Chuckawalla Valley State Prison
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Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) is a male-only state prison located south of Interstate 10, in a detached section of
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. CVSP is adjacent to Ironwood State Prison. The prison is scheduled for closure.


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 building 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 are allowed to enter and leave their living quarters as they wish, 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, 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 the Goleta postal facility shootings; worked as a guard for several months


Inmates

*Anthony Gabriel Rodriguez (born c.1973), one of several perpetrators of the 1995 murder of Stephanie KuhenInmate Locator
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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