On average, 9 correctional officers a day are assaulted inside California prisons

One in 3 correctional officers suffers from depression or PTSD

The suicide rate for correctional officers is nearly twice that of street cops

6 major gangs dominate California prisons — the Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerilla Family, Mexican Mafia, Nazi Lowriders, the Northern Structure, and Nuestra Familia

12,076 cell phones (illegal in prison) were confiscated from California inmates and 815 grams of methamphetamine were seized in 2019

California’s 2 juvenile justice facilities hold about 700 youthful offenders called “wards” (13 to 23 years), serving time for rape, murder, armed robbery and other violent crimes

About 30% of wards “graduate” to adult prison within 3 years of release

California spent $26,665 per inmate for health care in 2019

California’s Prison Industry Authority provides paid work assignments for about 8,000 inmates — about 6% of the prison population

Nearly 7 in 10 inmates are re-arrested within two years of their release