Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has made his first move into the California prison system after his conviction and sentencing following a no-contest plea on multiple charges including attempted murder.
Velasquez was handed a five-year sentence following his conviction, and he’s currently being housed at Wasco State Prison just outside Bakersfield, Calif. The prison sits just over three hours away from Velasquez’s home in San Jose, but Wasco is a set up as a reception center before inmates are transferred to longterm housing at a different facility.
Wasco is used to process, classify, and evaluate new inmates both physically and mentally to determine a security level for housing before being transferred to one of California’s primary prison facilities like San Quentin or Folsom State Prison…