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1069:Eagle Mountain Community Correctional Facility
702:"Anna Nicole Smith's ex Mark Hatten shot dead"
206:. The facility has housed convicted murderers
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831:California Correctional Institution
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867:California Rehabilitation Center
849:California Institution for Women
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566:Furillo, Andy (16 August 2007).
406:List of California state prisons
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897:California State Prison, Solano
837:California Health Care Facility
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969:Mule Creek State Prison
909:Calipatria State Prison
861:California Men's Colony
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249:In 2005–2006, PVSP and
377:Steven "Boston" Colver
371:Sacramento, California
337:Lyle and Erik Menéndez
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1102:Prisons in California
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1107:Coalinga, California
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813:Avenal State Prison
529:2007NYASA1111..103P
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129:Operational
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101:120°14′56″W
88:Coordinates
47:August 2009
1096:Categories
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412:References
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142:Capacity
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230:History
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177:Warden
158:Opened
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