatively influenced because all there was is negativity going on around everywhere , Back then CYA was worser than Prison. State prison. I would take the city bus or ride my bike down to the neighborhood. An oral history of stories from inside the California Youth Authority is documented by David Reeve (2019-2021). Now, the state's 58 counties must each designate a local . They cuffed my legs to the concrete bed with my arms extended. Something started happening with me. Paso Robles, Nellis and Preston school were much harder places to do time in than YTS. Ibwas on ironwood at Preston and KL at yts the auto mech instructor was called Doc we even developed a friendship after I was out. If you had a girlfriend, you were lucky. In this episode, David Sanchez, a 19-year old with few options in life, takes a job as a corrections officer at YTS, where the willingness to fight was the only experience needed. He died within a minute. California currently has the dubious distinction of having the largest prison system in America. He spent most of his adult years in prison. I left with two other friends of mine who were in the same cottage in Ventura. This is the intermedia. CYA has also . Snoop himself spent time inside California's notorious "Youth Authority" - the CYA - which in recent years has come under court order for abusing and failing . I went on a good 6 year tour. We were trying to steal his car. An oral history of stories from inside the California Youth Authority is documented by David Reeve (2019-2021). California Dept of the Youth Authority. Find California Youth Authority stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. The C.O. It came back and around and stopped, then the shooting started. I tell my Mom, dont even stop. Im gonna get jumped my first day here. If I wanted to buy beer, I could go to the bar and put it on his tab. Whoever stole my Tres Flowers fuck yer mom, fuck yer dead homies.. When I went to Wasco State Prison, I started getting involved really heavy with gangs. He punched me in my ribs. I could write a book right now! I felt I needed to go along to get the older gang members approval. He spends his days gazing from the apartments rooftop into the dream-like waters of a koi pond below. I didnt know what was wrong with me. Box 588501 Elk Grove, CA 95758-8501 Voice: (916) 683-7754 FAX: (916) 683-7769 The guy sitting next to her will pretend like hes doing his homework. You soap up it takes 35, 45 seconds. 3 Some of the stories about this place were true but not all. By 1980, my Dad was working in Los Angeles and I had no supervision. My choice was either go to Fire Camp or get more time, and I didnt want more time. I only cut him one time by his ear. I spent Two years in Gladiator School..California youth authority. It went from a handful of us in that unit to 30, 40 of us. And here comes the Volkswagen. General Inquiries info@calyouth.org. My Dad had a good job. Had that wall heater in the room that they said didnt work. The time I served there would be the building blocks that developed many behaviors that I would have to unlearn as an adult to earn my freedom once more. I went to Nrcc when I was 15 (1999)than Preston, Karl Holton, and Dewitt. They knew we had food. I heard the door open the heard them cover her mouth and rape her. This has repercussions throughout the whole youth authority, statewide. Finally, in November 2004, a consent decree was ordered as part of the settlement of a lawsuit, Farrell v. Harper, which detailed nightmarishly unconstitutional conditions in the CYA facilities, and laid down a list of mandated reforms. In the 1990s there were 10,000 youth incarcerated in the juvenile prisons with another nearly 10,000 youth in CYA's parole system. Depression. I was sent to the hole, but I earned my respect. Came to yts in spring of 1968. She wrote me a letter and said, Adrin dont be mad, but this C.O. Additionally, a majority (54%) say they have felt stressed frequently in the past month and approximately a third felt helpless or sad (35%) or fearful (30%). He was bleeding so much they thought I sliced his throat. When I was in Ventura, I put a S.U.R. Box , Stockton, 944-0501 Institution for 504 males. We got so big that the staff started letting us meet for Bible studies.. It was a program at YTS in Units C and D. They train you to be a firefighter verified with the State. I remember being referred to as a YA baby in prison due to going to CYA and consequently it came with a reputation to live up to. I wanted to do crime and gangster shit, and I didnt know why. As of now, he has published seven parts on Medium with more on the way. California Coalition for Youth PO Box 161448 Sacramento, CA 95816 (916) 514-4464 (916) 514-4499 fax. You want some Nikes? There was Im alive and staying alive, or the opposite.. I had made up my mind many years before, I was not going to be a victim. David William Reeve is an independent writer and photographer who documents the lives of juveniles at risk. Three days later her body was found in the Chino dumping grounds. You can always tell who the ringleaders and shot callers are. YA made me the person that I am. All of them who I was able to build a relationship with return to Oakland and was connected to support services all did very well. Good counselors and creepy . Funny thing about any institution is guys will try you. But for the Chicanos, they were already in gangs. Wearing a yellow badge means youre over 18. ca.gov. There were actually rougher places in my opinion. Cold as fuck out on that bench in a thin jumpsuit in the cage to get air outside. Jeff earned his high school diploma while incarcerated and once paroled, never returned. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison. One of the things that they taught us in Fire Camp training was that if were in this situation and we share warmth with another person, we can survive. Its here that the 15-year old begins his career of crime, accelerating through the ranks of local jails, juvies, camps, and rehabs, before earning a formal education in survival at YTS. 0:45. DAVID WILLIAM REEVE is a writer + photographer from Southern California who documents the lives of young people at risk. From inmates to staff to visitors to religious volunteers. In 1978 my Mom and Dad reconciled and got back together. When you go to YA and get out, its like you went to war. Convicted 1985. Til this day, I still struggle with it. My goal was not to kill anybody. Chris, aka Child, defended his Echo Park neighborhood as a member of the Westside Crazies in his youth. If the images or a settlement of some kind because of the abuse us awards went through while there if you have information at all on the lawsuit thats pending or was in the past that I could get compensation for please e-mail me at getrdonehauling@hotmail.com thanks my name is Greg Fawcett, Hello I was in the Californias Authority I was it Preston does a lawsuit going on about four awards that were there and can receive relief. But it really hit hard right here in YTS. Wed go to church because of the blind spots. You dont peter-gaze, you dont do anything. You cant show any fear. It was a learning experience. In this episode, 14-year old Luis Ortega arrives in Los Angeles, lonely and vulnerable, before looking to South Centrals notorious 38th Street Gang for protection. Only went to jail one time but did a gang of time as a youngsta. School Address. Closed in 2010, Youth Training School (also known as Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility) had a reputation for mayhem, violence, and murder that earned it the name Gladiator School. He turned the camera monitor off and came inside and started hitting me. It took me a while to come to terms with this and the whole evolution that allowed this to happen. Get the california youth authority . He gave me a .38 and I hid between two cars. I went to his house a couple of times and met his family. My buddy got hit, too. Yet, in truth, the system had not solidified reform. Featured image: Chris (aka Savage) told the story of being sent to The Hole in Gladiator School for hiding a shank under his mattress as a youth, when the prison broke out into a riot. Preston #81548. 1990020102 - 1990-02-05 - neg - staff training center-california youth authority. I was cool with everyone. Ventura School for Girls replaced the name California School for Girls in 1925 (ch. in preston, a 90 day observation could turn into a 10 year stay depending on how old you was. Provide students with a learning environment that provides them . Gavin Newsom signed into law on Sept. 30, legislationto closethe stateDivision of Juvenile Justice, and replace it with local alternatives. Im not eating because theres a lot of things happening, and I dont know who to talk to. I told him everything that Id seen. I went to Camp Karl Holton and it was more peaceful. Gang affiliations defined enemies and allies on the street and in prison. All it took were some disrespectful words, and boom. I felt I wasnt going to see all the violence that I had seen before, but it was worse. The teacher used to read the newspaper to pretend he didnt see anything, but everywhere you look a guy is sitting next to a female. There was no right or wrong. In one fight, the former CYA ward said he was given two black eyes. The Youth Authority had been created in 1941 (ch. brucelisker .com. I just lost it. . I went on a shooting spree in 1993. When the lights came on the girl was crying. Theoretically, that was accomplished. Its a way to communicate codes we speak when we dont want officers to know. I was the drag shovel, meaning I was at the end of the line and I carried the medicine and the toilet paper in a backpack. Ya baby 58158 checking in. They left me like that for two days in the hole. They can be found under the bound volumes inventory of the Youth Authority and the Office of the Secretary of State. We had been out for two days, going from one fire to the next. Now, of course, California leaders are phasing out the states youth prison system, which will be replaced with local supervision and services, as part of a reimagined approach to youth justice. California Youth Authority. Mrs. Vicky Contreras. You dont do any of that stuff. Gavin Newsom signed last year. Friends would come over. It became a party house. In this episode, Jeff (aka Huerito) is short timing when he leaves the comfort of Ventura Youth Correctional Facility to arrive at Fire Camp. This is how it works: there was this white girl and my roommate used to tell me the security officer would allow for her to go inside the mens bathroom and have sex. Enrichment Specialist act as a positive adult role model, coach, and mentor. Visit davidreeve.net for more. Pretty much ran my own program. Approximately 1-in-3 young people say they . 'I have had three different proposals of marriage over the years . They were running a prostitution ring at the call center. My husband went through nearly every program through out CA and to be honest all it did was made him a better criminal not nurturing or love was given at all he is finishing his 27 th year was in pelican bay at 21 and has been to most adult prisons and is finishing his sentence tace in Folsom Prison as we speak 6 months from his out date and the only person that helped him was himself (oh and me ), I did the CYA tour 91-96. After all, it took some convincing for the group to make an exception for him. You need some counseling, somebody to talk to you and hear you out. He told me whenever youre drunk, but you still want to drink, pour your beer out and put water in it. I heard footsteps and keys the officers carry a lot of keys. E: FreshOutSeries@gmail.comhttp://www.freshoutseries.com/https://www.instagram.com/freshoutseries/https://www.facebook.com/Freshoutserieshttps://www.patreon.com/Freshoutseries-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-Please watch: \"Confessions of a Former Rampart CRASH Officer - Fresh Out: Life After The Penitentiary\" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdWStRS4zv4-~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Haha. He refused to take me to medical. It made me very happy because that meant I could stay at Ventura. Editor's note: This is Part 9 of "Gladiator School: Stories from Inside YTS" an oral history of life inside California's most notorious juvenile prison. I woke up one morning and saw that little paper in my window. I was crying. Its like Boot Camp. She just disappeared one day. Publication Type. The smell, loneliness the gloomy days. My Dad had a different girlfriend, raised a different family, but was always a part of my life. Youre fighting fires with somebody whos watching your back. People were put in these violent situations because violence was the currency, Reeve said. The core requirement of the Farrell agreement was that CYA must exchange its abusive, and viciously punitive system for a rehabilitative model of working with kids. N A Chaderjian High School is located within the N.A. It's called Gladiator School for a reason, when the worst of the worst kids are too young for Prison they are sent to Youth Authority. Yeah I want to know what all these lawsuits going around where the f*** are our lawsuits I was in that mother f***** for almost 5 years straight I went in a child and came out of man I f****** witnessed and participated in numerous acts of extreme violence all of us even those of us that say man YA saved my life it didnt save your life bro You got m************ Stockholm syndrome all of us for those of you guys that ended up getting raped or for even you m************ that was raping those dudes every single one of us was a victim of f****** abuse and we should be on a f****** class action lawsuit we should be the one saying f*** that s*** if you were in ya in the 90s we experienced the worst prison systems in the United States had to offer second to f****** Louisburg Federal penitentiary back in the 80s. I need to use the bathroom; its an emergency.. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton, California (209) 944-6444. It felt like a prison. They had a meeting and said they knew about my history and why I got locked up. Where was the oversight? Chopin it up with the homies on the wire. Below is an account of photographer David Reeves Gladiator School project, a collection of portraits and stories of the daily lives of the boys now, adult men who spent time inside one of the most notoriously violent lockups run by the California Youth Authority: the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, known as the Youth Training School (YTS). This storywasfirst publishedby the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Tim later explained to me I reminded him of an abused animal, ready to attack anything that got close to me. Even the California prison system is managed by scoundrels. After I took my shower, I couldnt find my hair grease. "An inmate named Sam was a real problem. 89 F3738:271, ODC 2:9(3-8) Department of Youth Authority Records Fred C. Nelles School for Boys (Whittier State School) Lord High School has a similar structure to other public schools, including: A principal, certified teachers, and other support staff. I even went back to his cell to pay respect and to let him know I new what happen. They would put swastikas on, but there was no Aryan Brotherhood. This C.O. I didnt suffer anymore because I saw the way that Fire Camp was run. Getting our cells searched and tossed up by the staff. the author helped turn the entire CYA into a single school district and hired a superintendent of education to manage this aspect of the program. Gladiator School - California Youth Authority #CYA #YouthPrison #california Beautiful girl, I loved her so much. I said to them, Ten years ago I was sitting in the same place you are sitting.. 3. CHICO The minor convicted of attacking a 71-year-old woman at the Chico High School track was sentenced to four years and six months in the Butte County Juvenile Hall on Thursday. 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