California prisons see 167 inmate suicides since 2010

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Institution for Women has experienced four suicides in the last 18 months, more than eight times the national death rate for suicides among female inmates and more than five times the suicide rate for the entire California prison system. Overall, the state prison system has had 167 suicides since 2010.

Here is a look at the number of suicides in each California prison since 2010:

Prison	Total
Avenal State Prison	2
California City Correctional Facility	0
California Correctional Center, Susanville	1
California Correctional Institution, Tehachapi	8
California Health Care Facility, Stockton	0
California Institution for Men, Chino	4
California Institution for Women, Corona	6
California Men’s Colony, San Luis Obispo	10
California Medical Facility, Vacaville	8
California Rehabilitation Center, Norco	0
California State Prison, Corcoran	5
California State Prison, Los Angeles	8
California State Prison, Sacramento	11
California State Prison, Solano	4
California Substance Abuse and Treatment Facility and State Prison, Corcoran	4
Calipatria State Prison	2
Centinela State Prison, Imperial	1
Central California Women’s Facility, Chowchilla	1
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, Blythe	0
Correctional Training Facility, Soledad	4
Deuel Vocational Institution, Tracy	5
Folsom State Prison	9
High Desert State Prison, Susanville	4
Ironwood State Prison, Blythe	0
Kern Valley State Prison, Delano	4
Mule Creek State Prison, Ione	7
North Kern State Prison, Delano	3
North Fork Correctional Facility, Sayre, Okla.*	1
Pelican Bay State Prison, Crescent City	4
Pleasant Valley State Prison, Coalinga	6
R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, San Diego	8
Salinas Valley State Prison, Soledad	16
San Quentin State Prison	14
Sierra Conservation Center, Jamestown	1
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, Tutwiler, Miss.*	2
Valley State Prison, Chowchilla	1
Wasco State Prison	3
Total	167

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(asterisk)Out-of-state contract prison.

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Sources: Suicide reports filed by the federal special master in a lawsuit over the care of mentally ill California inmates; Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld, a law firm representing inmates in the same lawsuit.