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MIM(Prisons) is a cell of revolutionaries serving the oppressed masses inside U.$. prisons, guided by the communist ideology of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
[About Us] Campaigns
- California Strike Against Torture in Prisons - 8 July 2013 (5/24/2013)
- Build a United Front for Peace in Prisons (5/10/2013)
- MIM Banned in Illinois! (4/24/2013)
- We Demand Our Grievances are Addressed in Texas (4/18/2013)
- We Demand Our Grievances are Addressed in California (4/13/2013)
Recent Posts
- Strategic Confidence in the International Balance of Forces
- Expanding the California SHU Struggle to Nevada
- Trans Debate: Combat All Forms of Gender Oppression
- New STG Step Down Program is a Sham
- La Identificación del Lumpen comienza con el Entender la Pequeña Burguesíadel Mundo desarrollado
Censorship
- Marion Correctional Institution in NC (6/7/13)
- Florida State Prison in FL (5/11/13)
- Bill Clements Unit in TX (5/7/13)
- Sussex I State Prison in VA (4/26/13)
- Lieber Correctional Institution in SC (4/23/13)
To help people support U.S. prisoners in their daily struggles our website provides mailing addresses for prisoner mail, mail rules by state and facility, histories of censorship problems at each facility, information on which prisons have Control Units, prison population data and prisoner-led campaigns to improve conditions on the inside. (click state in list below)
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Federal
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
California Prisons
California Prison Population: 234,460Prisoner Rights Campaigns in California:
- Support Pelican Bay Peace Process
- MIM Banned in CA!
- We Demand Our Grievances are Addressed in California
- End the High Desert State Prison Z-Unit Zoo
- California Strike Against Torture in Prisons - 8 July 2013
- Sheriff Bill Brown: End the "postcard-only" mail ban at SB County Jail!
http://www.vinelink.com(county jails only)
http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/default.aspx
California Prison Mail Rules:
- Ban on "receipt, possession, or distribution of literature/publications from the MIM to or by inmates"
- 15 CCR § 3190(i)(2) "Legal Material, including legal reference material, books, and legal pads not available in the institution canteen, pursuant to section 3161. There shall be no "Approved Vendor Lists" for any legal publications. Inmates may receive legal publications from any publisher, book store or book distributor that does mail order business."
- 15 CCR § 3190(i)(7) "All publications, including books and subscriptions to periodicals, subject to section 3006. There shall be no "Approved Vendor Lists" for any publications. Inmates may receive publications from any publisher, book store or book distributor that does mail order business."
- more info on mail rules
California Facility Listing
| Facility | Mailing Addresses | Facility Rules | Records of Censorship | Prisoner Reports | Control Units |
| Adelanto (Adelanto) | PO Box 4000 Adelanto, CA 92301-0798 | ||||
| Atascadero | PO Box 7001 Atascadero, CA 93423-7001 | ||||
| Avenal State Prison | PO Box 9 Avenal, CA 93204-0009 | click for rules |
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| Baker Community Correctional Facility (Baker CCF) | PO Box 560 Baker, CA 92309-0560 | ||||
| Bauchet St jail | 441 Bauchet St Los Angeles, CA 90012-2906 | click for rules |
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| Bieber (Bieber) | PO Box 665 Bieber, CA 96009-0665 | ||||
| Bridgeport | PO Box 697 Bridgeport, CA 93517-0697 | ||||
| Bryant Street Jail | 850 Bryant St Ste 600 San Francisco, CA 94103-4666 | isolation stats | |||
| Butte County Jail | 35 County Center Dr Oroville, CA 95965-3334 | ||||
| CA Rehabilitation Center |
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| California Correctional Center |
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| California Correctional Institution |
| click for rules |
| read reports | isolation stats |
| California Institution for Men (CIM) |
| click for rules |
| read reports | |
| California Institution for Women (CIW) | 16756 Chino Corona Rd. Corona, CA 92880-9508 | isolation stats | |||
| California Institution for Women | 16756 Chino Corona Rd Corona, CA 92880-9508 | ||||
| California Medical Facility |
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| California Men's Colony |
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| California State Prison, Corcoran |
| click for rules |
| read reports | isolation stats |
| California State Prison, Los Angeles County |
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| California State Prison, Sacramento |
| click for rules |
| read reports | isolation stats |
| California State Prison, San Quentin | 1 Tamal San Quentin, CA 94974-0002 |
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| California State Prison, Solano |
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| read reports | isolation stats | |
| California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison (CSATF) |
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| Calipatria State Prison |
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| Camp Pendleton | PO Box 555226 Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5226 | ||||
| Centinela State Prison |
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| Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) | PO Box 1508 Chowchilla, CA 93610-1508 | ||||
| Century Regional Detention Facility | 11705 Alameda St Lynwood, CA 90262-4023 | ||||
| Chuckawalla Valley State Prison | P.O. Box 2349 Blythe, CA 92226-2349 |
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| Chula Vista | 712 E Naples Ct Chula Vista, CA 91911-6821 | ||||
| Correctional Training Facility |
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| Deuel Vocational Institution |
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| Fairfield (Fairfield) | 500 Union Ave Fairfield, CA 94533-6300 | ||||
| Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island | PO Box 3007 San Pedro, CA 90731-0207 | ||||
| FEMALE REHABILITATION CORRECTIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER (FRCCC) | PO Box 3366 Bakersfield, CA 93385-3366 | ||||
| Folsom State Prison | PO Box 715071 Represa, CA 95671-5071 |
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| Fresno (Fresno) | PO Box 872 Fresno, CA 93712-0872 | ||||
| Glenn E. Dyer Detention Facility (GDDF) | 550 6th St Oakland, CA 94607-3946 | ||||
| Golden State MCCF |
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| Hanford (Hanford) | PO Box 1699 Hanford, CA 93232-1699 | ||||
| Heman Stark YCF | 15180 Euclid Ave. Chino, CA 91710-9196 |
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| High Desert State Prison | PO Box 3030 Susanville, CA 96127-3030 | click for rules |
| read reports | isolation stats |
| Ironwood State Prison |
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| Kern Valley State Prison |
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| Los Angeles MDC | PO Box 1500 Los Angeles, CA 90053-1500 | ||||
| Marin County Jail | 13 Peter Behr Dr San Rafael, CA 94903-5216 |
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| Martinez (Martinez) | 901 Court St. Martinez, CA 94553-1700 | ||||
| Milpitas (Milpitas) | PO Box 361870 Milpitas, CA 95036-1870 | ||||
| Mule Creek State Prison |
| click for rules |
| read reports | isolation stats |
| N.A. Chaderjian Kern Hall | PO Box 213015 Stockton, CA 95213-9014 | ||||
| New Life Center | 707 Fair Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5895 | ||||
| Norco (Norco) | PO Box 1800 Norco, CA 92860-0995 | ||||
| North Kern State Prison |
| click for rules |
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| O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility | PO Box 213001 Stockton, CA 95213-9001 | ||||
| Pacifica (Pacifica) | 241 2nd Ave Pacifica, CA 94044-2202 | ||||
| Patton (Patton) | 3102 E Highland Ave Patton, CA 92369-7813 | ||||
| Pelican Bay State Prison |
| click for rules |
| read reports | isolation stats |
| Pleasant Valley State Prison |
| click for rules |
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| Preston Youth Correctional Facility | 201 Waterman Rd Ione, CA 95640-9701 |
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| Redwood City | 300 Bradford ST Redwood City, CA 94063-1530 | ||||
| Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain (RJDCF) |
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| Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center | 12500 Bruceville Rd Elk Grove, CA 95757-9784 | ||||
| Robert Presley Detention Center | PO Box 710 Riverside, CA 92502-0710 | click for rules |
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| Sacramento | 651 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814-2400 | ||||
| Salinas Valley State Prison |
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| read reports | isolation stats |
| San Diego County Jail | 1173 Front St San Diego, CA 92101-3904 | ||||
| San Diego County Jail | PO Box 439049 San Diego, CA 92143-9049 |
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| San Joaquin County Jail | 999 W Mathews Rd French Camp, CA 95231-9766 | ||||
| San Jose jail | 885 N San Pedro St San Jose, CA 95110-1718 | ||||
| Santa Ana (Santa Ana) | 550 N Flower St Santa Ana, CA 92703-2361 | ||||
| Santa Barbara County Jail | 4436 Calle Real Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1002 |
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| Santa Cruz | 259 Water St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4009 | ||||
| Santa Rita County Jail | 5325 Broder Blvd Dublin, CA 94568-3309 | ||||
| Shafter (Shafter) | 1150 E Ash Ave Shafter, CA 93263-3200 | ||||
| Sierra Conservation Center | 5150 Obyrnes Ferry Rd Jamestown, CA 95327-9102 |
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| Sierra Conservation Center - Mariposa and Calaveras Units | PO Box 617 Jamestown, CA 95327-0617 | ||||
| Sierra Conservation Center - Tuolumne Unit | PO Box 500 Jamestown, CA 95327-0500 | ||||
| Soledad State Prison |
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| Southwest Detention Center | 30755-B Auld Rd Murrieta, CA 92563-2581 | click for rules |
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| Terminal Annex LA Jail | PO Box 86164 Los Angeles, CA 90086-0164 |
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| The Lacy Facility | 501 The City Dr S Orange, CA 92868-3305 | ||||
| Vacaville (Vacaville) | 2100 Peabody Rd Vacaville, CA 95687-6639 | ||||
| Valley State Prison for Women | PO Box 92 Chowchilla, CA 93610-0092 | isolation stats | |||
| Ventura Youth Correctional Facility (VYCF) | 3100 Wright Rd Camarillo, CA 93010-8307 | ||||
| Visalia (Visalia) | 36714 Road 112 Visalia, CA 93291-9517 | ||||
| Wasco State Prison |
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| West Valley Detention Center | 9500 Etiwanda Ave Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739-9662 | click for rules |
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| Woodland (Woodland) | 2420 E Gibson Rd Woodland, CA 95776-5157 |