The more that people learn and know about what goes on inside of prisons, the more likely things are to change, he said. I was actually there when that lady got killed and the body was found at the dump. I took the knives out of her back, called for help, then called my Dad.. 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. My Dad came every weekend and every holiday. A Volkswagen passes by slowly, then takes off. I recently, went back in to O.H. Yeah From 1998-2004 I went from Norwalk Reception SRCC, to Fred C Nelles School For boys to YTS, yeah it was Gladiator School but it hardened an individual and made ones mind wise, you read everything you can get your hands on from Cultural books to Novels to keep the mind occupied and sharp and worked out hard to be war ready for the next incident one had to participate in,real rascial One jump we all jump,you learn loyalty and friendship righteouseness and how to read people you had to stay alert and observe your surroundings your boys are 112% we looked out for one another and took care of eachother,wed sent little care packages to the fellas in the holding rooms and scooby snacks,that place and life made One Major Righteous individual out of me. Gladiator school.. I went straight into the street life and didnt care about anything. Life inside Youth Prison in the 80s - Gladiator School - Prison Talk 20.7. Youre not going to slice your wrist anymore, are you?. 44 32276 4430013. All it took were some disrespectful words, and boom. Mom, can you get a lawyer? My mom was really worried. Criminal penalty. 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. He died of colon cancer at 53. I would have to do push ups to stay warm. They like to flaunt themselves, and if you get caught peter-gazing, its rough for you. Its like Boot Camp. Only went to jail one time but did a gang of time as a youngsta. Its staffed with a maintenance crew for upkeep, just in case the state decides to use the facility, he said. We continue this next episode of difficult but important testimony. When I got transferred to YTS, Im with nothing but men and everybody is sizing you up. Below is an account of photographer David Reeve's "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 . At the end of the grant term, the CYA provided an evaluation to the Board including: Welcome to a new series of difficult but important testimony. 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. 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. I fell to my knees beside her and could see she was still breathing. An inmate named Sam was a real problem. 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. It was a program at YTS in Units C and D. They train you to be a firefighter verified with the State. Instead of him helping me out, the psych made it worse. In the day room watching TV, this guy who had scars on his face from a box cutter, I said When I give you the signal, turn off the TV to get everyones attention. Photo by Peter Maiden We have returned to the situation of 50 years Im 40 and still remember even the damn address. He would leave me money. I remember crying talking to myself , playing with the ants, playing marbles with peanuts from my lunch. My first week at YTS, I have a picture of my Dad who came to visit me. I did not want to hurt this guy. And that meant there were no rules. He died within a minute. We took off and were hanging out inside an apartment building nearby. We play for real, they said. Came to yts in spring of 1968. In this episode, Adrin (not his real name) ascends the ranks of La Eme The Mexican Mafia as he trades violence as currency in seeking shelter from the swelling corruption he witnesses within the California Youth Authority. An inmate named Sam was a real problem. ELO-Program Enrichment Specialist will work with an assigned group of students, student to staff ratio is contingent upon CDC guidelines and grant requirements. California Youth Authority / Department of Juvenile Justice Office number only . I was actively fighting, gang banging, throwing fucks, kicking off riots, Ironwood and tamarack programs. 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. The California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), previously known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), . Reports Say California Youth Authority Facilities Provide 'Inadequate' Health Care, Mental Health Services. Blacks vs Mexicans. The bill requires the state's youth prisons to shut down by 2023 and has stopped allowing counties to send youth to the state Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) as of July 1, 2021. I only cut him one time by his ear. Around 2 o clock in the morning, all the power went off. Working the graveyard shift, he becomes an unlikely father-figure to wards older than himself, as the facility faces closure from mounting costs and corruption. He was bleeding so much they thought I sliced his throat. 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. I learned about chow, where to sit, and shower time. Less than year faced life as juvenile. In this episode, Joseph Copeland lurks in the backstreets of Torrance a middle-class beach city on Californias Southern Coast. The rooms, the regulations; we were using the same bathroom stall as a Black guy. I knew my Dad was going to be there. Jeff earned his high school diploma while incarcerated and once paroled, never returned. AKA Crouch October 18, 2013. 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. Some California Youth Authority juvenile prisons were known as "Gladiator Schools" by the wards who were incarcerated there. In this episode, John (aka Cool Breeze) returns to YTS years after his incarceration to find employment there as a schoolteacher. Shed give you a list of what to buy her from the store. Provide students with a learning environment that provides them . Ill get you some Nikes. So sad that Gangs fighting And drugs were more prevalent in CYA and other youth programs . 481). The stuff that we suffer through is worse than anything Ive ever read in any books, I went to prison after prison afterwards and believe my mind, through all the trials and tribulations of CYA, was shaped and forged to be the calloused, hardened, scarred mind that has not been in trouble In over 20 years now, but still sees the world through clouded, broken eyes. I was cool with everyone. Your eyes are focused straight ahead. Sentenced till I turned 25. My choice was either go to Fire Camp or get more time, and I didnt want more time. I wanted to respond with absolute violence so bad and at the same time i internally didnt really want to hurt anyone. That means that person is shipping out to Fire Camp. This storywasfirst publishedby the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. The inmate population of California, in 1977, was 19,600. It became a party house. I went into my classroom and was looking at all these guys in white t-shirts and jeans. A doctor came in to be sure my cuffs were not too tight. Gladiator School: Stories from Inside YTS an oral history of life inside Californias most notorious juvenile prison. But in Fire Camp youre not just with your race, now its a buddy system. I barely made it, but Im here taking care of my 5 kids. God must of new I needed an Angel because I demanded to be transferred back to ts or chad. Riot during shower time in CYA. It made me survive so many years in Federal Prison. DJJ, formerly known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), has a long history of scandal, horrible conditions, terrible outcomes and excessive spending. There were marks on my legs. They left me like that for two days in the hole. At Ventura, half of the unit is for guys and half of the unit is for ladies. Jesse Ferguson, a 22-year-old from Richmond, has been at N.A. Id never seen that before. 610), to the Department of Youth Authority in 1943 (ch. I wasnt afraid. 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. I didnt want to fight and get more time but I had to do something. He had been arrested for beating my Mom. I started reading and educating myself on the Bible. We had meat. David William Reeve is an independent writer and photographer who documents the lives of juveniles at risk. This is Wasco. In Ventura you were allowed to write letters. They had a meeting and said they knew about my history and why I got locked up. Child receives a dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine at an event launching school vaccinations in Los Angeles, California on November 5, 2021. Guys will do that. would approach whoever he thought the prettiest girl was. I said to them, Ten years ago I was sitting in the same place you are sitting.. By 1980, my Dad was working in Los Angeles and I had no supervision. When his desire to fit in with the gang leads to murder, Luis sheds his need for protection by fighting for survival in YTS. In one fight, the former CYA ward said he was given two black eyes. He brought me pizza and soda; he and my Mom came it was the first time they had been together in over a year. This is the intermedia. I heard footsteps and keys the officers carry a lot of keys. I did ok in there. I was sadden as I read this article it brought back so many memories to time I served while at YTS CYC 1991-1994. Below is a list of Youth Authority Facilities in California that you can browse, rate, review or contact to deal with all education affairs and issues related with studying.We provides basic and advanced information about Youth Authority Facilities and similar high schools including name, address, phone number, school district and detailed contact information to both the school management and . Tons of memories some good and bad. You had a choice to take a shower in freezing water with hand dispenser soap. Youre fighting fires with somebody whos watching your back. This is called initiation! They took the teardrop off of my face with a laser. You need some counseling, somebody to talk to you and hear you out. "Despite popular myth, CYA and then DJJ, have not been 'gladiator schools' for the past two decades," Ramsey said." I suffered so bad. I programmed. I started attending church, and it started changing. Youth Authority: California: Directed by Gabriel London. Pretty much ran my own program. Where was the oversight? I spent my entire youth in the California Youth Authority (14-21). This series will relay and respect their stories: Juvie told by the ones who were there. I had a lot of good friends who were Nazi Lowriders. Gavin Newsom has announced the proposed closure of the state's three youth detention centers including the one in Ventura County in the . We was back on lock down. A correctional facility. When I tell you to stand up, youre going to stand up. Approximately 1-in-3 young people say they . Rip. A county or juvenile facility. I made an announcement. I wish they could have taken all of them. Everybody from the Inland Empire got along. Im looking around, but nobody knows nothing. Shipped to OH on the green dick. Compare pay for popular roles and read about the team's work-life balance. We were teenagers then. I cut a piece of plastic from a plate on my food tray and waited for the night guard. Paso Robles, Nellis and Preston school were much harder places to do time in than YTS. They sent a therapist in to talk to me. Than if you wanted the rest of your hour out your cell you can go outside in a cage and just get some fresh air and freeze your ass off.. ( I could talk for hours)Most people I was in there with are in prison or dead. He punched me in my ribs. He died of colon cancer at 53. . He had fought with my homeboy so when he came at me I just put out a knife and stabbed him. The only thing Im thankful for in YA was for taking my teardrop tattoo off. I realized I got hit. They knew we had food. In a historic and sweeping move, Gov. Ya baby 58158 checking in. Give me the gun, I said to my buddy. Youre a gladiator, youre a YA baby, they said. I went to Camp Karl Holton and it was more peaceful. We had fish sticks. Then went to Karl Holton, then Preston. Even the California prison system is managed by scoundrels. Fire Camp was a whole different atmosphere. An oral history of stories from inside the California Youth Authority is documented by David Reeve (2019-2021). My deceased husband was at the CYA in Chino in the early 1970s. People were lenient. The guy sitting next to her will pretend like hes doing his homework. I need to use the bathroom; its an emergency.. ca.gov. (Experience in California state service applied toward this requirement must be at a level of responsibility not less than that of a Youth Correctional Officer or Youth Correctional Counselor. This series will relay and respect their stories: Juvie told by the ones who were there. In August of 1996 a counselor was killed in YTS (Youth Training School) in Chino, California. The C.O. Contact: davidwilliamreeve (at) gmail (dot) com, DAVID WILLIAM REEVE is a writer + photographer from Southern California who documents the lives of young people at risk. 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. 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. 4241 Williamsborough Drive, Sacramento, CA 95823, United States. My Dad bought me anything I wanted. My transition back into society was rough. CEA Santa Cruz Co. School. Before we go to eat dinner, we go to the living room to watch TV for an hour. The state closed the facility in 2010, tocut costs, it said. I explained to them I was aware of them reading my file so you know why Im here (I was sent to YA for 1st Degree Murder). 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. Wed go to church because of the blind spots. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. 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. 1978. California Youth Authority. I wanted to speak to the superintendent. May 2004 A Review of the California Youth Authority's Infrastructure. by Fat Back. When they took the handcuffs off, the guard slapped me real hard. Membership Inquiries membership@calyouth.org. Friends would come over. Records of the State Reform School (Marysville) include Board of Trustees' Minute Book, 1860-1868 (B0898, #1155); Cash Ledger, 1861-1868 (B0898, #2308); and Register of Audited Accounts, 1862-1868 (B7857, #2309). We got really close. I sign up for continuation school and as we drive up, I see a bunch of Cholos standing in front of the school. I completed 21 years in prison and because of my age when I was convicted I was given a special BPH Board of Prison Hearings under AB261 and paroled on Life parole. In 2001, I went to Pelican Bay State Prison. Missing earlier happy times wanting to be accepted what Got me there by joining 18st gang. Riots kicked off every week. 2. Im human. Gavin Newsom signed last year. I knocked again for my toilet paper. starved and neglected. I felt I wasnt going to see all the violence that I had seen before, but it was worse. She said, I cant believe this happened to me. Her whole body was shaking. You dont do any of that stuff. Getting our cells searched and tossed up by the staff. I couldnt register that what I was seeing was true. Employment Information It was overwhelming that I was standing there in the classroom as a teacher. And here comes the Volkswagen. At the reunion, he met Chuck Supple, the former state director of juvenile justice, who had flown from Sacramento to attend the picnic. Sharing stuff, talking, playing cards. Sir, why did you hit me? I was crying. They sent in a psychiatrist who asked, How come youre not eating, Adrin?. So, it was just my Dad and me. Reeve said the violence and lack of reform forced the state to close it. The processed records of the California Youth Authority are described in the California Youth Authority finding aid. Lets steal a car.. At least eight times in the last three years, unruly . I had authority over other inmates. Cutting Sam was a felony the only way out of there was to get to adult prison. Yet, in truth, the system had not solidified reform. We had been out for two days, going from one fire to the next. Sucks but its true. You didnt talk to Blacks at all. Getty Images offers exclusive rights-ready and premium royalty-free analog, HD, and 4K video of the highest quality. did the night rounds and knocked on my door. The room was baby blue and the lights stayed on. I would love to see a lawsuit where we are the victors not the victims of a broke, violent system that should have been extinguished long ago. I went on a good 6 year tour. Contact: davidwilliamreeve (at) gmail, The Closing of Californias Most Violent Juvenile Prison, The Closing of Californias Most Violent Juvenile Prison. I became a shot-caller for the Sureos gang. It all becomes very complicated; its not good guys versus bad guys, Reeve said. He gave me the paperwork a basic state application that included a physical exam, a background investigation, and a medical exam. If you didnt display violence, you are going to become a victim of it, and we see it from the wards and the guards.. So the Legislature authorized continued building a 1,200-bed youth training school, the O.H. Despite having spent $5.2 billion on prison construction in the last decade, California still has one of the most overcrowded prison s. I didnt move. They gave him the wrong meds..Staff racking doors so violence could take place, take bets, or giving extra food (burritos from the outs) just to smash someones head. You want some Nikes? Select from premium California Youth Authority of the highest quality. Berge recounts his time at YTS in part 4 of Gladiator School: Stories from Inside YTS. The project is personal for Reeve, a 49-year-old marketer by day and writer and photographer by night. Ben Lomond Youth Conservation Camp. O. H. Close School, P.O. California Coalition for Youth PO Box 161448 Sacramento, CA 95816 (916) 514-4464 (916) 514-4499 fax. You always look up. Since publishing the story The Closing of Californias Most Violent Juvenile Prison, survivors of YTS have come forward to tell stories of daily life inside. Adrin (not his real name) grew up in the California Youth Authority. I didnt like Youth Training School. Lisker explains inpart 7how ineffective legal counsel resulted in him being sentenced to 26 years for his mothers murder. I was in my room and the whole prison went on lockdown, searching for this lady. I am 1%/1000 that made it in life. In early 2016, the states youth system by then renamed the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) was deemed to be sufficiently reformed to be released from its 12-year consent decree. You rinse off, and then youre done. He was there for murder and was 24-years-old. Eventually, my Brother went to the Army; my Sister was married. I didnt suffer anymore because I saw the way that Fire Camp was run. On August 9, 1996, Youth Counselor Baker, who was also assigned to C/D Company at the facility, worked a 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. shift, as shift coordinator. To my brothers, As reluctant as I was I agreed as a vacation away from ts and chad. I remember my mom sent me Tres Flowers Hair Grease because I used to comb my hair back. 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. The happiest day of my life was when I got out of prison. He would go to the girls room, give her some new shoes. All youth who have not yet completed a GED or high school diploma are required to attend school. Got my ged. North Hollywood Boy reflects on years in gang, juvenile hall and California Youth Authority (pt1) Sexual assaults in CYA. When youre a Black Hand in the Mexican Mafia, you cannot theres no rape. Whoever stole my Tres Flowers fuck yer mom, fuck yer dead homies.. Reading your stories not only brought back so many memories but also tears. Chaderjian for four years and has been in the California Youth Authority since he was 14, shuttled from one youth prison to another . The California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), previously known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), . . Memories of blood and even my neighbor that died. . If you knew how old I was at the time you wouldnt believe me. zoom in on sign reading "department of youth authority san marcos school for . This is prison. Visit davidreeve.net for more. I figured I was going to parole from there. You are going to learn to fight, to make deals and negotiate for survival because many of them were headed towards adult prisons like San Quentin or other hardened prisons.. proposal to construct a training center on about 6 acres of state-owned land at ca youth center to include office space, library, classrooms, residential rooms, computer learning center. A guy killed himself by hanging from a sheet. 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. It was a learning experience. 3 I was in YTS from 1981 to 1988. Today, the former juvenile prison sits empty. Because I wanted to be macho and do what the gang says? The state gave CYA a budget of around $200,000, of which $60,000 was meant to pay the three board members' salaries. . 13 years old . These changes to the system are a result of Senate Bill 823, which Gov. I walked into that bus in shackles, chained up. 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