Chuckawalla Prison where Richard is currently housed, is presumed to close around March 2025 along with the deactivation of other facilities, inside other prisons.
The CDCR is ongoing a lot of changes; a $32 million contract with CoreCivic jobs is ending this year, many prison staff are losing jobs, and inmates are getting moved due to these closures.
These unsafe transfers to Ironwoods Level 4 yard have caused multiple deaths. Richard has personally known 3 people who had passed away, just at this facility alone. Depending on how high the yard level is, these inmates are deemed more dangerous. According to Richard, the yards are flipping; Level 2 inmates are being mixed with more dangerous Level 4 inmates, since they are switching each group out.
Richard's counselor informed him he'd transfer to either a level 4 yard at Ironwood Prison or would be moving to a different yard at Chuckawalla.
This was bad news since Richard was finally comfortable, and safe, was an in empty dorm, and had a routine with me. He has been at the new yard for a few months now and is finally getting settled.
Richard's counselor also said in the last few weeks, that he is up for transfer yet again due to the closure of Chuckawalla to either transfer to the California Rehabilitation Center or Richard J Donovan Prison. We are praying this will be one of his last moves.
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