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Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) was a male-only state prison located south of
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, opened in December 1988, is a Level II, Medium Security Facility covering . Primary housing consists of 11 open dormitory-style buildings on four main yards. Each housing unit contains 340 beds. There is also a Level I yard which consists of two buildings with 200 beds each. The Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) serves as a temporary home for those who are found guilty of severe rule violations while incarcerated. ASU is composed of 100 cells, each containing two beds. The annual budget of the prison is around .
Although the prison was designed to hold 1,738 inmates, in 2008–2009 it had 3,222 prisoners, with a staff of 751.
As of July 31, 2022, CVSP was incarcerating people at 125.2% of its design capacity, with 2,176 occupants.
Inmates were allowed to enter and leave their living quarters as they wished, except at night, during count times, or during lockdown procedures. As of 2016, CVSP Facilities have been designated as SNY, or Special Needs Yards. These are reserved for sex offenders, gang drop-outs, and former law enforcement personnel, as Ironwood State Prison (ISP) does next door.
The prison is staffed by approximately 400 sworn officers and 350 ancillary staff. Although the officers are trained in the use of firearms, most are armed with only pepper spray and a baton while on duty.
Inmate Locator
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Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
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, in a detached section of Blythe, California
Blythe () is a city in eastern Riverside County, California, United States. It is in the Palo Verde Valley of the Lower Colorado River Valley region, an agricultural area and part of the Colorado Desert along the Colorado River, approximatel ...
in Riverside County
Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most populous county in California and the 10th-most populous in the Unit ...
. CVSP is adjacent to Ironwood State Prison. The prison was scheduled for closure in 2025, but closed early on November 1, 2024.
Facilities
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, opened in December 1988, is a Level II, Medium Security Facility covering . Primary housing consists of 11 open dormitory-style buildings on four main yards. Each housing unit contains 340 beds. There is also a Level I yard which consists of two buildings with 200 beds each. The Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) serves as a temporary home for those who are found guilty of severe rule violations while incarcerated. ASU is composed of 100 cells, each containing two beds. The annual budget of the prison is around .
Although the prison was designed to hold 1,738 inmates, in 2008–2009 it had 3,222 prisoners, with a staff of 751.
As of July 31, 2022, CVSP was incarcerating people at 125.2% of its design capacity, with 2,176 occupants.
Inmates were allowed to enter and leave their living quarters as they wished, except at night, during count times, or during lockdown procedures. As of 2016, CVSP Facilities have been designated as SNY, or Special Needs Yards. These are reserved for sex offenders, gang drop-outs, and former law enforcement personnel, as Ironwood State Prison (ISP) does next door.
The prison is staffed by approximately 400 sworn officers and 350 ancillary staff. Although the officers are trained in the use of firearms, most are armed with only pepper spray and a baton while on duty.
Notable people
Staff
* Jennifer San Marco (1961–2006), perpetrator of theGoleta postal facility shootings
The Goleta postal facility shootings was a spree killing perpetrated by Jennifer San Marco on January 30, 2006. San Marco, a former United States Postal Service employee, shot and killed six people in Goleta, California before taking her own li ...
; worked as a guard for several months
Inmates
* Anthony Gabriel Rodriguez (born c. 1973), one of several perpetrators of the 1995 murder of three year old Stephanie Kuhen.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. Its headquarters are in Sacra ...
. Retrieved on November 10, 2010. "RODRIGUEZ, ANTHONY GABRIEL K65397 41 09/02/1997 Centinela".
References
External links
Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation website {{State prisons in California Prisons in California 1990 establishments in California Blythe, California Prisons in Riverside County, California Prisons completed in the 1990s