Biography
Walter J. Coto was a California prisoner represented in the March 20, 2012 public petition to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture concerning prolonged isolated segregation. Counsel’s summary reports that the described California incarceration began 1995-12. The petition sought investigation and relief concerning the conditions and basis of his isolation. His actual release date and present custody status are not established by this historical account.
Walter J. Coto was a California prisoner represented in the March 20, 2012 public petition to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture concerning prolonged isolated segregation. Counsel’s summary reports that the described California incarceration began 1995-12. The petition sought investigation and relief concerning the conditions and basis of his isolation. His actual release date and present custody status are not established by this historical account.
The historical CDC register is J-88438. The petition gives a birth date of 1976-09-16. The petition describes the start of the reported custody episode as: His incarceration began in December 1995. Separately, the petition describes an isolated-segregation placement around 2009-03-02. This was a placement or transfer within existing prison custody, not a new admission into prison or an actual release from imprisonment. The petition describes years of actual prison custody. Its nominal sentence and projected release estimates do not establish when he was physically released.
