Location | Ione, California |
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Coordinates | 38°22′13″N 120°57′12″W / 38.3703°N 120.9532°W |
Status | Operational |
Capacity | 3,284 |
Population | 3,824 (116.4% capacity) (as of January 31, 2023[1]) |
Opened | June 1987 |
Managed by | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Warden | Patrick Covello (Acting) [2] |
Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) is a California State Prison for men.[3] It was opened in June 1987, and covers 866 acres (350 ha) located in Ione, California. The prison has a staff of 1,242 and an annual operating budget of $157 million.[4]
As of July 31, 2022, MCSP was incarcerating people at 115.2% of its design capacity, with 3,785 occupants.[5]
In 2005, MCSP became the only California state prison exclusively for Sensitive Needs Yards (SNY) inmates. SNY inmates are segregated from the general prison population for their own safety. Many are gang dropouts, informants, sex offenders, and former law enforcement officers.[6]
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Michael Carson | C88665 | Serving a 75-to-life sentence. Has been eligible for parole, which has been rejected.[7] | Serial killer who, along with his wife, Susan Barnes Carson, murdered 3 people between 1981-1983.[8][9][10] |
Billy Lee Chadd | C05801 | Serving three life sentences.[11] | Murdered 3 people between 1974-1978.[12] |
Steven Carrillo | BU0189 | Serving a 41-year to life sentence.[13] | Main perpetrator of the 2020 boogaloo murders in which he killed security guard David Patrick Underwood at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on May 29, and then killed sergeant Damon Gutzwiller on June 6.[14][15][16][17] |
Charley Charles | V79696 | Serving a life sentence.[18] | Attempted murder of his son David in 1983 by trying to burn him alive.[19][20][21] |
John Albert Gardner III | AD5185 | Serving a life sentence without parole.[22] | Perpetrator of the rape and murders of 14-year-old Amber Dubois and 17-year-old Chelsea King.[23][24] |
Luis Reynaldo "Tree Frog" Johnson | C79631 | Serving a 527-year sentence.[25][26] | Sexually abused a 3-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy.[27] |
Patrick Kearney | B88913 | Serving 21 life-sentences.[28] | Serial killer who murdered at least 21 people from 1962-1977.[29][30] |
Scott Peterson | V72100 | Serving a life sentence.[31] | Convicted in the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and her unborn child.[32][33][34] |
Robert Rozier | P99863 | Serving a life sentence. | Currently serving time for check fraud.[35]Had been originally sentenced to 22 years for murder as part of a deal with the court to build a case against the Nation of Yahweh.[36][37][38][39] |
Rollen Stewart | H87708 | Serving three life sentences.[40] | Originally a well-known sports attendee, who always showed up with a colorful wig, was later convicted on kidnapping charges.[41][42][43] |
Scott Avery Fizzell | P42992 | Serving 31 year.[44][45] | |
Anthony Wimberly | E76231 | Serving 3 life sentences. | Murdered 3 people in 1984[46] |