SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will be awarding $2 million for a sixth round of grants meant to enhance innovative victim impact programs in California prisons.

“These programs provide a lens for incarcerated people to see the impact of crime from the perspective of a victim,” said Nolice Edwards, chief of the CDCR Office of Victim and Survivor Rights and Services (OVSRS). “It’s incredibly helpful as those individuals work toward achieving amends and rehabilitation through the programs offered in our facilities.”

The purpose of the round-six Innovative Programming Grants (IPG) is to fund eligible nonprofit organizations to provide victim impact programs at one or more California prisons.

Applicants must develop a specific plan designed to meet the unique needs and requirements of the specific victim impact program proposed while additionally meeting the needs of the incarcerated population the program will be targeted to.

Victim impact programs share a common objective of giving victims the opportunity for their voices to be heard and for offenders to fully understand the consequences of their actions, like Project Avary’s Prison Reconciliation Project, which supports inmates in understanding and making amends for the impacts of their crime and the effects of their incarceration on their children.

Grant eligibility is open to nonprofits that currently provide programs in any adult correctional institution setting. This includes state and federal prisons and county jails. In addition, programs previously funded through the IPG can reapply for funds, though programs cannot have dual sources of state funding for the same location.

IPG began in 2015 when CDCR awarded $2.5 million in one-year grants to expand existing rehabilitation programs to new institutions. With the addition of $2 million this round, CDCR will award a total of $14 million in grants during all six cycles over the course of five years. This grant funding comes directly from the Inmate Welfare Fund, a trust where all proceeds from institutional canteen and hobby shop sales are deposited and spent for the benefit of inmates, including on education and welfare.

All applicants are encouraged to submit a Notice of Intent to Apply by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. The due date for applications is 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019.

For more information about the application process, and to complete the Request for Application, please email the IPG team at innovativegrants@cdcr.ca.gov.

For more information about IPG, please visit https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/rehabilitation/grants.html.

Learn more about CDCR’s victim services by visiting OVSRS at https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/victim-services/

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Numerous investigative techniques led special agents with CDCR’s Rancho Cucamonga Special Service Unit and personnel from the LAPD-Foothill Division to a location in Pacoima where Louie Aguilar, 39, was believed to be staying.

During surveillance of that location, Aguilar was seen coming out of a garage. He was arrested without incident at approximately 8:20 p.m. and transported to California Institution for Men in Chino.

Aguilar was received by CDCR from Los Angeles County in September 2018 with a six-year sentence for second-degree robbery, his second strike, with a one-year enhancement for personal use of a weapon. His case will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for consideration of escape charges.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.

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Michael Baker, 37, was taken into custody on the corner of 24th Street and Balmy Street in San Francisco at 2:43 p.m. Several members of the public reported seeing him in the area, aiding a joint effort by CDCR’s Bay Area Special Service Unit, Bay Area Fugitive Apprehension Team, Office of Correctional Safety Criminal Intelligence Analysis Unit and the San Francisco Police Department, which ultimately made the arrest without incident.

Baker began participating in ACP this month and was scheduled to be released in March 2020. He was received from Los Angeles County Aug. 28, 2018, with a two-year sentence for transporting/importing a controlled substance. He received an additional two-year, eight-month sentence for carrying/concealing a dirk or dagger, a second-strike offense to run concurrent to the first sentence.

Baker was transported to San Quentin State Prison. His case will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for consideration of escape charges.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.

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July 31, 2019

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SAN FRANCISCO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are seeking help from the public in finding an offender who walked away from the Alternative Custody Program (ACP) in Pacifica on July 27.

Michael Baker, 37, was last seen on the 2000 block of Mission Street in San Francisco at noon on July 29. Baker is a white male, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing 196 pounds with short strawberry blonde hair. He has a tattoo of a star on the right side of his neck.

Anyone with information about Baker’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or Office of Correctional Safety Special Agent C. Chua at (510) 750-8000.

CDCR officials were initially alerted that Baker had tampered with his electronic monitoring device at around 4:40 p.m. on July 27. Notification was immediately made to local law enforcement, and agents from CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety were also dispatched to find Baker.

Baker was received from Los Angeles County Aug. 28, 2018 with a two-year sentence for transporting/importing a controlled substance. He received an additional two-year, eight-month sentence for carrying/concealing a dirk or dagger, a second-strike offense to run concurrent to the first sentence. Baker began participating in ACP this month and was scheduled to be released in March 2020.

ACP is a voluntary program developed for eligible offenders that allows them to serve up to the last 12 months of their sentence in the community in lieu of confinement in state prison. Eligible participants may be housed in a private residence, a transitional care facility or a residential drug or other treatment program.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult institution, camp or community-based program without permission have been apprehended.

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At 9:15 a.m. Friday, July 26, inmate Michael Ellison, 36, was being escorted by a correctional officer to his assigned cell when he attacked the officer with an inmate-manufactured weapon, striking him multiple times in the face and body. Staff immediately responded to the incident and used physical force and pepper spray to stop the attack.

During the altercation, the officer suffered lacerations to his forehead, right thigh and left hand and exposure to pepper spray. He was taken to an outside hospital for treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. Ellison did not sustain any injuries and was transported to Salinas Valley State Prison.

Since 2004, Ellison has been serving a life-with-the-possibility-of-parole sentence from Riverside County for second-degree murder. During his incarceration, he received convictions from Kern and Kings counties for possession/manufacture of a deadly weapon by a prisoner and assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon. In 2014, he received a 14-year sentence from Kern County for assault with a deadly weapon. Ellison is also currently on trial for the 2018 homicide of another inmate.

The primary mission of CTF is to provide housing, programs and services for minimum- and medium-custody inmates. CTF opened in 1946; covers 680 acres, and is a three-facility complex with each facility functioning independently.

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July 26, 2019                

Contact: Lt. Carlos Espinoza

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Inmate Louie Aguilar was last seen at the camp by staff at 9:18 p.m. on July 20 in the camp during a count. An inmate was noticed missing in a count at 9:55 p.m. It was determined that Aguilar was the missing inmate at 10:00 p.m.

CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety, CAL FIRE, law enforcement personnel, along with local law enforcement agencies and the California Highway Patrol were notified and are assisting in the search for Aguilar.

Aguilar, 39, is a Hispanic male, 5’ 10” tall, weighing 198 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was received by CDCR from Los Angeles County in September 2018 with a six-year sentence for second-degree robbery, second strike, with a one-year enhancement for personal use of a weapon.

Anyone who sees Aguilar should contact 911 or law enforcement authorities immediately. Anyone having information about or knowledge of the location of Louie Aguilar should contact the SCC Watch Commander at (209) 984-5291, extension 5439.

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She was transported to California Institution for Women in Corona and the case will be referred to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office for consideration of escape charges.

Roman was discovered missing on July 13 when a CCTRP facility staff member was notified that Lorraine Roman’s monitoring device was not in motion. Staff searched the area but was unable to locate the device and Roman had not reported to her approved work location at a restaurant in San Diego. CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety pursued Roman until the arrest.

She was received by CDCR in April 2018 from Los Angeles County with a four-year sentence for first-degree burglary, a second-strike offense.

CCTRP allows eligible participants to serve the remainder of their sentence in a community program in lieu of confinement in state prison. CCTRP provides a range of rehabilitative services that assist with alcohol and drug recovery, employment, education, housing, family reunification and social support.

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Responding staff gave participants of the riot multiple orders to stop fighting. When they did not comply, staff deployed chemical agents. Inmates continued rioting and so staff discharged two rounds from the state-issued Ruger Mini-14 rifle as warning shots to end the incident. Three inmates sustained puncture wounds during the riot and were transported to outside hospitals for treatment. They have been stabilized and are in fair condition.

No staff members were injured.

Two inmate-manufactured weapons were recovered and the cause of the riot is being investigated by PVSP’s Investigative Services Unit. The Office of the Inspector General and a CDCR Deadly Force Investigations Team (DFIT) was notified. A deadly force review board will conduct a full and complete review of the incident as well.

Movement on Facility B, a medium-custody general population facility, has been limited to facilitate the investigation into the cause of the riot.

PVSP opened November 1994 on approximately 320 acres in Fresno County. The institution houses approximately 3,300 minimum-, medium-, and maximum-security male inmates and employs approximately 1,300 people.

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July 18, 2019

Contact: Lt. Jose Benavides

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SAN DIEGO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are looking for a woman who walked away from the Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program (CCTRP) in San Diego today.

At 12:49 p.m., a CCTRP facility staff member was notified that Lorraine Roman’s monitoring device was not in motion. Staff searched the area but was unable to locate the device and Roman had not reported to her approved work location at a restaurant in San Diego. She had been scheduled to report there at 10:00 a.m.

CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement agencies have been notified and are assisting in the search and apprehension efforts.

Roman, 49, is a Hispanic female weighing 153 pounds and standing five feet, two inches tall. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was received by CDCR in April 2018 from Los Angeles County with a four-year sentence for Burglary 1st Degree, second striker.  

Anyone with information regarding Roman’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 or 909-966-2904.

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Stanley Hill, 19, Derrick Scott Peterson, 18, and Robert Lee Sneed, 19, were arrested at 10:35 p.m. on July 9 by Amador County Sheriff’s Department deputies on Bowman Road. They were transported to the N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton, and their case will be referred to the Amador County District Attorney’s Office for consideration of escape charges. 

Hill, Peterson and Sneed walked away from a CAL FIRE work assignment clearing brush near Mitchell Mine Road on Tuesday. They were last seen around 11 a.m., and were reported missing at 1:46 p.m.

CDCR’s Division of Juvenile Justice, the Office of Correctional Safety’s Sacramento Fugitive Apprehension Team, CAL FIRE, Amador County Sheriffs and the California Highway Patrol and local law enforcement assisted in the apprehension efforts.

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Contact: Mike Sicilia (916) 628-3280

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